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Elon Musk asks if America should 'liberate the people of Britain' in tirade against UK government (www.cnbc.com)
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Elon Musk sparked controversy after criticizing U.K. officials on social media, accusing Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips of being a "rape genocide apologist" and calling for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's removal over child grooming gang prosecutions.

Musk also suggested "liberating" Britain in a poll.

Starmer defended his record as former director of public prosecutions, condemning Musk for spreading misinformation and fueling far-right threats.

U.K. Health Minister Wes Streeting labeled Musk’s comments a "disgraceful smear."

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[–] 72 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

Ok, so the anti-war Trump administration has now threatened to invade Mexico, suggested annexing Canada, purchasing (or possibly invading) Greenland, and now 'liberating' the UK... all before even actually starting its term.

I am so very glad that reality is basically now a 16 year old 'libertarian' playing the US in some kind of Millenium Dawn derived mod.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Don't forget taking the Panama canal back

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    At this rate Trump will probably be talking about invading and conquering Puerto Rico, not realizing / forgetting it is already US territory.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    He'll probably demand Putler to give him Alaska.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah is his game to scare countries with his rhetoric and then give them some deal that seemed crazy before but now seems more reasonable? Basically use the power of the USA as a bargaining tool.

    Or does he now think he is Putin/Hitler?

    Either way I certainly hope Congress and the military will not participate.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    When it comes to foreign relations, yes he absolutely says completely insane shit with and then this sets the bar for where negotiations start, and then get talked down to something less insane.

    But also sometimes he just does completely insane shit, with no negotiations or after getting fed up with them very quickly.

    Does he think he's Putin/Hitler?

    Yes.

    He is a fascist, a racist, nativist demagogue, has a massive cult of personality, lies so often, so brazenly and with such confidence that it is basically incomprehensible and unprecedented when compared to the history of American politics.

    He is a convicted felon, he attempted a coup, failed, got away with it because he won this most recent election, and because the Supreme Court, which he largely appointed, granted the office of President functional criminal immunity to anything they do while in office.

    He will begin his new administration by getting his overt sycophants installed in as many positions in all government agencies as possible, whilst purging anyone who will not sign an oath of loyalty to him, personally, or simply destroying those agencies he doesn't like.

    Many, many times he has threatened to jail his political opponents, his public critics, to revoke broadcasting rights for news organizations that are critical of him.

    He has endorsed domestic terrorist groups, he has incinted violence against marginalized communities, he has enriched his personal wealth and the wealth of his family members directly via functions of the state...

    Yeah. He's a corrupt, brutish fascist.

    ...

    Basically America is currently going through the rough equivalent of the Enabling Act stage of the fall of the Weimar Republic.

    The Congress and Senate will absolutely go along with almost everything he proposes, his party revolves around him, and it has majority control over both.

    Will the Military participate?

    IMO, basically yes. Trump will just keep firing and purging people until they follow his orders.

    We can pretty much only hope that he is not actually serious about these proposals.

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