Former adviser taunts president over links to Epstein while Trump threatens to cancel contracts for Musk companies

Elon Musk called for Donald Trump to be impeached after mocking his connections to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the president threatened to cancel federal contracts and tax subsidies for Musk’s companies in an extraordinary social media feud on Thursday.

The deterioration of their once close relationship into bitter acrimony came over the course of several remarkable hours during which the president and the world’s richest man hurled deeply personal insults over matters significant and insignificant.

In the most churlish moment of the astonishing saga, Musk said on X the reason the Trump administration had not released the files into Epstein was because they implicated the president. He later quote-tweeted a post calling for Trump to be removed and said Trump’s tariffs would cause a recession.

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[–] 164 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 98 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    LOL yes let's impeach him again. We are stuck with this Orange Turd. Republicans have given us this turd and we can't flush him for 4 years.

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    [–] 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    I hate to be a Debby Downer, but the headline is a bit sensationalist. This is how Elon "called for Donald Trump to be impeached":

    That's it. He wrote "Yes".

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I don't think that's sensationalist at all. It's a pretty direct and clear call for impeachment.

    But I'd rather talk about that original Tweet. Obviously, Trump being impeached (and convicted by the Senate) would result in Vance replacing him; that's how it works. But the choice to specifically highlight the Vance part of it implies not just a desire for Trump to be gone, but for Vance specifically to be in. Which is wild. I can't imagine any human on earth actually being pro-Vance. There's the sane people, who oppose the entire administration, and there's the Magats who are rabidly pro-Trump. Who exactly supports Trump's diet lacky?

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Vance represents the tech bro "libertatian" wing with Thiel and those ghouls. Musk fits right in.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago*

    Vance was placed there with the objective to replace Trump eventually. These guys don't need Trump any more, but like the industrials underestimated Hitler when they put him into power, Thiel and co are probably underestimating Trump's shrewdness. He will burn everything down before he'll be put out of power.

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    [–] 65 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I think they're both right. The government should cut all ties with Musk's businesses, and Trump should be impeached. That way everybody wins.

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    [–] 53 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Everyone that works with Trump always regrets it eventually. Everyone.

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    ... I was not expecting this many people to (so strongly) take sides in what is basically a kerfuffle between two mega villains.

    (Og) Nazis had a lot of infighting too, still fascist mass murderers.

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    [–] 41 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Wow they are arguably the most powerful people in the world and they are having a public squawky slappy fight like stroppy toddlers.

    Meanwhile humanity is circling the drain. We are so fucked.

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Elon's going to lose this fight. All the other rich people backing Trump still think the snake won't bite them, and Elon doesn't have the same cult of personality Trump does. He had some good will for a while, but he's been burning that ever since the weird pedo guy thing, and that's nowhere near Trump's fucking cult energy. Forty years from now there's still going to be dumbasses and edgy teens talking about how they heard a rumor that Trump is still alive out there in the wastes that used to be middle America.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Elon doesn't have the same cult of personality Trump does

    He used to, but then he started associating with Trump.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    It seems he wasn't aware that his cult following came from the other end of the political spectrum.

    Well, not quite the other end, but environmentally inclined business friendly liberals are still not quite Trump's crowd.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He really used to - remember all the iron man shit? The image of the benevolent billionaire who was going to open up space? I'm ashamed to admit I was tempted to believe too.

    He lost the positive public image before he started associating with trump tho. I think what happened was he fired his PR team because he thought he could do better himself. Right around the time he got pissy and was calling that cave diver a pedo, the guy who saved a bunch of kids in Thailand. It was all downhill from there and I don't remember ever seeing anyone piss away so much public goodwill so quickly.

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    [–] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Musk wants his money back! I’d vote to let him return his purchase in this case.

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    [–] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It was inevitable. Two egos as big as theirs cannot coexist in close proximity indefinitely.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I was a psychologist until I got burned out.

    During those years, I observed something countless times that seems counter-intuitive but is in my anecdotal experience reliably true:

    Narcissists tend to actually like each other, and seem to bond effortlessly. "you're the best thing ever? Holy shit, I'm the best thing ever! We're so amazing it's awesome!" type thing. It's fascinating.

    That's why I'm not going to be played by this. Elon and Donald both have something significant to gain by pretending to "break up with" Each other, Elon trying to detoxify his brand especially internationally and Donald by proving he isn't Elon's bitchboy.

    They might be legitimately warring in public, they might be playing the media and the people, there's really no way for outside parties to know at this time, and I wish people would pay more attention to the people Trump is hurting than this ultimately pointless real or not catfight. Invoking Epstein is low hanging fruit, as anyone who isn't in Trump's cult and paying any attention has been aware Trump is an Epstein pedo for years and years.

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    Is there anything more Pride Month than Conservatives having to watch their two daddies fight?

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    [–] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    There is no denying it any more, the US is a very corrupt country

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    [–] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    How long before trump declares that Elon isn’t hot anymore?

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    [–] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    But they did impeach him, Leon. Multiple times. The trouble is he just ignores it.

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    [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    Can't wait to hear the Alex Jones mental gymnastics lol

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Elon could easily buy enough of the Senate to have Individual 1 removed at long last.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Fascist infighting is always fun to watch

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Never could have seen this coming… two narcissists that only get along as long as they’re powdering each others butts.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Now would be an optimal time for Putin to off one or both. Maximum chaos.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Buyer's Remorse

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I want to know what’s happening quietly while everybody’s all consumed with the ego drama.

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    [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    "[They] detested each other. Which makes sense, because they were both detestable."

    Gen. Sir Harry Padgett Flashman, VC

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Hahaha love it!

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Musk needs to put his money where his mouth is, otherwise this is just a long-con IMO.

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    [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It would be hilarious if this escalates to Elmo getting deported xD

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    [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    At this point Trump running interference and cockblocking Thiel and his billionare creeper squad from re-enacting the Business plot would be the best ( and funniest ) result.

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