How people didn't see that from like a quadrillion miles away is beyond me. How is it that people are so willfully ignorant, disengaged, and seem to lack any capacity for critical thought?
Because the American people don't want it to be a conflict of interest. They voted in favor of profiting from these conflicts, aka Trumph. Many think it is funny and many wish they could do it to. Thats the REAL America, not these quaint ideals of justice and fairness.
He's going to get sued by about 500 businesses for everything under the sun in this position. Every single thing that comes out of his mouth that benefits his MANY businesses in any single way, is a potential lawsuit.
@@georgegraham472 Yeah!! I definitely love how Trump/Musk's idiotic rhetoric is poisoning South America, Germany, England, Canada and so many countries... Super amusing.
@@georgegraham472 I disagree. I am scared and have to dose my US politics intake mindfully to not go into panic mode. Even before the presidency has started we have to listen to crazy ideas that question any post two WW's agreements on what we will not ever challenge again. BTW Germany here.
As an Australian watching this 💩show you are correct we are watching the circus that is the USA. I cant believe that the USA has fallen so far into an abyss called Trump🤡 and Musk.
Starlink, Electric vehicles, space ships, low inflation, other countries respecting us, the closing of the border, That is how Trump and Elon has benefited you woke left wing democrats. Oh, yea, democrats in power guys did a great job on the California fires.
@@typhoon320iMusk has never been interested in what us good for everyone. He consistently lays off thousands of employees to make up for his terrible business decisions and illegal acts. He released his cyber truck, which is a complete failure of engineering on many levels.
@typhon, are you really that dumb? I’m gonna go out on a limb and say you aren’t, you just choose to be! What if there’s a way to establish an colony in Mars, he does that, but chooses to neglect the already established thriving colony on earth by not putting those same efforts into revitalizing what we already have? The only person Elon cares about is Elon. Everyone in the galaxy sees that he is using dumb ssa Trump for power
Yeah, you just described the American Way. This has always been the american way look back at it's history. You been told it is something different from that but that was a lie/myth.
Cut the gov handouts and contracts with Elon...save Millions! Isn't that what Elon and DOGE "want" to do? Cut wasteful gov spending? Start with Elon himself. FDJT, FEM
All this deficit talk is talking about the debt we have that's considered, overhead. We still have 300 trillion of debt before the 30 or whatever trillion of debt, deficit. Does anyone realize that?
@@metabang03 "We still have 300 trillion of debt before the 30 or whatever trillion of debt, deficit" - What, exactly, leads you to believe that the U.S. has 300 trillion of debt? Are you talking about all of its citizens collectively in addition to the government debt, or do you believe the government debt is 300 trillion plus the publicly-stated 30 trillion?
@@metabang03 "Deficit" is the difference between incomes and expenditures. "National debt" is the sum of accumulated debts accrued via funding deficits. Highest US budget deficit was in September of 2020 under the Trump administration, at ~$3,132,000,000,000. The current budget deficit for the US is ~$1,800,000,000,000. The current national debt of the US is ~$36,332,000,000,000.
I can't believe this is only now being reported on. As soon as he started talking about "DOGE" I knew exactly what he was doing. I never had any issues with Elon Musk but his greed is absolutely palpable. The worst part of it is that he thinks we are stupid as a nation. Frankly, we've proven him right by giving him and his pet orange dog the most powerful position in the free world. Kudos to us.
Yeah, I agree. Market manipulation isn't something new with Musk. Same with that stupid Pepe frog he switched his account to on Twitter, and he changed his handle to some Latin sounding name. I immediately thought that this must be some crypto pump and dump, and lo and behold, that was exactly what it was.
This just shows how slow mainstream media is and how it has failed to hold the powerful to account. This could have been reported on months ago. This could have been caught before the election, had they been clued in even one iota as much as the common person...
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I'm with you at all points except I hatet Musk since I learned about him because he is a billionaire and you don't get to be one without lies and abuse of workers
Minor comment, there is no such thing as a "green" car company. Teslas may not use gasoline, but there is still an enormous environmental cost from mining of rare earth metals and other impacts inherent to all cars. Any emissions reductions from these cars is outweighed by the harm caused by Musk's advocacy against public transportation.
YA, THINK? TRUMP PUMPS BITCOIN AND EELON PUMPING DOGE CRYPTO. EELON BOUGHT OUT THE GOP AND TRUMPY.. HE OWNS THEM ALL.. WE ALL FAILED AND WERE TRICKED BECAUSE OF UNEDUCATED MAJORITY WHITE MAGA, Some BLACK, AND BROWN UNEDUCATED IDOITS VOTED FOR THIS GRIFT.. NOW LOOK AT US, 🤣 MORE CLOWN SHOW TO COME.. .Getting popcorn
@tinyhouseranch that is more Trumps baby.... Mexico, Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal...... 100% lockdown on trade to the west. .....never will happen, he is a lunatic, but I can see where he is trying to go with it.
Thank you for adding this!! I wish these points were discussed more often. While we need to move away from gasoline, we need to do so in a way that is not detrimental to the environment.
Having either infinite immigration or zero immigration, is a false dichotomy. There's a particular rate each year based on economic growth, finances, jobs available etc. (Asylum is a small percentage). It's always been that way. Every modern country has this type of policy. There's also been much mismanagement by the government and dollar value. That means overspending, and interest rates too low too long (creates inflation). The tariffs / import tax on the other hand were used narrowly. They were applied in the fewer cases of currency suppression or wage abuse. Lastly, we very often have laws based on lobbying money and not for citizens. There's as much or more now, on the 'liberal' side. It just makes lower quality products, and manipulating for less wages and easy (weak) regulation. The agencies and industries, are in bed with each other. Both parties did a lot of those things. Hopefully, the newly elected will have some independence from the above. Try to have some optimism. Beyond that, we will see.
@Eric-vr8mc NONE of that has ANYTHING to do with my statement. It looks like something you have copy/paste elsewhere and just itching to post again somewhere even if unrelated.
We lost the election because of Joe Biden!! He put his EGO over the Party or country!!! I voted Democrat asking nothing in return!! Now we have to suffer for the next 4 years.. .. 😅
@@maaz9354 The blazes he doesn't. He's so upside down in Net Worth that the depth of the financial hole he's in is deeper than the Marianas Trench. IF he doesn't need Elon's money, why is he always begging for you to send him some, and trying to sell you Spray Painted Sneakers and Bibles?
YA, THINK? TRUMP PUMPS BITCOIN AND EELON PUMPING DOGE CRYPTO. EELON BOUGHT OUT THE GOP AND TRUMPY.. HE OWNS THEM ALL.. WE ALL FAILED AND WERE TRICKED BECAUSE OF UNEDUCATED MAJORITY WHITE MAGA, Some BLACK, AND BROWN UNEDUCATED IDOITS VOTED FOR THIS GRIFT.. NOW LOOK AT US, 🤣 MORE CLOWN SHOW TO COME.. .Getting popcorn
It should be both he should lose all his Federal contracts and he should have to pay it back with interest from day one he stepped into our country and started drawing money off our government and never paying a penny of tax and just sucking our government dry and then get in contract after contract to see how much money he can get out of it he needs stopped just as bad as Trump some may say even worse but they both need stopped @@joppepeelen
Maybe you should realize how for example NASA over runs on costs… Elon did it for a fraction of what it “cost” NASA. Thr problem is these overbloater gov programs with no incentive to be cost-effective.
@@Fx_- NASA is no different than a corporation, all of government is a corporate venture, which is at least theoretically aimed at altruistic goals. Elon, well... he's a narcissist with a God complex.
