Elon Musk Catch-All | Musk tries to bring down UK government

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OGtruthhurts said:
take him down? lmmfao
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I agree with you — Bannon is the grossly outmaneuvered little fish with far less leverage here. His bravado about taking Musk down is horse shit.

But his only weapon is trying to drive a wedge between MAGA Trump supporters who also follow Bannon and Musk. As keeps being demonstrated, Musk has his own constituency of cultists who are more loyal to his vision(s) than to Trump, but Musk also has Trump’s ear full-on Wormtongue style and with his financial position has Trump by the short ones when Trump tires of the attention Musk gets at what Trump will view as at Trump’s expense.

The POTUS is still the POTUS, though, and loyalty only flows one way with Trump, so one day Musk might discover the important difference between even extreme wealth and presidential power. But we are far from that coming to a head, if indeed it ever does.

Trump is busy basking in his victory (everyone wants to be by friend and MAL is the center of the universe are two actual posts on Truth Social by him), as well as relishing potential vengeance on his many real and imagined enemies. But he must also be noticing the way Musk is building his own coalition in Congress and among X fanboys, and assuming roles no one has assigned him in transition and foreign policy matters.

But if Trump eventually decides to slap down or jettison Musk, it won’t be because of Steve Bannon. He might use Bannon as a spigot of anti-Musk propaganda if it suits the situation but he won’t really need him.
 
nycfan said:
I agree with you — Bannon is the grossly outmaneuvered little fish with far less leverage here. His bravado about taking Musk down is horse shit.

But his only weapon is trying to drive a wedge between MAGA Trump supporters who also follow Bannon and Musk. As keeps being demonstrated, Musk has his own constituency of cultists who are more loyal to his vision(s) than to Trump, but Musk also has Trump’s ear full-on Wormtongue style and with his financial position has Trump by the short ones when Trump tires of the attention Musk gets at what Trump will view as at Trump’s expense.

The POTUS is still the POTUS, though, and loyalty only flows one way with Trump, so one day Musk might discover the important difference between even extreme wealth and presidential power. But we are far from that coming to a head, if indeed it ever does.

Trump is busy basking in his victory (everyone wants to be by friend and MAL is the center of the universe are two actual posts on Truth Social by him), as well as relishing potential vengeance on his many real and imagined enemies. But he must also be noticing the way Musk is building his own coalition in Congress and among X fanboys, and assuming roles no one has assigned him in transition and foreign policy matters.

But if Trump eventually decides to slap down or jettison Musk, it won’t be because of Steve Bannon. He might use Bannon as a spigot of anti-Musk propaganda if it suits the situation but he won’t really need him.
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Good analysis. This is one of the many reasons I think Musk will end up being a major problem for Trump. There are a whole lot of MAGAs like Bannon who have been with Trump since the beginning, and they won't bend easily to Musk's ascendance. But Musk's money and platform gives him enormously more power than the Bannons will have going forward. I don't see how it can all be reconciled, and I don't think Trump has any interest in being the mediator.
 
its jus a matter of time before the trump musk mutual handjobs ends.....its inevitable. the only people around trump who havent turned on him are the pathetic political bootlickers like lady lindsey graham, cruz, etc.
 
nycfan said:
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He’s been getting obliterated by the gaming community for this. Some of the top Twitch streamers have been unloading on him for having someone else build the character up for him and then taking credit for being one of the top players in the world when he clearly doesn’t even know how to play the game.

Yes, in the grand scheme of things, it’s just video games, but it’s so on brand for this guy to take credit for the hard work and ingenuity of others.
 
WaynetheDrain said:
He’s been getting obliterated by the gaming community for this. Some of the top Twitch streamers have been unloading on him for having someone else build the character up for him and then taking credit for being one of the top players in the world when he clearly doesn’t even know how to play the game.

Yes, in the grand scheme of things, it’s just video games, but it’s so on brand for this guy to take credit for the hard work and ingenuity of others.
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But the hardcore gaming communities and the Musk schtuppers often operate in the same circle of the Venn diagram. Some are probably a bit conflicted on which outrage organ to stroke over this news.
 


Abramson is an out there guy himself.


No excuses: gamers think they caught Musk cheating on Path of Exile 2

“… Simply put, the gamers allege – there’s a great Reddit thread – that Musk has paid other players to play PoE2 as Elon so he could look like a good gamer.

In gaming, it’s virtually an unforgivable sin for someone to essentially outsource the development of a character in order to then swoop in and claim glory when the hardest work was already done.

There’s no smoking gun, to be fair. But there’s precedent: in 2022, Musk shared a “power mage” character from Elden Ring, another fantasy RPG, but the build was immediately laughed at as the work of a complete novice. …

Last year, Musk also claimed he was ranked among the top 20 players worldwide of the video game Diablo IV. It soon turned out it wasn’t true. …”

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This world is so strange. I am pretty sure I got off the elevator in the wrong universe somewhere along the way.
 
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SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to properly disclose his Twitter ownership stake | CNN Business

The US Securities and Exchange Commission sued Elon Musk on Tuesday for failing to properly disclose his ownership of X, then known as Twitter, which allowed him to buy shares of the platform at “artificially low prices.”
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SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to properly disclose his Twitter ownership stake​


“… The US Securities and Exchange Commission sued Elon Musk on Tuesday for allegedly failing to properly disclose his ownership of X, then known as Twitter, as required by federal law, which allowed him to buy shares of the platform at “artificially low prices.”

Before he closed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter in October 2022, Musk began to acquire a “significant number” of Twitter shares. By mid-March 2022, he owned more than 5% of the company’s common stock and was required to disclose that to the SEC within 10 calendar days. The filing alleged that Musk failed to disclose that information until April 4, 2022.

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In keeping these purchases at low prices, Musk “underpaid Twitter investors by more than $150 million for his purchases of Twitter common stock during this period,” according to the complaint, which was filed in DC federal court.

By the close of March 24, 2022, Musk had increased his stake in the company to more than 7%, according to the lawsuit. The next day, he purchased almost 3.5 million shares. Over the next few days, he also expressed interest in acquiring Twitter to members of the company’s board of directors.

… Musk joined Twitter’s board and formally disclosed his stake in the company in early April 2022, according to the lawsuit. By the time he disclosed his stake, he owned more than 9% of the company and “Twitter’s stock price increased more than 27%,” the suit said.

“Musk paid significantly less for the shares of Twitter common stock he purchased between March 25, 2022 and April 1, 2022 than if he had timely disclosed,” the suit said, adding that he spent more than $500 million acquiring shares during that time period. …”
 
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