The Inconvenient Truth About Elon Musk’s New Love Affair With Trump | Once the champion of bold and innovative climate solutions, the Tesla CEO has lurched further away from his green ideals toward something else entirely

1. 2024-06-05 at 6:22 PM UTC

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   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
   The Inconvenient Truth About Elon Musk’s New Love Affair With Trump | Once the champion of bold and innovative climate solutions, the Tesla CEO has lurched further away from his green ideals toward something else entirely
   
   

   But remember, what really made him Elon Musk—the megatitan who commands the ears of politicians and executives, became a global name with an inescapable suite of companies, and stood distinct from other wealthy founders—was his eagerness to take on a seemingly impossible mission: to weaponize American industry in the fight to mitigate climate change.
   
   It was his hijacking of Tesla Motors in the mid-2000s, for which he raised money, forced out existing employees, designed and kickstarted production of the pioneering electric Roadster model, and secured a hefty government loan, that kept the company going as the financial crisis shellacked the automotive sector. He further invested in the then-burgeoning domestic markets for solar panels and energy-dense batteries, and spoke out about why addressing climate change was a motivator for his business. He even inspired other environmentally conscious celebrities and encouraged them to boost his profile, putting Tesla models in movies and all. Yes, the space rockets, intergalactic dreams, and NASA contracts played no small part. But it was part and parcel of a futuristic goal that also included lots of green tech, including sleek gas-free cars.
   
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   Even beyond business considerations, however, Musk has gone full-on Republican in the Biden years. He took over Twitter, restored Trump’s account, and turned the platform into a cesspool of hateful content and right-wing propaganda—including, but hardly limited to, climate change denial and disinformation, which he now tends to endorse. 
   
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   Musk may wallow in the fame and power his climate advocacy brought him, but he no longer cares about that pet issue, or the fact that it’s why he’s in his position to begin with.

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2. 2024-06-06 at 1:12 AM UTC

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   Enigma African Astronaut [memorize my carmelite sway]
   Probably wants a good economy more than the environment
3. 2024-06-06 at 1:45 PM UTC

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   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
   This obsession people have with Elon Musk is weird
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4. 2024-06-06 at 2:12 PM UTC

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   Charles Ex Machina Space Nigga

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson This obsession people have with Elon Musk is weird

   
   weirder than with trumpf ?
5. 2024-06-06 at 2:58 PM UTC

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   Cowboy2013 African Astronaut

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson This obsession people have with Elon Musk is weird

   
   The government has worked hard to cultivate his image with Joe Rogan appearances and probably a lot of other high profile hired fanboys. Pretty much he does is just being a front for the government. To work around the constitution and international treaties and whatnot.
   
   I think the OP buys into the illusion of Democracy™ though. There really is no choice. The US permanent state just uses the President to manipulate public perception of the US permanent state in whatever way is expedient at the time.
6. 2024-06-06 at 3:03 PM UTC

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   Instigator Naturally Camouflaged [the staring tame crusher]

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson This obsession people have with Elon Musk is weird

   
   He comes across as a proper oddball. I dont think I've sat through anything he's in for more than five minutes.
   
   How many oscars has get got again?
7. 2024-06-06 at 3:19 PM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   It's true. Me and Elon are lovers. Don't judge 🏳‍🌈
8. 2024-06-06 at 4:44 PM UTC

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   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by Instigator He comes across as a proper oddball. I dont think I've sat through anything he's in for more than five minutes.
   
   How many oscars has get got again?

   
   He likes to troll people...and people fall for it.
9. 2024-06-06 at 5:26 PM UTC

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   the man who put it in my hood Black Hole [miraculously counterclaim my golf]
   Elon is not right wing lmao , doesn't he support the Democrat party?
10. 2024-06-06 at 5:29 PM UTC

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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole [miraculously counterclaim my golf]

    Originally posted by Instigator He comes across as a proper oddball. I dont think I've sat through anything he's in for more than five minutes.

    
    I watched some of his technology AI and crypto community style streams where he interacted with technology AI and cryptography people and they all seemed like normal dudes and he stood out as very autistic but also knew what he was talking about.
    
    Basically anyone that talks to him sucks his dick hardcore and gives him the star treatment. I don't really get it, if I was someone of that caliber I would find it annoying and probably avoid the general public too. If I ever met him I would be more like Joe Rogan and offer him a line of cocaine and tell him my theories on LSD and amphetamine chemistry and be real with him and not a fake like everyone he probably meets