Do any one human being need over 500 billion dollars hoarding money. In a country he has became a citizen in.Where our veterans, elders and age out foster children are homeless sleeping on the streets or in their cars.😮
,A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED, He doesn't need anymore money. Unless he is a permanent patron gifting enormous sums to eighteen charities every year ( yes, there are charity brokers who do this) or is putting money directly back into communities he isn't doing the best he can do with his wealth. Personally he doesn't need more than 5 billion, He can't acually spend that in a lifetime, unless he is a fool.
He needs it because he has no life. He's just a void covered in flesh. Without money no one would even pay attention to anything he says. And, deep down, he must know that.
@@Absalom2.0(correcting myself) he's from Africa and was working here, making his wealth here illegally, because he was allowed to come to the US as a student. However, he dropped out of school, which nullified that agreement, making it illegal for him to be working. But it's cool because he made a lot of money, so I guess he's not THAT type of illegal immigrant.
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 I just love a currency that is SO SECURE that you don't even know who's holding it. And then there's the "Will save you when Fiat Currency loses its value." Darling, when Fiat Currency loses its value, we will have NO Power and NO INTERNET., and you will have NO ACCESS to your Crypto.
YA, THINK? TRUMP PUMPS BITCOIN AND EELON PUMPING DOGE CRYPTO. EELON BOUGHT OUT THE GOP AND TRUMPY.. HE OWNS THEM ALL.. WE ALL FAILED AND WERE TRICKED BECAUSE OF UNEDUCATED MAJORITY WHITE MAGA, Some BLACK, AND BROWN UNEDUCATED IDOITS VOTED FOR THIS GRIFT.. NOW LOOK AT US, 🤣 MORE CLOWN SHOW TO COME.. .Getting popcorn
@@timcurtis2337 He also lied about his education. The man lies all the time, but the incels aren't picking up on it. Personally, when I listen to The Apartheid Doughboy, sometimes I hear Elizabeth Holmes speaking and sometimes I hear L. Ron Hubbard.
Yup. His citizenship should be revoked and he should be removed from the country. Same goes for Murdoch. He's got citizenship here too and uses his Fox platform to purposely upend our democracy. He should also have his citizenship revoked and be removed as well.
@@bobbysmith5061Siphoning money from the taxpayers in the form of government contracts and then using his political influence to siphon even more. It may be technically legal, but that doesn't make it right. It's amazing that people like you will complain about the cost of groceries and gas, etc... Then hop online and defend people like Musk who are worth more than $350 billion. Do you not see the irony?
@@GivePeaceAChance12 Nah, delete. If somebody wants to use your handle later who cares, if they are impersonating you sue. Don't give him any site traffic and lower the user count so advertisers stay away.
@Sevenmountainisevil: First, I like your username. Most people haven't even heard of dominionism. Second, you're spot on! No one is talking about the coming CRASH, but I am seeing the same indicators I saw around 2003 before the 2008 crash. Back then, my friends and I knew a crash was coming, but we didn't know when (of course). Here are what I call the ABCDEs of all the looming crises the US faces: Authoritarian rule by tech billionaires driven by the TESCREALism. BRICS competition and de-dollarization. Climate change catastrophies. Dismantling and reallocation of "the people's" assets; e.g. USPS, Social Security, etc. Economic crash worse than 2007-2008.
@@Sevenmountainisevil You're right! The people who voted for The Apartheid Doughboy and Mango Mussolini have no idea what they voted for. We tried to warn them, but it's difficult convincing people who are, as Mango Mussolini put it, "poorly educated." What the MAGAs don't know is that they will be replaced by technology (robotics and AI), immigrants (high skill and low skill), and foreign workers at the plants/offices billionaires like The Apartheid Doughboy have built and are currently building overseas. But they're more focused on fetuses and woke to really care about American businesses and American workers.
@@Eric-vr8mc You've been warned! You people who voted for The Apartheid Doughboy and Mango Mussolini have no idea what you voted for. We tried to warn you, but it's difficult convincing people who are, as Mango Mussolini put it, "poorly educated." What you MAGAs don't know is that YOU will be replaced by technology (robotics and AI), immigrants (high skill and low skill), and foreign workers at the plants/offices billionaires like The Apartheid Doughboy have built and are currently building overseas. But you're more focused on fetuses and woke to really care about American businesses and American workers. Have a nice life!
Does anyone in this country make serious money doing anything serious anymore? Why should a young person study and work when every wealthy person around them is a grifter, gambler, speculator, trader, podcaster, influencer, politician or other useless appendage on society. We need immigrants cuz they'll soon be the only ones who know how to do anything.
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I wrote up a whole bible for a sci-fi series in 2008 where I describe Corporate Personhood... I quit when Citizen's United decision came down, I'm clearly no futurist.
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He invested in the coin in 2013, long before Trump was President. Elon's worth 300 Billion. It was at or below the current .33 multiple times. You think he needs such a small amount? It's a non-story.
@@thowl7065 Historical arson always has consequences, usually NOT from the justice system. Usually it involves a lot of death and suffering and economic collapse.
Billionaires and corporations have been giving money to both major parties for a long time. The numbers are even published, as required by law. With only 2 long term parties, there hasn't been much choice. France for example has several political parties, and many other countries. They then need to compete with each other. Also, it becomes less of a corporatocracy. Independent (and non-affiliated) has grown and now the largest category by population, up to 34% by recent numbers. We have more independents in office just elected, and also people who were in both parties. That's why maybe some optimism is due, at least. Cheers,
YA, THINK? TRUMP PUMPS BITCOIN AND EELON PUMPING DOGE CRYPTO. EELON BOUGHT OUT THE GOP AND TRUMPY.. HE OWNS THEM ALL.. WE ALL FAILED AND WERE TRICKED BECAUSE OF UNEDUCATED MAJORITY WHITE MAGA, Some BLACK, AND BROWN UNEDUCATED IDOITS VOTED FOR THIS GRIFT.. NOW LOOK AT US, 🤣 MORE CLOWN SHOW TO COME.. .Getting popcorn
I don't understand people who say Trump will run the government like a business. Imagine one of your biggest promises coming in as a CEO is to dramatically reduce revenue (in the form of tax cuts here).
@@mk40846 "And thinking that someone who has consistently bankrupted businesses that he's 'run"'" - Including a casino. Do you know how difficult it is to bankrupt a casino (where the house ALWAYS has the advantage)?
Wrong, the more they cut, hopefully the less they spend, the less the Fed adds to money supply out of thin air, and the less it devalues every single asset you have tied to the dollar.
There's also been much mismanagement by the government and dollar value. That means overspending, and interest rates too low too long (creates inflation). The tariffs / import tax on the other hand were used narrowly. They were applied in the fewer cases of currency suppression or wage abuse. We very often have laws based on lobbying money and not for citizens. There's as much or more now, on the 'liberal' side. It just makes lower quality products, and manipulating for less wages and easy (weak) regulation. The agencies and industries, are in bed with each other. Both parties did a lot of those things. Hopefully, the newly elected will have some independence from the above. Try to have some optimism. Beyond that, we will see.
