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Original poster deleted it between when I opened the article and when I tried to comment on it. Dunno why, but here it is again.

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[–] QuantumTickle@lemmy.zip 75 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Remember when he said he was exiting politics to return to running his companies?

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What he meant was he was exiting conservative politics to return to pandering to the type of people who actually buy the products he's trying to sell. He thought sucking Trump's dick would get him lucrative government money, which it might have eventually, but it came at a cost he wasn't willing to pay. Now he's going the other direction to act like the good guy and fighting against Trump.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Now he’s going the other direction to act like the good guy and fighting against Trump.

Who will believe he is the good guy? He pissed off liberals when he abandoned green initiatives and threw his lot in with climate changers. Then he pissed off conservatives when he had his war of words with the orange turd. Moderate Republicans that may oppose trump are put off by Musk's antics and insistence of introducing internet humor into business dealings and products.

He has no supporters anymore and any group he's trying to court wants nothing to do with him.

[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago

Whether he’s Sméagol or Gollum I’m just waiting for him to fall in that volcano.

[–] seejur@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nah. As soon as Trump re-add the electric car subsidies he'll be a happy boy all over again

He is not doing this for the people. He still doesn't give a half shit about Medicaid of the average Americans.

[–] Steve@communick.news 5 points 2 days ago

That's what he's doing here.
Making sure Tesla gets to take advantage of the EV subsidies.