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Donald Trump on Saturday said there would be “serious consequences” if tech mogul Elon Musk funds Democratic candidates to run against Republicans who vote in favor of the GOP’s sweeping budget bill.

“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC News in a phone interview, but declined to share what those consequences would be.

“He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” he added.

Trump also said he has no desire to repair his relationship with Musk after a feud between the two men erupted into public view earlier this week.

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[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

And this is exactly why Trump won. Twice.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Do you have no principles? Like look what Musk has done. And you want democratic candidates in debt and aligned with him? He’s just going to continue what he started, he’s not going to do an about face.

We should be incriminating millionaires putting money into campaigns, not accepting them

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Liberals will never admit that their lack of principals is a large part of why the USA is what it is right now.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Taking Musk’s money and influence to make the world a better place isn’t a problem.

Letting him pick a direction for the party or make policies would be my red line.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

People don’t give money without expecting something in return. And these spineless democrats will 100% let him run circles around them if he promised to keep them in office.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those who side with nazis are no better than the nazis themselves.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There’s so much wrong with your little thought terminating sentence there.

Taking Musk’s money to get power isn’t siding with Nazis.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The level of naivety you have to have to think people give campaign donations while expecting absolutely nothing in return is just crazy man. I don’t even know where this logic line could even be coming from.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Start a party where you only accept donations from ideologically pure sources and see how far it gets you.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You’re justifying taking donations from nazis right now, just so we’re clear. What would it take for you to actually draw a line?

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Taking Musk’s money and influence to make the world a better place isn’t a problem.

Letting him pick a direction for the party or make policies would be my red line.

Just like I said a couple comments ago.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yes but you disproved that almost immediately. So what I asked was what would it take for you to actually draw a line. It was more rhetorical than an actual question because we know now that you have no line that’s meaningful in any way bud.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world -2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Considering he hasn’t made policies for the DNC or picked a direction for them it seems you’re just arguing things you’re making up.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

We’ve been talking hypotheticals this whole time genius.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world -3 points 20 hours ago

Pretty impressive that I’m able to disprove a hypothetical then I guess.

[–] Soulg@ani.social -2 points 1 day ago

Written as someone with truly no idea what the fuck they're talking about

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My principles don't matter. Your principles don't matter. The principles of every single voter doesn't matter. What does matter is the principles of the President of the United States of America.

The functioning of the US government isn't just for you. Or your principles. Your principles are never on the ballot. Don't be selfish.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is brain dead. We live in a representative democracy. They’re supposed to be reflections of us. Public servants that carry out our will and nothing more.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you think the US is any kind of meaningful definition of representative democracy then you don’t know what you’re talking about and shouldn’t be taken seriously when talking about these things.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then enlighten me, what is it? We elect people to represent us, to vote in our favor. Not to rule over us with autonomy. Like I said, they are public servants, nothing more than DMV workers but with more responsibility.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s a fascist oligarchy masquerading as a democracy.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean currently, yes, that’s hard to argue with, but it wasn’t founded or made to be that way.

I guess I was focused on what America is supposed to be as a concept

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I get that. But what it’s supposed to be and what it is in reality are massively different.

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You insult because your brain is dead. Take a moment. Read my comment again.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

You sound like you want a dictator that rules as THEY see fit. Not for us.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 day ago

Don't accept money from Nazis.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The democrats are absolutely not good enough. Elon Musk is absolutely NOT GOOD ENOUGH. What an insane thing to say about a Nazi. THIS is why your country is where it is right now, not because of the people who refuse to side with nazis. It’s because of the enablers like you.

Welp, that commits my mental map of the next 8 years, here comes a Musk-funded Democrat to divide all of us again for another Conservanazi win. Yippee.

[–] ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which is why I favor succession through usurpation.

[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have insufficient resources.

[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

insufficient to find some group to join?

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The left doesn't have armed militias.

...wait, why don't we? The skinhead neo-nazis do.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Mostly it's because our intelligence agencies have been running aggressive counter-intelligence operations against the domestic left for seventy or eighty years. If they can't harass them into quitting or discredit them (see COINTELPRO), then they get them assassinated (MLK Jr). The CIA specialized in launching reactionary coups across the global south to destroy democratically elected and peaceful left wing governments (see: The Jakarta Method) and there's no evidence that they ever really stopped. To be honest, much of 2016 and on has reminded me a lot of the Jakarta Method; I wouldn't be surprised if the CIA has turned inward on the US.

[–] ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Any successful usurpation plan requires sufficient quantities of Cadmium, Astatine-210, Tetraphosphorus, Flourine Gas, and Sulfur. I have none of those, and I doubt any will ever come into my possession.