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[–] [email protected] 65 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Man born owning an emerald mine claims he supports meritocracy, will donate money to man born owning thousands of homes.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Don't forget he lost money in a casino as the owner.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure he was cleaning money...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It's still nearly impossible to bankrupt a casino, even while laundering money. That's part of why it's such a great business for money laundering. It practically runs itself and will be reliable long-term.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago

Did he back down from $45m/no? Sounded like be was still giving it yo a PAC to elect Trump. He was just complaining about "inaccurate" reporting of "donating to Trump" directly, because it gave him an excuse to shit on people.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

He can't possibly, but I like the energy.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel like Elon is becoming the Kanye of tech. It’s a weirdly similar progression, in terms of the public face he presents.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Nah. He's just bad at keeping his word.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Gotta say I read the article and Musk never says anything like knowing Trump will lose to Harris.

Is this cause he wouldn't confirm the amount he's donating?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, because he's an idiot and says stuff before he realizes what he's doing, then tries to back out. Just like trying to buy Twitter and a dozen other stupid things, like challenging Zuckerberg to an MMA fight or whatever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

He didn't back out. He's just clarifying that he's donating to a PAC instead of to Trump himself which is illegal.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

People like Trump are surprised that people like Trump don't have genuine loyalty to people like Trump...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Throw a few "OP will surely deliver" memes in between the initial promise and this retraction and you'd have a /b/ thread.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago