African Musk: Not a Fragrance

This is getting silly now, it is like children claiming 'my dad can beat your dad any day' -I don't quite understand the bizarre stuff the Great Elon Musk comes up with, so divorced from reality - but maybe this is the point- he is detached from reality but is so convinced of his own prowess he can't tell the difference between sugar and salt, and doesn't care to. Real people were hurt in July, property was damaged, lives were threatened. Is there to be no accountability for the incitement to violence that takes place on media platforms?

Elon Musk to ‘summon MPs to US to explain threats to American citizens’ | Elon Musk | The Guardian

I wonder how much of his behaviour could be explained by Asperger's syndrome. People with Asperger's are unable to grasp the understandings that normally underpin social relations. Perhaps the reason he responds in a childish way to criticism is that he lacks the social skills to come up with a more measured response.

Ths might also explain his sharp shift to the right in recent years. Perhaps he discovered that the perfect antidote to social awkwardness was to use his wealth to curry favour with the right and thereby buy popularity.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by filghy2

I wonder how much of his behaviour could be explained by Asperger's syndrome. People with Asperger's are unable to grasp the understandings that normally underpin social relations. Perhaps the reason he responds in a childish way to criticism is that he lacks the social skills to come up with a more measured response.

Ths might also explain his sharp shift to the right in recent years. Perhaps he discovered that the perfect antidote to social awkwardness was to use his wealth to curry favour with the right and thereby buy popularity.

---

Interesting - had not thought of him that way. If he falls out with Trump that will be, as they say, 'interesting'...one common aspect of the 'right' is internal bickering and disagreement. It happened a lot with the three different parties Nigel Farage was leading, indeed has already happened with his Reform UK party. And Trump had multiple firings in his first term, but it doesn't mean the 'Yes' people will get what they want, as they now think they have total control. A few prominent exits and who knows, quite apart from the implications of the policies, tariffs, for example on the US economy. I think I read somewhere that The Great Elon Musk has taunted Jeff Bezos with the 'I am considerably richer than yo' stuff, the world being his playground.

Then this-

"I am trying to make life multiplanetary to maximize the probable lifespan of consciousness,"".
Jeff Bezos denies Elon Musk claim he urged people to sell their Tesla, SpaceX stock because Trump would lose - CBS News

Huh? An Australian response is in order here.

Gotta luv these free market entrepreneurs... looks tasty for The Great Elon Musk, but for Trump?

"Musk’s relationship with Li, the second-highest ranking person in China, is especially close: Li was the party secretary for Shanghai in 2019, when Tesla opened its first overseas factory there, which is now Tesla’s biggest factory by output. It was built with loans of $521m from Chinese-state owned banks, which were issued at favourable interest rates. The Shanghai government gave Tesla a beneficial corporate tax rate of 15% between 2019 and 2023, lower than the standard 25%. Tesla also reportedly managed to become the first foreign auto company to be allowed to set up without a local partner."
Tesla’s path in China clears as Musk courts both Trump and Xi | Elon Musk | The Guardian

'Tariffs? Not on my watch'...said the Master of the Universe

What is wrong with this man? Set aside the fact that 'Tommy Robinson' is in prison because he is a serial breaker of the law, but what on earth is this?

"Elon Musk has labeled Britain a “tyrannical police state” while endorsing calls for a new election and boosting a video from a jailed far-right activist.".
Elon Musk calls Britain a police state, taunts PM Starmer and boosts Tommy Robinson

What is Musk's definition of a 'tyrannical police state'? I went into town this morning, without being stopped and questioned or searched by the police. The 'tyrannical police state' has not shut down the Mail, or the Telegraph or Rupert Murdoch's papers.

He is a troublemaker, and using his platform to spread lies and division, and for what? A referendum? Less than 6 months after a General Election, just because he doesn't like the result? When it comes to tyranny, maybe The Great Elon Musk should look in the mirror.

Madness.

Two years ago Citizen Musk said that we wasn't supporting Trump for President because he was too old. Now he is sounding increasingly like a Trump clone, accusing the man who testified against Trump in his first impeachment trial of treason.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-b2654951.html

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but how long will it be before Trump grows tired of this guy acting like he is the power behind the throne (as he did with Steve Bannon in his first term)? He has already made comments about Elon hanging around Mar-a-Lago too much.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by filghy2

Two years ago Citizen Musk said that we wasn't supporting Trump for President because he was too old. Now he is sounding increasingly like a Trump clone, accusing the man who testified against Trump in his first impeachment trial of treason.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-b2654951.html

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but how long will it be before Trump grows tired of this guy acting like he is the power behind the throne (as he did with Steve Bannon in his first term)? He has already made comments about Elon hanging around Mar-a-Lago too much.

