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fossilesque@mander.xyz to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Elon Musk claims Donald Trump named in Epstein files

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Elon Musk claims Donald Trump named in Epstein files

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  • aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world
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    I see two possibilities:

    1. Musk finally realized that the main buyers for EVs are more left than right, and is now trying to rescue TSLA from collapse.

    2. He’s a drug-addled raging narcissist with poor impulse control and worse judgment who loves being in the headlines.

    It’s actually kind of hard to apply Occam’s Razor here.

    Edit: Another possibility is that Elmo learned that Trump’s people leaked (heheh) the ketamine bladder damage story to the NYT.

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      There’s no reason both can’t be true.

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        Yeah, I mean, 2 is for sure true, but 1 may or may not be in the mix at this point.

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          He’s not coming back from the Nazi salute thing. I guess in the US there’s limited options for electric cars, but in Europe and Australia BYD is eating Tesla’s lunch.

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            I agree. I mean it’s a pretty consistent 90 degree nosedive for him and has been for a while lol

            Love to see it.

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          I think 1 would be more accurately phrased that the shareholders have told him that in no uncertain terms.

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            Yeah, I’m sure that has happened at some point.

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    I thought we already knew that?

    But either way, this is what we need: for the Right to balkanize and start publicly attacking each other. The Democrats are totally ineffectual at this sort of thing and the news will only report on it if the right wing does it anyway.

    Edit: I got my wires crossed, we havent seen the epstein files, but we do know he [most likely] raped a 13 year old girl at an Epstein-related function https://www.courthousenews.com/rape-allegations-refiled-against-trump/

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    We know. This isn’t new or news. They were friends. There’s a trump quote about Epstein liking “younger girls” just like Trump.

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    And Musk knew this and gave him a quarter billion smackers to become president.

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      He’ll just claim he only just discovered it in the DOGE files.

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        Which is also harder because… that’s admitting that dodge is sifting through classified data that they are very far from authorized to have.

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          Is it really classified or just sealed?

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            Even if it is… would that negate the overall gist that clearly dodge is siphoning up stuff they aren’t supposed to have. If they are pulling up sealed crime records they aren’t supposed to have, could we even assume one of the dozens of offices they raided with classified information didn’t.

            Once they start proving they are getting shit they shouldn’t have, and were in the room with classified shit they shouldn’t have, those dots become hard not to connect.

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              There might finally be consequences.

              Narrator: There weren’t.

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          And it’d be breaking the law by revealing the info itself.

          He would have had to found out via some other means that didn’t involve access to classified information.

          Edit: what if he sues for Libel forcing Elon to show proof and the proof elon has is from classified info hah.

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    That would be in line with what we already know.

    https://youtu.be/Jpstc9r_esA

    https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Lawsuit.pdf

    COMPLAINT FOR RAPE, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACTS, SEXUAL ABUSE, FORCIBLE TOUCHING, ASSAULT, BATTERY, INTENTIONAL AND RECKLESS INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, DURESS, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND DEFAMATION

    Plaintiff Jane Doe, proceeding under a pseudonym, brings this action against Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey E. Epstein, and alleges that…

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    • WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
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      But they’re both Drake.

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      Don’t put Kendrick’s name anywhere near these fools.

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        Why not? Kendrick ain’t anything special.

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          Bruh he won a fucking Pulitzer

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            So? Does that suddenly make him different?

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          I hardly listen to any hip hop (middle aged white guy) but I dove in when he did the superbowl and really enjoyed his music.

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            (middle aged white guy)

            So?

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              Yea I’m a middle aged white guy and grew up on hip hop

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              so I’m not in Kendrick’s key ICP

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    First of all: zero surprise.

    Second of all:

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      But instead of giant monsters it’s just Stan’s dad and Kenny tripping balls on cat piss and slap-fighting in a park sandbox

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    deleted by creator

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    This is 6th grade level social media bullying. These guys are pathetic.

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    …and in other news…

    DUH.

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    These guys deserve each other.

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      We don’t though

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    Someone ran out of Ecstasy

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    Hm. Well, before Musk said this, I 110% believed for certain that Trump was in the Epstein files. Now that he’s the one who’s saying it, I’m…not so sure.

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      /s, but seriously, this guy lies a lot.

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    Anybody have any idea what they’re trying to hide with this puppet show? Is the big bill getting too much attention or is it something else?

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    Yeah, duh, they were both Eiffel Towering a 12 year old.

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