Elon Musk backs down from $45 million a month pledge to Trump: ‘I don't subscribe to cult of personality’
Elon Musk backs down from $45 million a month pledge to Trump: ‘I don't subscribe to cult of personality’
But, Trump demonstrated “great courage” after being shot on July 13, the CEO added.
Elon Musk is not spending $45 million a month to elect former President Donald Trump, though he has created a new super political action committee to fund the Republican candidate,” Fortune reports.
Said Musk: “What’s been reported in the media is simply not true. I am not donating $45 million a month to Trump.”
He added: “I don’t prescribe to a cult of personality.”
That’s smart, Elon. First, pledge money to Trump so progressives hate you. Then go back on your word and piss off conservatives.
But this doesn’t make any progressives go back to liking you. You just pissed off everybody possible. That idea is right up there alongside “I should buy Twitter”.
pretty sure progressives have hated him for a while now.
I know I have.
My respect for him tanked in 2014 when I first met someone who worked for him, and heard what working for him is like. Abusive managerial style sounds.. too gentle. Somewhere during the Trump administration I lost my last ounce of respect for him, and somewhere in the last few years I started losing respect for people who still think positively of him.
Between his sense of humor that reads as '15 year old on 4chan', his aggressive bigotry, and abject lack of redeeming qualities, I'm not sure what he could do to change my mind at this point. If he gave a billion to the Trevor project and apologized for the bigotry, I'd be skeptical about his angle.
He doesn't actually deny giving the money to his PAC though... He just says it's a lie that he's giving it to Trump
It's all just weasel talk. He's still donating
$45 mil/per month[unspecified amount] to the Republican Party, but probably realised he'd be in legal trouble for doubling down on what he literally said on his own platform.
Why would muski donate to a cult of personality when he has fomented his own?
Congratulations! Now you've made Trump and yourself both look like dumbasses!
Tesla missed earnings big time, too.
Huh. Figures. I guess this one is also just all talk.
Even dumbass Elon sees the writing on the wall.
Sure you do, you're just too much of a coward to stand behind your shitty beliefs in the face of public backlash.
HA HA HA HA HA HA AHA HBAAHAHAHAHAHA
Bro. Trump sue his ass. Make him give that money to your failed campaign.
Satire is dead.