---

I guess Vindman has to decide whether or not to sue Musk, given that Musk has unlimited funds and can use lawyers to drag any case out so long it either bankrupts Vindman or makes it impossible for him to proceed, which is a tried and tested Trump tactic in law.
'Libelous on its face': Internet critics blast Musk's 'disgusting' treason accusation

When it comes to treason, if it were proven that Russia was at war with the US when it interfered in the 2016 election, the 100+ contacts the Trump campaign had with Russians would have been an indictable offence, but Mueller's brief was I think skewed in Trump's favour, unable to prove that the contacts with the Russians were financially beneficial or knowingly conspiring against the US though I think that is debatable. By dismissing the Report before it was published, AG Barr managed to deflect the debate on why the Trump campaign had so many direct contact with 'Putin's People' - something Trump has also dismissed in spite of the prosecutions that did follow. 'Russia Russia Russia' also begs the question, Why Russia? 100+ contacts with Russia, but not allies of the US in either North America, say Canada, or the EU, and not China. And no mention by Mueller of the Russian Mafia laundering money in Trump's New Jersey Casinos, or his 'business relationship' with Felix Sater. I guess none of this matters now, unless 'Colonel' Gabbard revives the 'Why Russia?' question.
Key Findings of the Mueller Report | ACS

The situation with The Great Elon Musk may lead to a repeat of what happened in Trump's first term re tariffs -some of which must be damaging to Musk's overseas operations, not just in China, thus

"The columnist built his case in his Friday opinion piece by offering readers as an example the “uneven rollout of tariffs” in Trump’s first term when the administration became “besieged by lobbyists, who filed thousands of requests for special exemptions and carve-outs to allow their clients to import goods and parts without paying the tariffs.”
"Waldman said Trump’s new proposal on tariffs, which promises to be more comprehensive than what he’s seen through in the past, “is a preview of the corruption to come.”“In a second term, Trump won’t just be doling out favors; he’ll also deliver punishments,” Waldman wrote.
He concluded by reminding readers that the public is familiar with how personal Trump's views are toward companies and their CEOs, with the “determining factor” being “whether they treat him like the king he imagines himself to be.”".
Trump’s 'terrible' proposal is 'a preview of the corruption to come': columnist


Come the mid-terms Trump might wish he was somewhere else

with kings and rulers of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins

A fool and his money are soon parted....

"Elon Musk is reportedly planning to donate $100 million to Nigel Farage in a bid to shake up British politics ahead of the next election.The Tesla and X (formerly Twitter) boss, who has openly supported Donald Trump in recent months and spoke at a Republican rally, is said to be considering backing the far-right Reform UK party.".
Elon Musk tipped to give $100m to Nigel Farage in move to shake up British politics

Two points-
1) I wonder if Americans would prefer The Great Elon Musk to spend $100m on them?

2) The Great Elon Musk should do some homework on Nigel Farage, not because of his modest wealth of c£4m, or Reform Party founder Richard Tice (c£40m), but because Farage has a track record of being a poor manager of political parties, as he is now into his third -UKIP, Brexit Party, Reform UK. All three have been dysfunctional because of the lack of vetting of candidates, with some people with views so eccentric or extreme even Farage had to disown them. Then there were the local councillors or Parliamentary candidates who had to be suspended, or expelled, or who resigned, in many cases having fallen out with Farage, as recently happened with Ben Habib. Farage himself is often absent without explanation, often in the US, and is rumoured to be a poor constituency MP. The idea that Reform UK is going to overtake the Conservative Party might not be a fantasy, largely due to the incoherence and divisions in the Conservatives, but Reform UK other than being an anti-immigrant and 'anti-Woke' party has little to offer, but who knows? There are also stricter rules on campaign financing in the UK than there are in the US, though I don't suppose The Great Elon Musk cares much about that.

The Great Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy were in Congress to tell Republicans how their little Doggy is going to bark. Speaker Johnson wants most of the Federal Agencies abolished, particularly Public Service Broadcasting, and Planned Parenthood. Hard to know what will happen.

Point is, The Great Elon Musk carried one of his children on his shoulders into the building.

The boy's name is X Æ A-Xii, -how is that pronounced? Does he call him 'Junior', 'Hey, you!' 'Child!' or what? Is it fair to give a child something closer to a Barcode than a Proper Noun?

Elon Musk Meets With Lawmakers About ‘DOGE’ Crusade Against Government Spending

Mike Johnson says he’s aiming to ax 75 percent of all federal agencies with Elon Musk’s help

UFC Fighter Rips Elon To Shreds:

UFC Fighter Rips Elon To Shreds