▲ 351 ▼ Elon Musk Declares Himself President, Shuts Down Government (prospect.org) submitted 2 years ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@lemmy.world 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) Read the article, that title is shit and neither of those things happened. He just posted on twitter a lot. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) The title means that Musk acted as if he's the president and dictated to Republicans to not pass the legislation that needs to pass. It doesn't mean he literally declared himself president. That would be stupid. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] coronach@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago I'll be honest, I was not gonna be surprised if he had done that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Well yeah. I don't think they were trying to be too serious with this one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* If conservatives can write sensationalist titles.... love and war, etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) The title means that Musk acted as if he's the president and dictated to Republicans to not pass the legislation that needs to pass. It doesn't mean he literally declared himself president. That would be stupid. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] coronach@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago I'll be honest, I was not gonna be surprised if he had done that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] coronach@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago I'll be honest, I was not gonna be surprised if he had done that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Well yeah. I don't think they were trying to be too serious with this one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago* If conservatives can write sensationalist titles.... love and war, etc. permalink fedilink source parent