Elon Musk admits Trump would’ve lost the election if it weren’t for him.
Posted by FIRE_Minded
Elon Musk admits Trump would’ve lost the election if it weren’t for him.
Posted by FIRE_Minded
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Elon’s ego might actually be bigger than Trump. Thats wild
Didn’t even say thank you once
It’s hard to say, he helped for sure but the Dems practically wanted to lose.
Perhaps he’s right about the election: they’re mostly close calls by 2-3% in most cases. Having heavyweights like Musk on board could’ve helped since he’s quite popular (love him or hate him) in the tech and business world. However, we can’t underestimate the sheer “crowd-pull” that Trump has — 2016 was all him. We don’t see 5%+ margins too often. Matter of fact, only 3 out the last 11 elections (since 1980) have seen margins of over 5% between victory and defeat.
People forget that Trump was already far ahead in the polls and Musk didn’t join the campaign until after the assassination attempt, when his win already seemed pretty much nailed on. The Democrats did more to help Trump win than Elon by running Biden until mid-July and then anointing Kamala without a contested convention.
In my opinion, this is about Tesla. EV/Solar incentives were cut, but not gas/oil subsidies so Elon is mad that his Teslas will have a disadvantage against gas cars now. That’s what this is ultimately about. It’s the only “pork” he’s specifically stated now that he doesn’t like in the bill. Oh, and he’s mad his NASA pick was withdrawn. He’s now saying to get rid of EV incentives (which helps Tesla by crushing his competitors) but also to get rid of gas subsidies as well. Why? Because if EV incentives go but gas subsidies remain, then EVs become substantially less competitive with normal gas cars. That, combined with the political damage he’s doing to Tesla, would kill Tesla.
Trump won because the democrats wanted to lose this cycle. It’s all a game and none of us plebs are winning
[“Without me, Trump would have lost the election…”](https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/user-clip-trump-talking-about-elon-musk-knowing-about-voting-computers/5150057)
Elon rigged the voting machines. This is going to be fun to watch.
Dems and their hand picked candidate lost because they didn’t have a plan or message that resonated with Americans.