YA, THINK? TRUMP PUMPS BITCOIN AND EELON PUMPING DOGE CRYPTO. EELON BOUGHT OUT THE GOP AND TRUMPY.. HE OWNS THEM ALL.. WE ALL FAILED AND WERE TRICKED BECAUSE OF UNEDUCATED MAJORITY WHITE MAGA, Some BLACK, AND BROWN UNEDUCATED IDOITS VOTED FOR THIS GRIFT.. NOW LOOK AT US, 🤣 MORE CLOWN SHOW TO COME.. .Getting popcorn
Elon's wealth is partly inherited but mostly fictional, exists only on paper in the daily ups-and-downs of stock prices of Tesla, SpaceX and cryptocoin which Musk has pumped-and-dumped for years. Whenever the stock prices of his companies fall or the media interest in him wanes the attention hog Musk jumps up and makes some grandiose claims, resulting in idiots instantly driving up his stock options, then claiming "He must be a genius, otherwise he wouldn't be rich!" He's rich because 1. he had money to invest in computer/internet start-ups in the 1990s, the reason he emigrated to California, 2. he is a con-man whose only talent is in buying something other people have build up & then claiming he founded it, 3. he is suckling on the government's teat like all hypocritical Libertarians who want to privatize everything but have their companies subsidized, and SpaceX could only become so big because NASA's own space shuttle program was killed by "privatize everything" advocates and pencil pushers. SpaceX is also causing environmental disaster by injecting "black carbon" aka soot into the highest layers of the atmosphere at unprecedented levels with his massive amount of rocket starts where it will never wash out because it's above all cloud layers. His satellite clusters of thousands of satellites are causing such light pollution that astronomers are warning telescopes on earth will soon be unable to properly see the starts, while environmentalists are warning animals that orient themselves by moon and stars are already getting off course, and same will happen to traditional sailors navigating by the stars. 4. He steals ideas from Science Fiction novels (i.e. "Hyperloop") that only work in novels (where Arthur C. Clarke had one built on Mars) but are unviable on Earth due to 1. insane amounts of practical engineering problems if you try to build on in Earth's atmosphere, plus safety and practicality problems, 2. the laws of physics.
A large portion of Americans want to prop up powerful people on a pedestal, just because they're powerful, and pretend they're mini-gods to be worshipped.
I have lost all hope in my fellow Americans it's like a large majority of our society are clueless, they are actually fighting for the rich to get richer and the rest of America to get poorer.
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 Bank records, tax filings, Credit Reports, and a whole bunch of other crap you never heard of, because you learned Diddly-Squat about money in school. AND THAT WAS NO ACCIDENT! IT WAS "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" IN ACTION!
Does "busted" mean that his true intentions have been exposed (the most obvious thing in the world from the get go, which everybody knows)? Or does "busted" mean that he's going to go to prison? Probably not the latter.
Why not cut the Reds? Or fire the people who rather shutdown the gov instead of working on an agreement or at the very least a compromise. No wonder american divorse is so high. Everyone is "my way or the highway"
Do you guys even know what you're talking about? You want to cut SpaceX? Do you know how much Musk save Nasa money from Russia? Tesla doesn't even need the Tesla subsidies if it's cut. As a matter of fact, Musk is for getting rid of the subsidies. And here we are always saying Trump's voters to do their own research. Don't start being a hypocrite. Do your own research.
The $277 million given to the Trump campaign is bound to yield a massive return on investment. 💸 Such a conflict of interest is both unethical and illegal. ⚖❌
Billionaires and corporations have been giving money to both major parties for a long time. The numbers are even published, as required by law. With only 2 long term parties, there hasn't been much choice in the past. Independent (and non-affiliated) has grown and now the largest category by population, up to 34% by recent numbers. We have more independents in office just elected, and also people that were in both parties. That's why maybe some optimism is due, at least. Cheers,
As a Government employee shouldn't he divest himself from all stock and interests in private company ownership and put it all in a blind trust until he leaves public office?
@@mk40846 - Musk is definitely the most publicly egregious. However Musk, Zuck, Bezos, others kissing up to Trump and undercutting the public interest & voice. All gaining way too much power, while wealth gap continues to grow.
Wealthy individuals and corporations have been giving money to both major parties for a long time. Lobbying money has been drifting left for 30 years. In the last 15 years, there's actually more individual and corporate money on the 'liberal' side.
@@Eric-vr8mc - Yup. I'm not saying one "side" is better than the other here. When it comes to billionaires and the game, it's mainly the same. Well, I mean, some pretend to care (lip-service) "leftist", and some go straight azzhole "rightist". Now, apparently they're not even hiding behind the veneer.
Social Security is not part of the budget so it is disingenuous to lump it in with the other top Government spending categories. Regardless of how much SS money gets spent it is NOT government spending it is distributing money to the people that OWN that fund.
The US Treasury keeps our money until we are old enough to start receiving Social Security. When we die the money goes back to the Treasury Not a bad deal for the government
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The coin Elon invested in was created in 2013, long before Trump was President. The price has been at or above .33 multiple times. You think a 300 Billionaire needs such a small amount? It's a non-story.
He invested in the coin in 2013, long before Trump was President. Elon's worth 300 Billion. It was at or below .33 multiple times. You think he needs such a small amount? This passes for news 😂
Why don’t the “conservative, patriotic” oligarchs offer to pay more in taxes to bring down the deficit? Don’t they love our country enough to make that sacrifice? You know, like poor people sacrifice themselves, their lives, fighting for America overseas, dying overseas, coming home without arms or legs. Money is nothing compared to our lives. Time for rich people to step up and do their part to protect us.
Everyone asks it. Maybe not around him because he's in his cozy bubble of yes men. He's bragging about robo taxis and how he'll revolutionize everything next year, every year. And everyone (with a brain) doubts that he'll deliver anything more than a very average product that doesn't live up to his promises.
@@gagaxueguzheng So..... I hate Elon. But you should check out a video of people using the most recent updates of Autopilot / FSD. It actually works really well now. I watched a guy drive around Boston for 2 hours using it. It's not perfect, you do have to pay attention and be ready to take over, but man does it make the drive manageable. I'm at the point where I hate driving, absolutely despise it, and I would pay for a feature like this, I would pay a lot for it. But since it's Tesla, I will wait for another car manufacturer to catch up.... It's kind of infuriating how much I want it. I think FSD is here, and other makers will start implementing it soon also.
@@gagaxueguzheng Musk is a typical corporate ghost.. just word salad that may impress uneducated people.. but the educated ones see right through that BS and immediately loose all respect.
@@rusty-y8r media had failed to expose him because they earn from his hype. Every news from him is clickbait for them and they can just say they quoted him. But it would be their responsibility to uncover his stupidity and let the people who can't discern his gibberish from scientific language know that he is a fraud.
Same, it’s happened 4 times since 2017 and every time it crashed, it goes on to set new record highs within 2 years. Every crash is a chance to buy more!
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Getting millions of dollars in DOGE at around 0,001 cents each to later boost the coin to the government, and possibly sell all his shares at everyone's else expenses. Seems reasonable ...
On April 12, 2023 NPR announced that its accounts would no longer be active on Twitter (X) citing the platform's "inaccurate and misleading" labeling of NPR as "government-funded media" despite the fact that it receives less than 1 percent of its $300 million annual budget from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
@michaeloddo2003 Wrong.. ! PR receives less than 1% of its funding directly from the federal government, but about 10% of its budget comes indirectly from federal, state, and local taxpayer money through grants to member stations via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and other sources This figure comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) grants to NPR's member stations (a.k.a. Subsidies, ironic ain't it?), which then pay dues and fees to NPR for programming and services. These indirect subsidies account for a larger share of its budget. Btw, since it inception in 1967 though 1980, it was ENTIRELY funded by federal budget through the CPB. By the early 1980s, NPR was running an unsustainable budget deficit. In 1983, the U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) calculated that NPR was running a $6.4 million deficit on a budget of just over $26 million and would have to borrow from CPB to continue operating. In a congressional report, the GAO criticized NPR for reckless spending, the failure of Project Independence, and general financial mismanagement.
