Elon Musk to Give $45M Monthly to Trump Super PAC

[JonnyF]

13 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I think the bit with the snipers failing to spot the shooter on the roof is the salient bit.

 

But no accusations of DEI from you on that Jonny?!

 

I’ll give up on this Jonny, because as O said at the start, I had no expectation of you delivering:

 

 

Where is your evidence that the women who’s image you posted were hired to meet some DEI quota?

 

 

I've posted plenty of evidence. Let's face it, I could post a picture of the portly Soccer Mom agent running away crying with a "DEI hire" badge on her lapel and you still wouldn't accept it. I can imagine your response now "Please post links to prove she wasn't trained to run away crying by the white partiarchy". 😃

 

The main thing is that Trump appears to have hired a new team based on their ability to protect him rather than tick boxes. He will need them, given the appallingly divisive and dangerous rhetoric from the left that culminated in the political violence that almost cost him his life.  

[Kinnock]

2 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

Yup, that's how party donations work everywhere in the world. They donate if they support their policies.

 

Glad you finally worked that out for yourself

Monthly payments vs the usual one-off is the critical difference, hope you can finally work this out for yourself. 

[novacova]

46 minutes ago, Woof999 said:

 

So you just label anything that goes against your beliefs as porn to justify them being removed.

Reading comprehension impediment? 

1 hour ago, novacova said:

Isn’t normal for schools to ban porn literature? What kind of knuckle head would disagree with this?

 

[Woof999]

1 minute ago, novacova said:

Reading comprehension impediment? 

 

 

How ironic.

[harryviking]

Sadly there are no context between being inventive and being smart! I consider Musk to a genius to invent things but an IDIOT when it comes to real life! Seems to be the case with so many of these super billionaires!

[thecyclist]

5 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

It's his money, he can do what he likes with it!

Is it though??Yes the neoliberal order,  the age of corporate fascism, allows individuals to amass unbelievable amounts of money/power, turn societies into pseudo democratic plutocracies, the likes the world hasn't seen since the Egyptian pharaohs. 

So , by any rational, moral, commonsensical measure, his wealth (and power) is illegitimate. 

[thecyclist]

1 hour ago, harryviking said:

Sadly there are no context between being inventive and being smart! I consider Musk to a genius to invent things but an IDIOT when it comes to real life! Seems to be the case with so many of these super billionaires!

A genius, really. Einstein was a genius. Musk hires teams of scientists and   engineers to design things for him .some of them might be geniuses, Musk ,while certainly smart, is no genius, although, like a lot of the superrich they ecxel in ambition and insatiable greed. 

[john donson]

if only MUSK did anything like  mr BEAST (building houses, give free eye surgery to hundreds)...

[john donson]

1 hour ago, harryviking said:

Sadly there are no context between being inventive and being smart! I consider Musk to a genius to invent things but an IDIOT when it comes to real life! Seems to be the case with so many of these super billionaires!

 

there might be a slight chance that MUSK is part of a group that INVENTED BITCOIN

 

he is or was the richest person in the world... but EV's do not make that much profit

 

he was in the group that created PAYPAL, or took over paypal and sold to EBAY

[mikeymike100]

4 hours ago, tgw said:

correct, and we are free to loathe him for what he's doing with it.

Or free to agree with him, for what he is doing with it!😆

[Yellowtail]

3 hours ago, Will B Good said:

?????

What is it that you do not understand? You make a claim like "books are being banned in Florida", and when it is called out as a false claim, you post a link to something that does not support your false claims. 

 

Again, please provide an example of a book that is banned in Florida. 

 

You can't, because you made it up. 

[Will B Good]

4 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

What is it that you do not understand? You make a claim like "books are being banned in Florida", and when it is called out as a false claim, you post a link to something that does not support your false claims. 

 

Again, please provide an example of a book that is banned in Florida. 

 

You can't, because you made it up. 

DeSantis said, "There's not been a single book banned in the state of Florida." 

His argument hinges on county school districts, and not the state, deciding which books to remove or restrict. But school districts are making book decisions to comply with state law. 

The American Library Association says a "ban" is the removal of a book based on a person or group’s objection and experts we spoke to said a book is effectively banned in school when it’s pulled from a school library and cannot be taught. 

A press release from DeSantis said in March that 23 districts had removed 175 titles, which contradicts his argument that not a single book was banned.

[Skipalongcassidy]

20 hours ago, jippytum said:

That is  a lot of cash but The Donald is worth it. 

Some people would think that even your life would be worth it... many do Not

[FritsSikkink]

What does he want back for that?

[luckymitchell]

On 7/17/2024 at 8:31 AM, HappyExpat57 said:

This is GREAT news! Everything that moron invests in fails. Biden CAN'T lose now.

The Moron the is one of the richest men in the world, while bitter old you sits on a thai expat forum on a government  pension

[impulse]

23 hours ago, Kinnock said:

Monthly payments vs the usual one-off is the critical difference, hope you can finally work this out for yourself. 

 

What's the functional difference between that, and the Dem PAC that's withholding $90 million until Biden steps down?

 

[HappyExpat57]

3 hours ago, luckymitchell said:

The Moron the is one of the richest men in the world, while bitter old you sits on a thai expat forum on a government  pension

You obviously haven't a CLUE who I am, what I do, or what my finances are. Being lucky doesn't mean you're not a moron, but casting aspersions on people you don't know puts you solidly in that category.

Have a nice day.

[susanlea]

5 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

You obviously haven't a CLUE who I am, what I do, or what my finances are. Being lucky doesn't mean you're not a moron, but casting aspersions on people you don't know puts you solidly in that category.

Have a nice day.

Half the people on here are on pensions. 

[HappyExpat57]

4 minutes ago, susanlea said:

Half the people on here are on pensions. 

You are suggesting it's OK to spew drivel cuz you have a 50/50 chance of being right?

555!

[candide]

14 hours ago, luckymitchell said:

The Moron the is one of the richest men in the world, while bitter old you sits on a thai expat forum on a government  pension

The moron inherited his wealth. His only really profitable business was TV shows

[Yellowtail]

17 hours ago, candide said:

The moron inherited his wealth. His only really profitable business was TV shows

What TV show did Elon Musk have? 

 

Are you confused or are you just blinded by hate and regurgitating false claims about Trump? 

[candide]

9 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

What TV show did Elon Musk have? 

 

Are you confused or are you just blinded by hate and regurgitating false claims about Trump? 

Ooops! I was mislead by the use of the word "moron". I wouldn't call Musk a moron, as he has been a true entrepreneur. A bit crazy, certainly (I Guess daily micro-doses of LSD didn't help.

[luckymitchell]

On 7/19/2024 at 2:09 AM, candide said:

The moron inherited his wealth. His only really profitable business was TV shows

If you followed the comments you'd see I was talking about Elon. However trump didn't inherit all he has made, he may have been given a start, but buiLt if from there.

What is your financial status to call a billionare a moron?

[luckymitchell]

I do not care who you are or think you are. You are a noboby compared to Elon, one of the richest men in the world... you are not of the Forbes list, you are an expat retiree posting on a site for other expeat retirees. 

[candide]

32 minutes ago, luckymitchell said:

If you followed the comments you'd see I was talking about Elon. However trump didn't inherit all he has made, he may have been given a start, but buiLt if from there.

What is your financial status to call a billionare a moron?

I know and corrected it in another post.

My financial status has nothing to do with it, as I did not inherit a large amount of money and my father did not pay my debts.

 

As to Musk, he's not a moron and is a real entrepreneur. He's a bit crazy but it often goes with being an entrepreneur. Having said that, managing a mature business requires other skills, so he may not be so good at it.

 

Edited July 21 by candide

[herfiehandbag]

On 7/17/2024 at 8:50 AM, JonnyF said:

 

If you hire women to fill DEI quotas, why not dwarves, deaf people etc.?

 

Either you are basing it purely on ability or you are not.

 

What is your problem with dwarves and trans? Why are you so bigoted as to assume they are not worthy of a role in the secret service? 

After all, dwarves are small and easier to hide. And , I mean, who is going to notice a 95Kg woman with a beard and purple hair?

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2 hours ago, luckymitchell said:

If you followed the comments you'd see I was talking about Elon. However trump didn't inherit all he has made, he may have been given a start, but buiLt if from there.

What is your financial status to call a billionare a moron?

Trump destroyed his father's business and then went through several more bankruptcies. He only held on to any cash at all because of the protections afforded by bankruptcy law. Basically, banks gave up trying to get their money back from him. But it's not insignificant to note that the NY banks which fueled his father's rise, ultimately refused to do business with Donald Trump.

[Yellowtail]

24 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Trump destroyed his father's business and then went through several more bankruptcies. He only held on to any cash at all because of the protections afforded by bankruptcy law. Basically, banks gave up trying to get their money back from him. But it's not insignificant to note that the NY banks which fueled his father's rise, ultimately refused to do business with Donald Trump.

Do you have any facts that support your claims? No? I thought not. 

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One piece of wisdom mostly subscribed to by courtroom attorneys is not to ask questions you don't know the answer to. Violating that rule is foolish enough. What's even more foolish is providing false answers to those questions.

 

Trump's Financial Documents Reveal Hundreds Of Millions Owed To Lenders

As a young man, Trump's father co-signed his loans. Once he became famous, banks rushed to lend him money. But they became skeptical about Trump following his many bankruptcies. So his main lenders became Deutsche Bank and Ladder Capital, but both securitize his debt to spread the risk.

https://www.npr.org/2017/06/19/533556211/trumps-financial-documents-reveal-hundreds-of-millions-owed-to-lenders

 

Donald Trump’s Business Failures Were Very Real

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/donald-trumps-business-failures-were-very-real

Edited July 21 by placeholder

[Yellowtail]

53 minutes ago, placeholder said:

One piece of wisdom mostly subscribed to by courtroom attorneys is not to ask questions you don't know the answer to. Violating that rule is foolish enough. What's even more foolish is providing false answers to those questions.

 

Trump's Financial Documents Reveal Hundreds Of Millions Owed To Lenders

As a young man, Trump's father co-signed his loans. Once he became famous, banks rushed to lend him money. But they became skeptical about Trump following his many bankruptcies. So his main lenders became Deutsche Bank and Ladder Capital, but both securitize his debt to spread the risk.

https://www.npr.org/2017/06/19/533556211/trumps-financial-documents-reveal-hundreds-of-millions-owed-to-lenders

 

Donald Trump’s Business Failures Were Very Real

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/donald-trumps-business-failures-were-very-real

The fist link seems to be an opinion piece, the second seems to be behind a paywall, 

 

If you actually read them (doubtful) why not pull out any verifiable facts and post them up?