And the other funding is from.. Wealthy Democrats and 'liberal' aligned corporations? Even the filthy rich give to both sides. They just want your vote, then cater to their lobbyists instead.
@@Eric-vr8mc Stop with this bias stuff. People are acting like bias in news media is something new, it is not. There has always been bias in the news , tbias is a basic human attribute. Everyone has a bias so why do some people think other people shouldn't. In addition facts are facts, Reporting on a water main break isn't a narrative action.
Rich men like Musk, like most wealthy men, understands that government money is 'free' money. Basically he can get rich off the taxes paid by his own workers and those of other and small businesses.
Something not written or talked about that much is that DOGE is not subject to FOIA...sort of important when you consider what they've been tasked to do.
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His first order will be the Fiscal Accountability Program. Closely followed by the Income Net Cash Equity Loan. The whole thing will flow from something called the Supporting Healthy Internet Tax. In other words there'll be a bit of a F.A.P. from a little I.N.C.E.L. and it will all be supported by a pile of...
Confused on why of all the crypto out there, why Musk settled for Doge? It's an endlessly replicating, inflationary coin. It might look good in his wallet now, but to keep up with it must be exhausting.
I don't understand why it isn't already considered a conflict of interest that he's has this position, let alone that he BOUGHT his way into it through his election donations.
It's just so condescending that a billionaire is telling us we'll have tough times ahead and he's planning to cut critical government programs. We're living in an oligarchy.
Finally someone else who also understands the harmful impact that ruling has had on or politics. I would bet less than 2% of the American population even know what Citizens United is let alone what it said. When I tell them that out illegitimate Supreme Court ruled that corporations were people , they look at me like I am some kind of lunatic. Most don't believe that it is a real thing, preposterous they retort. When a population is so delusional things aren't going to end well.
YA, THINK? TRUMP PUMPS BITCOIN AND EELON PUMPING DOGE CRYPTO. EELON BOUGHT OUT THE GOP AND TRUMPY.. HE OWNS THEM ALL.. WE ALL FAILED AND WERE TRICKED BECAUSE OF UNEDUCATED MAJORITY WHITE MAGA, Some BLACK, AND BROWN UNEDUCATED IDOITS VOTED FOR THIS GRIFT.. NOW LOOK AT US, 🤣 MORE CLOWN SHOW TO COME.. .Getting popcorn
He invested in the coin in 2013, long before Trump was President. Elon's worth 300 Billion. It was at or below the current .33 multiple times. You think he needs such a small amount? It's a non-story.
Our government is for WE THE PEOPLE. It is not for the benefit of things that are not human. Corporations are not human. The people who work there are human. I think it's important that We the People remind our government of that.
How people didn't see that from like a quadrillion miles away is beyond me. How is it that people are so willfully ignorant, disengaged, and seem to lack any capacity for critical thought?
And then there were 11 days left....😂😂😂.
Are you unfamiliar with the November election results?
And they are allowed to vote too SMH
Willfully ignorant, just to own the Libs.
Remember that DJT loves the poorly educated. He's not an intelligent person, but he's perceptive, clever, and amoral.
Department of Grift and Extremism....f8xed it
Alright, got to steal that one
Thank you Aaron! Touche’!
Now that's what that name really means that's the closest I've ever seen that name to me
Nailed it
Dept of Gross Exploitation 😂
How has this NOT been banned as a conflict of interest by now?
Because the American people don't want it to be a conflict of interest. They voted in favor of profiting from these conflicts, aka Trumph. Many think it is funny and many wish they could do it to. Thats the REAL America, not these quaint ideals of justice and fairness.
He's going to get sued by about 500 businesses for everything under the sun in this position. Every single thing that comes out of his mouth that benefits his MANY businesses in any single way, is a potential lawsuit.
Idiots voting also is a conflict of interest.
Can you ban that?
No.
wait till you hear about trump coin.... (not a joke....)
American politics is like a fricking circus for the rest of the world to watch. Embarrassing!!
And we - the rest of the world - are lovin' it.
@@georgegraham472 Yeah!! I definitely love how Trump/Musk's idiotic rhetoric is poisoning South America, Germany, England, Canada and so many countries... Super amusing.
To be honest, that describes politics in nearly all the world as well.
@@georgegraham472 I disagree. I am scared and have to dose my US politics intake mindfully to not go into panic mode. Even before the presidency has started we have to listen to crazy ideas that question any post two WW's agreements on what we will not ever challenge again. BTW Germany here.
As an Australian watching this 💩show you are correct we are watching the circus that is the USA. I cant believe that the USA has fallen so far into an abyss called Trump🤡 and Musk.
When a billionaire talks politics, there is only one question to ask. How does this benefit them?
what if.... what benefits him, benefits your grandkids.....like having a colony on Mars.
Starlink, Electric vehicles, space ships, low inflation, other countries respecting us, the closing of the border, That is how Trump and Elon has benefited you woke left wing democrats. Oh, yea, democrats in power guys did a great job on the California fires.
@@typhoon320iMusk has never been interested in what us good for everyone. He consistently lays off thousands of employees to make up for his terrible business decisions and illegal acts.
He released his cyber truck, which is a complete failure of engineering on many levels.
@typhon, are you really that dumb? I’m gonna go out on a limb and say you aren’t, you just choose to be! What if there’s a way to establish an colony in Mars, he does that, but chooses to neglect the already established thriving colony on earth by not putting those same efforts into revitalizing what we already have? The only person Elon cares about is Elon. Everyone in the galaxy sees that he is using dumb ssa Trump for power
@@typhoon320i If you don't own the currency, you're the mark.
Greed, corruption and moral bankruptcy 🤢🤮🤬!
Yeah, you just described the American Way. This has always been the american way look back at it's history. You been told it is something different from that but that was a lie/myth.
Dodgy Oligarchs Grifting Economics= DOGE
Department Of Greedy Egomaniacs
Democratic Oligarchs Grifting Endlessly..
(Let's reduce them by 2 Trillion.)
Democratic Oligarchs Grifting Endlessly..
Dem-o-crat Oligarchs Grifting Endlessly..
(Let's reduce them by 2 Trillion.)
@@Eric-vr8mc So you didn't learn ANYTHING from the clip? One assumes you're a MAGA supporter 😂
Cut the gov handouts and contracts with Elon...save Millions! Isn't that what Elon and DOGE "want" to do? Cut wasteful gov spending? Start with Elon himself. FDJT, FEM
All this deficit talk is talking about the debt we have that's considered, overhead. We still have 300 trillion of debt before the 30 or whatever trillion of debt, deficit. Does anyone realize that?
@@metabang03And the places that you're indebted to are also in debt.
The super wealthy don't care who they sell out.
@@metabang03 "We still have 300 trillion of debt before the 30 or whatever trillion of debt, deficit" - What, exactly, leads you to believe that the U.S. has 300 trillion of debt? Are you talking about all of its citizens collectively in addition to the government debt, or do you believe the government debt is 300 trillion plus the publicly-stated 30 trillion?
@@metabang03 "Deficit" is the difference between incomes and expenditures. "National debt" is the sum of accumulated debts accrued via funding deficits. Highest US budget deficit was in September of 2020 under the Trump administration, at ~$3,132,000,000,000. The current budget deficit for the US is ~$1,800,000,000,000. The current national debt of the US is ~$36,332,000,000,000.
Elon actually produces stuff the Gov needs. It's not waste when NASA can't retrieve its Astronauts from orbit. You are an imbecile.
This is why lobbying and donating millions to politicians should be illegal.
I can't believe this is only now being reported on. As soon as he started talking about "DOGE" I knew exactly what he was doing. I never had any issues with Elon Musk but his greed is absolutely palpable. The worst part of it is that he thinks we are stupid as a nation. Frankly, we've proven him right by giving him and his pet orange dog the most powerful position in the free world. Kudos to us.
Yeah, I agree. Market manipulation isn't something new with Musk. Same with that stupid Pepe frog he switched his account to on Twitter, and he changed his handle to some Latin sounding name. I immediately thought that this must be some crypto pump and dump, and lo and behold, that was exactly what it was.
This just shows how slow mainstream media is and how it has failed to hold the powerful to account. This could have been reported on months ago. This could have been caught before the election, had they been clued in even one iota as much as the common person...
Jordan, “Palpable” is mild. Overwhelming is more accurate.
And he’s talking to Trump and his followers. Who could be more stupid?
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I'm with you at all points except I hatet Musk since I learned about him because he is a billionaire and you don't get to be one without lies and abuse of workers
Minor comment, there is no such thing as a "green" car company. Teslas may not use gasoline, but there is still an enormous environmental cost from mining of rare earth metals and other impacts inherent to all cars. Any emissions reductions from these cars is outweighed by the harm caused by Musk's advocacy against public transportation.
YA, THINK? TRUMP PUMPS BITCOIN AND EELON PUMPING DOGE CRYPTO. EELON BOUGHT OUT THE GOP AND TRUMPY.. HE OWNS THEM ALL.. WE ALL FAILED AND WERE TRICKED BECAUSE OF UNEDUCATED MAJORITY WHITE MAGA, Some BLACK, AND BROWN UNEDUCATED IDOITS VOTED FOR THIS GRIFT.. NOW LOOK AT US, 🤣 MORE CLOWN SHOW TO COME.. .Getting popcorn
All that lithium in greenland and Canada and Mexico for his batteries makes him salivate
Doesn't it cost a literal crap-ton of gas to mine that lithium?
@tinyhouseranch that is more Trumps baby.... Mexico, Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal...... 100% lockdown on trade to the west. .....never will happen, he is a lunatic, but I can see where he is trying to go with it.
Thank you for adding this!! I wish these points were discussed more often. While we need to move away from gasoline, we need to do so in a way that is not detrimental to the environment.
Instead of the U.S. buying Denmark, we should buy back the United States from Elon Musk.
😂 but also 😢bc it’s TRUE 😮. I’ve discovered instant emoji feels line up pretty well? It’s a new linear year for the dark and light both.
try take back!
Bahahaha
Having either infinite immigration or zero immigration, is a false dichotomy. There's a particular rate each year based on economic growth, finances, jobs available etc. (Asylum is a small percentage). It's always been that way. Every modern country has this type of policy.
There's also been much mismanagement by the government and dollar value. That means overspending, and interest rates too low too long (creates inflation). The tariffs / import tax on the other hand were used narrowly. They were applied in the fewer cases of currency suppression or wage abuse.
Lastly, we very often have laws based on lobbying money and not for citizens. There's as much or more now, on the 'liberal' side. It just makes lower quality products, and manipulating for less wages and easy (weak) regulation. The agencies and industries, are in bed with each other. Both parties did a lot of those things. Hopefully, the newly elected will have some independence from the above. Try to have some optimism. Beyond that, we will see.
@Eric-vr8mc NONE of that has ANYTHING to do with my statement. It looks like something you have copy/paste elsewhere and just itching to post again somewhere even if unrelated.
I'm dumping my Tesla stocks today, btw. I had enough of this sociopath, and I don't want to support anything he does.
😂😂😂 glad to hear 🙄
You should try to get a other passport for Europe. Just in case your own country wants to leave the country.
Good move 👍
You made the right choice.
Yeah! Dump those stocks so someone else can make money off them! M0r0n
They could also tax the $1.2trillion/yr religion entertainment industry.
Agree.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾my Aunts are Catholic nuns. They take a vow of poverty. The Catholic MALES? Nope.
Oh Lord, please forgive this man that’s come into your church to blaspheme. His mind is full of lunacy
100% mega churches are for profit and should be taxed
Separation of Church and State
"Busted", but in the US the rich have no consequences.
owning a President is not enough for this rich guy
and the grift goes on
Yeah you're a dumb one
We lost the election because of Joe Biden!! He put his EGO over the Party or country!!! I voted Democrat asking nothing in return!! Now we have to suffer for the next 4 years.. .. 😅
@@maaz9354 The blazes he doesn't. He's so upside down in Net Worth that the depth of the financial hole he's in is deeper than the Marianas Trench.
IF he doesn't need Elon's money, why is he always begging for you to send him some, and trying to sell you Spray Painted Sneakers and Bibles?
MUSKRAT Bought & paid for this new Presidency.
@@maaz9354 - But he lapped it up anyway.
President musk vice president trump are real life grifters
10 percent to the big guy ... now there's something to chew on.
If Elon's president, then Trump's Grand Nagus. Where's that AI deepfake button...
First Lady Trump*
It's First Lady Don.
Trump hired an “ AFRICAN” American for the job…..let’s get it!!!
Thank you Ari for reporting on this!
President Musk and his side chick, Trump, are an embarrassment.
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@Medix247😂😂😂😂 y’all! I’m howling 😅 !!!
Much more dangerous. They are running the government.
Maybe musk should concentrate on cutting the cost from all those contracts he has with the Federal government!
yeah or pay the money back since he did not deliver
It should be both he should lose all his Federal contracts and he should have to pay it back with interest from day one he stepped into our country and started drawing money off our government and never paying a penny of tax and just sucking our government dry and then get in contract after contract to see how much money he can get out of it he needs stopped just as bad as Trump some may say even worse but they both need stopped @@joppepeelen
Maybe you should realize how for example NASA over runs on costs… Elon did it for a fraction of what it “cost” NASA.
Thr problem is these overbloater gov programs with no incentive to be cost-effective.
Musks spacex is already the most affordable launch option per pound of payload to space on earth...
@@Fx_- NASA is no different than a corporation, all of government is a corporate venture, which is at least theoretically aimed at altruistic goals. Elon, well... he's a narcissist with a God complex.
Thank you for being a rare corporate news person who brings the BS to light.
Do any one human being need over 500 billion dollars hoarding money. In a country he has became a citizen in.Where our veterans, elders and age out foster children are homeless sleeping on the streets or in their cars.😮
,A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED,
He doesn't need anymore money. Unless he is a permanent patron gifting enormous sums to eighteen charities every year ( yes, there are charity brokers who do this) or is putting money directly back into communities he isn't doing the best he can do with his wealth. Personally he doesn't need more than 5 billion, He can't acually spend that in a lifetime, unless he is a fool.
He needs it because he has no life. He's just a void covered in flesh. Without money no one would even pay attention to anything he says. And, deep down, he must know that.
Nope, but this is pink amerikkka
try 500 million!
Agree 💯
Wanna cut, cut the musk contracts, be a lot of freed up cash
He delivers things the Gov needs, and that nobody else on earth can deliver. Cry more.
@JohnnyFondue he's not american. Why don't he improve his own country?
@@JohnnyFondue We got all the narcissism we need, dont need his too
@@Numbskull727 He is a US citizen, you are tarded.
@@ketrotenderfoot9007 this is a stupid comment.
Thank you so much for talking about this!!!! It is astonishing how little this is talked about in this way!!
You mean Department Of Grifting Efficiently.
"Doofus of Grimy Exploits"
@@sayjay26🎉🎉
Department of Giant Egos
That's Hunter and Daddy
@@robertbirch5676 Your orange jesus won, let the lies lay
There's at least one illegal immigrant that really should be deported...
AMEN
Musk has been a US citizen since 2002. Also a citizen of Canada. He probably buys citizenships like he buys presidential campaigns.
💯
Maybe close australians right wing propaganda network Fox News?
How is it, a foreign national is allowed to manipulate US public opinion and politics?
@@Absalom2.0(correcting myself) he's from Africa and was working here, making his wealth here illegally, because he was allowed to come to the US as a student. However, he dropped out of school, which nullified that agreement, making it illegal for him to be working. But it's cool because he made a lot of money, so I guess he's not THAT type of illegal immigrant.
Trump set the precedent, which is why the likes of Musk and Ramaswarmy believe that they can do exactly as Trump has done.
Yup, and the GOP enabled him. It's infuriating.
Disengage anything that has to do with Musk……
Crypto strikes me as a giant scam. So does Musk. So does Trump.
Do some research then, there’s scams in any sector. Did you even read the Bitcoin white paper?
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 I hate tRump. I'm also been invested in DOGE since the first dip after the election.
It is a scam
@@Jakes2x For the dumb it’s a scam.
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 I just love a currency that is SO SECURE that you don't even know who's holding it.
And then there's the "Will save you when Fiat Currency loses its value."
Darling, when Fiat Currency loses its value, we will have NO Power and NO INTERNET., and you will have NO ACCESS to your Crypto.
Question, is the richest person on the planet going to be being paid for this position from the money struggling Americans have paid in taxes?
Muskrat should be deported.
He lied on his naturalization application
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@@timcurtis2337 He also lied about his education. The man lies all the time, but the incels aren't picking up on it. Personally, when I listen to The Apartheid Doughboy, sometimes I hear Elizabeth Holmes speaking and sometimes I hear L. Ron Hubbard.
Yup. His citizenship should be revoked and he should be removed from the country.
Same goes for Murdoch. He's got citizenship here too and uses his Fox platform to purposely upend our democracy. He should also have his citizenship revoked and be removed as well.
I like that. I hope you don't mind me using Muskrat?
Let's get real here. President Musk will never be held accountable.
he wants to rule the World, and he just might succeed.
@@klawuhn77 Becoming the fabled anti-christ?
ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT??
Just like Trump. No law can touch the wealthy.
@@bobbysmith5061Siphoning money from the taxpayers in the form of government contracts and then using his political influence to siphon even more. It may be technically legal, but that doesn't make it right. It's amazing that people like you will complain about the cost of groceries and gas, etc... Then hop online and defend people like Musk who are worth more than $350 billion. Do you not see the irony?
I mean yeah he has been manipulating the market for years how is anyone surprised by this.
Daily reminder to delete your Twitter and no click links from there!
+1
I've heard that one should keep their account and not use it, so that the handle can't be taken over by someone else....
?
You forgot about the document accidents while on auto drive mode not being required anymore
@@GivePeaceAChance12 Nah, delete. If somebody wants to use your handle later who cares, if they are impersonating you sue. Don't give him any site traffic and lower the user count so advertisers stay away.
1929 crash will look small compared to what these people are going to cause
Get off your Zombie Tv.
And change the station..
@Eric-vr8mc look at you trying. Hey, tell me what a tariff is. Bonus question, who picks your fruits and vegetables
@Sevenmountainisevil: First, I like your username. Most people haven't even heard of dominionism. Second, you're spot on! No one is talking about the coming CRASH, but I am seeing the same indicators I saw around 2003 before the 2008 crash. Back then, my friends and I knew a crash was coming, but we didn't know when (of course). Here are what I call the ABCDEs of all the looming crises the US faces:
Authoritarian rule by tech billionaires driven by the TESCREALism.
BRICS competition and de-dollarization.
Climate change catastrophies.
Dismantling and reallocation of "the people's" assets; e.g. USPS, Social Security, etc.
Economic crash worse than 2007-2008.
@@Sevenmountainisevil You're right! The people who voted for The Apartheid Doughboy and Mango Mussolini have no idea what they voted for. We tried to warn them, but it's difficult convincing people who are, as Mango Mussolini put it, "poorly educated." What the MAGAs don't know is that they will be replaced by technology (robotics and AI), immigrants (high skill and low skill), and foreign workers at the plants/offices billionaires like The Apartheid Doughboy have built and are currently building overseas. But they're more focused on fetuses and woke to really care about American businesses and American workers.
@@Eric-vr8mc You've been warned! You people who voted for The Apartheid Doughboy and Mango Mussolini have no idea what you voted for. We tried to warn you, but it's difficult convincing people who are, as Mango Mussolini put it, "poorly educated." What you MAGAs don't know is that YOU will be replaced by technology (robotics and AI), immigrants (high skill and low skill), and foreign workers at the plants/offices billionaires like The Apartheid Doughboy have built and are currently building overseas. But you're more focused on fetuses and woke to really care about American businesses and American workers. Have a nice life!
Does anyone in this country make serious money doing anything serious anymore? Why should a young person study and work when every wealthy person around them is a grifter, gambler, speculator, trader, podcaster, influencer, politician or other useless appendage on society. We need immigrants cuz they'll soon be the only ones who know how to do anything.
Our current reality is crazier than any sci-fi writer could ever imagine.
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I wrote up a whole bible for a sci-fi series in 2008 where I describe Corporate Personhood... I quit when Citizen's United decision came down, I'm clearly no futurist.
It wouldn't be credible..
Have you ever seen Idiocracy?
@Leah-yz4rj Apply it to both sides, realize some of the rhetoric, reapply.
Get the Musk out!
Get the Skum out!😂😂😂
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Get the DN.. wait a second.
Trump has surpassed Nixon's "I'm not a crook" legacy by leaps and bounds, and he hasn't even started his 2nd term. Go America!
Could there be a more quintessential Bond villain?
Maybe a parody Bond movie 🤣
No
All the ones from bond movies. Sorry highschool was so rough
Bazos is very close 2nd. Remember when he thanked his employees for buying his rocket for him. No class.
SpaceX is to get to his lair
Always grifting . Musk and Trump
Add Marge Greene, Boebert, Gaetz, and Justice Thomas.
@@teamzissou5663its funny Marge was right about a few big things... but her maniacal indecency is so unrelenting nobody acknowledges it.
Anyways, 🍉
He invested in the coin in 2013, long before Trump was President. Elon's worth 300 Billion. It was at or below the current .33 multiple times. You think he needs such a small amount? It's a non-story.
MSM > N Department of Grifting Rhet-o-ric. Also spells DOG Rhetoric.
Praying for the fires 🔥 victims in California 🙏🏽🤲🏽
And in the end there will be no accountability…
Boycott Musk and we will get accountability
Maybe not from the justice system, but they are playing a dangerous game.
@@thowl7065 Historical arson always has consequences, usually NOT from the justice system. Usually it involves a lot of death and suffering and economic collapse.
Same with criminal Bidens
Billionaires and corporations have been giving money to both major parties for a long time. The numbers are even published, as required by law. With only 2 long term parties, there hasn't been much choice.
France for example has several political parties, and many other countries. They then need to compete with each other. Also, it becomes less of a corporatocracy.
Independent (and non-affiliated) has grown and now the largest category by population, up to 34% by recent numbers. We have more independents in office just elected, and also people who were in both parties. That's why maybe some optimism is due, at least. Cheers,
Listening to MTG is like listening to a scratch on a black board - yikes.
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Same for Bobo
Get Musk out of the USA permanently!!
Doge is going to skyrocket then crash after the rug pull
I wish I can feel sorry for those who are ignoring the warnings but they been warned.
So why not get in and sell before the rug is pulled
haha yeah thats the time we wont be seeng him , i bet trump gets sick of him and then the rug pull (might be staged already)
Or you can make money while it goes up. Don't regret missing out when DOGE goes to the moon, then.... MARS!!!
@@bobbysingh1023 hahaha The average investor isn't privy to the rug pull. But go for it.
Socialism for the rich and bare-knuckle capitalism for everyone else.
Social Security is self funded. Please don’t spread misinformation.
I don't understand people who say Trump will run the government like a business. Imagine one of your biggest promises coming in as a CEO is to dramatically reduce revenue (in the form of tax cuts here).
But WEIRDO TRUMPTY DUMPTY bankrupted how many businesses and even casinos!! How does one bankrupt a casino!! Oh, money went in his deep pockets!!??
By a man who blew his Fathers $$ he stole & bankrupted many businesses.🤷🏼♀️
And thinking that someone who has consistently bankrupted businesses that he's "run" should run your country the same way lol.
@@mk40846 "And thinking that someone who has consistently bankrupted businesses that he's 'run"'" - Including a casino. Do you know how difficult it is to bankrupt a casino (where the house ALWAYS has the advantage)?
In a business, when someone doesn’t work for you, they aren’t your problem. In running a government, they are still your responsibility.
Corruption , corruption inc.
Bannon (MAGA base) and Musk (money) are now at each other's throats. I'm betting Trump will go with the money guy.
We should all pronounce it as do- ge …as in dodgey… which it obviously is .
Well it is the go to "currency" of drug cabals and criminals of all persuasions.
Musk and Trump doing it doge style?
Dog-e lol
@@gagaxueguzheng But who's the one getting in the rump? Could it be Trump?
@@johnshite4656 🤣
The more they cut.
The more goes in their pockets.
Wrong, the more they cut, hopefully the less they spend, the less the Fed adds to money supply out of thin air, and the less it devalues every single asset you have tied to the dollar.
Yes, it's much harder to make money with illegal things than do it in the sake of the "government"
Musk senses a very vulnerable America.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day*
I gotta give him that one.
With a malleable "leader"
There's also been much mismanagement by the government and dollar value. That means overspending, and interest rates too low too long (creates inflation). The tariffs / import tax on the other hand were used narrowly. They were applied in the fewer cases of currency suppression or wage abuse.
We very often have laws based on lobbying money and not for citizens. There's as much or more now, on the 'liberal' side. It just makes lower quality products, and manipulating for less wages and easy (weak) regulation. The agencies and industries, are in bed with each other. Both parties did a lot of those things. Hopefully, the newly elected will have some independence from the above. Try to have some optimism. Beyond that, we will see.
The wealthiest man in the world is a grifter🤣
Yeah, you get it
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... i'm shocked ... shocked, i tell you... /s
Elon's wealth is partly inherited but mostly fictional, exists only on paper in the daily ups-and-downs of stock prices of Tesla, SpaceX and cryptocoin which Musk has pumped-and-dumped for years. Whenever the stock prices of his companies fall or the media interest in him wanes the attention hog Musk jumps up and makes some grandiose claims, resulting in idiots instantly driving up his stock options, then claiming "He must be a genius, otherwise he wouldn't be rich!"
He's rich because
1. he had money to invest in computer/internet start-ups in the 1990s, the reason he emigrated to California,
2. he is a con-man whose only talent is in buying something other people have build up & then claiming he founded it,
3. he is suckling on the government's teat like all hypocritical Libertarians who want to privatize everything but have their companies subsidized, and SpaceX could only become so big because NASA's own space shuttle program was killed by "privatize everything" advocates and pencil pushers. SpaceX is also causing environmental disaster by injecting "black carbon" aka soot into the highest layers of the atmosphere at unprecedented levels with his massive amount of rocket starts where it will never wash out because it's above all cloud layers. His satellite clusters of thousands of satellites are causing such light pollution that astronomers are warning telescopes on earth will soon be unable to properly see the starts, while environmentalists are warning animals that orient themselves by moon and stars are already getting off course, and same will happen to traditional sailors navigating by the stars.
4. He steals ideas from Science Fiction novels (i.e. "Hyperloop") that only work in novels (where Arthur C. Clarke had one built on Mars) but are unviable on Earth due to 1. insane amounts of practical engineering problems if you try to build on in Earth's atmosphere, plus safety and practicality problems, 2. the laws of physics.
A large portion of Americans want to prop up powerful people on a pedestal, just because they're powerful, and pretend they're mini-gods to be worshipped.
I have lost all hope in my fellow Americans it's like a large majority of our society are clueless, they are actually fighting for the rich to get richer and the rest of America to get poorer.
You better get out of it folks. This sounds like a pump and dump to me
15% flat tax (no loopholes) for the wealthy and rich corporations making record profits. There's your $2 Trillion, Musk. Done.
How do you determine if a corporation is “wealthy and rich”?
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 Bank records, tax filings, Credit Reports, and a whole bunch of other crap you never heard of, because you learned Diddly-Squat about money in school.
AND THAT WAS NO ACCIDENT! IT WAS "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" IN ACTION!
15? Try 30
@@LogicbyDesign Try 94%
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 BRING BACK THE TAXES THAT MADE AMERICA GREAT!
Does "busted" mean that his true intentions have been exposed (the most obvious thing in the world from the get go, which everybody knows)? Or does "busted" mean that he's going to go to prison? Probably not the latter.
If Elon is intent on cutting money from the budget,…let’s cut his contracts by 67%!!!
That’s a cost savings I can get behind!😂😂😂💙💙
I would support cutting SpaceX and Tesla subsidies.
Why not cut the Reds? Or fire the people who rather shutdown the gov instead of working on an agreement or at the very least a compromise. No wonder american divorse is so high. Everyone is "my way or the highway"
he ALSO wants subsidies eliminated...theres TONS of clips with him saying such...envy will keep you poor and victims....its a horrible look
Do you guys even know what you're talking about? You want to cut SpaceX? Do you know how much Musk save Nasa money from Russia? Tesla doesn't even need the Tesla subsidies if it's cut. As a matter of fact, Musk is for getting rid of the subsidies. And here we are always saying Trump's voters to do their own research. Don't start being a hypocrite. Do your own research.
The $277 million given to the Trump campaign is bound to yield a massive return on investment. 💸 Such a conflict of interest is both unethical and illegal. ⚖❌
Elon's wealth has increased $150 billion since the election.
277 million is nothing compared to the billions he lost buying twitter to stop the DNC censorship.
Billionaires and corporations have been giving money to both major parties for a long time. The numbers are even published, as required by law. With only 2 long term parties, there hasn't been much choice in the past.
Independent (and non-affiliated) has grown and now the largest category by population, up to 34% by recent numbers. We have more independents in office just elected, and also people that were in both parties. That's why maybe some optimism is due, at least. Cheers,
As a Government employee shouldn't he divest himself from all stock and interests in private company ownership and put it all in a blind trust until he leaves public office?
Thank you, Ari. It may get more challenging, but please keep telling the truth.
Remember, these billionaires are NOTHING without you. Stop supporting them. Delete Twitter and Facebook, stop buying Tesla, etc.
Already done - well, eveything Musk at least. I'm not against billionaires per se, only ones that are also arseholes.
@@mk40846 - Musk is definitely the most publicly egregious. However Musk, Zuck, Bezos, others kissing up to Trump and undercutting the public interest & voice. All gaining way too much power, while wealth gap continues to grow.
Wealthy individuals and corporations have been giving money to both major parties for a long time. Lobbying money has been drifting left for 30 years. In the last 15 years, there's actually more individual and corporate money on the 'liberal' side.
@@Eric-vr8mc - Yup. I'm not saying one "side" is better than the other here. When it comes to billionaires and the game, it's mainly the same. Well, I mean, some pretend to care (lip-service) "leftist", and some go straight azzhole "rightist". Now, apparently they're not even hiding behind the veneer.
Social Security is not part of the budget so it is disingenuous to lump it in with the other top Government spending categories. Regardless of how much SS money gets spent it is NOT government spending it is distributing money to the people that OWN that fund.
The US Treasury keeps our money until we are old enough to start receiving Social Security. When we die the money goes back to the Treasury Not a bad deal for the government
The grifters are in charge. And grifters gonna grift.
Biden was a grifter for 50 years.
The two money making animals are distroying our dollar period so retired people lose their money.
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Nothing is illegal FOR THE RIGHT PRICE!
Thank you Ari for all your wisdom!
Keep up with truth and facts, Ari. Your clear, honest voice is needed!
Thank you so much!
The coin Elon invested in was created in 2013, long before Trump was President. The price has been at or above .33 multiple times. You think a 300 Billionaire needs such a small amount? It's a non-story.
He invested in the coin in 2013, long before Trump was President. Elon's worth 300 Billion. It was at or below .33 multiple times. You think he needs such a small amount? This passes for news 😂
Why don’t the “conservative, patriotic” oligarchs offer to pay more in taxes to bring down the deficit? Don’t they love our country enough to make that sacrifice? You know, like poor people sacrifice themselves, their lives, fighting for America overseas, dying overseas, coming home without arms or legs. Money is nothing compared to our lives. Time for rich people to step up and do their part to protect us.
"what is the purpose of autopilot if you still have to put your hand on the steering wheel?"
Everyone asks it. Maybe not around him because he's in his cozy bubble of yes men. He's bragging about robo taxis and how he'll revolutionize everything next year, every year. And everyone (with a brain) doubts that he'll deliver anything more than a very average product that doesn't live up to his promises.
@@gagaxueguzheng So..... I hate Elon. But you should check out a video of people using the most recent updates of Autopilot / FSD. It actually works really well now. I watched a guy drive around Boston for 2 hours using it. It's not perfect, you do have to pay attention and be ready to take over, but man does it make the drive manageable. I'm at the point where I hate driving, absolutely despise it, and I would pay for a feature like this, I would pay a lot for it. But since it's Tesla, I will wait for another car manufacturer to catch up.... It's kind of infuriating how much I want it. I think FSD is here, and other makers will start implementing it soon also.
@@gagaxueguzheng Musk is a typical corporate ghost.. just word salad that may impress uneducated people.. but the educated ones see right through that BS and immediately loose all respect.
@@rusty-y8r media had failed to expose him because they earn from his hype. Every news from him is clickbait for them and they can just say they quoted him. But it would be their responsibility to uncover his stupidity and let the people who can't discern his gibberish from scientific language know that he is a fraud.
I can't wait for the crypto currency bubble to burst.
Same, it’s happened 4 times since 2017 and every time it crashed, it goes on to set new record highs within 2 years.
Every crash is a chance to buy more!
Yawn.
@@zomputerxero6256Not sure about that. NFTs died pretty hard and they’ve stayed that way.
Just a bot.
Like one big Shart.
Ponzi scheme! Pyramid scheme!
Bye bye Medicare/Medicaid for starters. Never thought I'd ever see an elevator that goes backwards.
Ever see an elevator shaft?
@@mick8888Vthat's what we are going to get.
@@mick8888V*escalator
The sky is falling the sky is falling
🤦♀️🤦♀️
Elevators go forward/backward all the time, just in the vertical direction, up/down. The motors that move the elevator in a forward/reverse direction.
How much money is not enough for these creeps?
Its never enough for many & will step on any amoubt of toes to get it
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Getting millions of dollars in DOGE at around 0,001 cents each to later boost the coin to the government, and possibly sell all his shares at everyone's else expenses. Seems reasonable ...
On April 12, 2023 NPR announced that its accounts would no longer be active on Twitter (X) citing the platform's "inaccurate and misleading" labeling of NPR as "government-funded media" despite the fact that it receives less than 1 percent of its $300 million annual budget from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
@michaeloddo2003
Wrong.. !
PR receives less than 1% of its funding directly from the federal government, but about 10% of its budget comes indirectly from federal, state, and local taxpayer money through grants to member stations via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and other sources
This figure comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) grants to NPR's member stations (a.k.a. Subsidies, ironic ain't it?), which then pay dues and fees to NPR for programming and services. These indirect subsidies account for a larger share of its budget.
Btw, since it inception in 1967 though 1980, it was ENTIRELY funded by federal budget through the CPB. By the early 1980s, NPR was running an unsustainable budget deficit. In 1983, the U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) calculated that NPR was running a $6.4 million deficit on a budget of just over $26 million and would have to borrow from CPB to continue operating. In a congressional report, the GAO criticized NPR for reckless spending, the failure of Project Independence, and general financial mismanagement.
They have a bias for sure, so good.
People should listen to both sides of the media, or a variety of perspectives. Then decide the truth.
And the other funding is from.. Wealthy Democrats and 'liberal' aligned corporations? Even the filthy rich give to both sides. They just want your vote, then cater to their lobbyists instead.
@@Eric-vr8mc Stop with this bias stuff. People are acting like bias in news media is something new, it is not. There has always been bias in the news , tbias is a basic human attribute. Everyone has a bias so why do some people think other people shouldn't. In addition facts are facts, Reporting on a water main break isn't a narrative action.
@@Eric-vr8mc Why listen to 2 types of propaganda?
How about objectivity instead?
You might call it swampy.
PT Barnum called it over a century ago: Americans defend their right to be conned.
Your network has really stepped up its reporting and I’m grateful
YES! This episode is especially content rich - thank you!
Truth
😂😂😂 oh yes MSNBC is a great place for honest news?
Absolutely
@@0626jrp what sources do you recommend?
Rich men like Musk, like most wealthy men, understands that government money is 'free' money. Basically he can get rich off the taxes paid by his own workers and those of other and small businesses.
Something not written or talked about that much is that DOGE is not subject to FOIA...sort of important when you consider what they've been tasked to do.
Bummer title- he wasn't busted 😭😭😭
CnBC going broke , getting desperate , LAST GASP...A DIOS , SYONARA, GOOOODBYE!😅
MSM > N the Department of Grifting Rhet-o-ric. Also spells DOG Rhetoric.
Please y’all - it’s pronounced “DODGY”. Just like the “government efficiency” committee.
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circus left, clowns stayed..
Instead of D.O.G.E., it should be the Government Efficiency Department (G.E.D.) to represent the academic accomplishments of its two leaders.
An efficiency department with 2 leaders? 🤣
The US is a 3rd world country.
@@johnc3525 Living in the USA, we're rich, powerful, and righteous. You can tell the money and power is getting to our heads.
His first order will be the Fiscal Accountability Program. Closely followed by the Income Net Cash Equity Loan. The whole thing will flow from something called the Supporting Healthy Internet Tax. In other words there'll be a bit of a F.A.P. from a little I.N.C.E.L. and it will all be supported by a pile of...
Confused on why of all the crypto out there, why Musk settled for Doge? It's an endlessly replicating, inflationary coin. It might look good in his wallet now, but to keep up with it must be exhausting.
I don't understand why it isn't already considered a conflict of interest that he's has this position, let alone that he BOUGHT his way into it through his election donations.
"Grifto". I just coined this.
What CEO’s can leave their jobs and go work at the White House? Aren’t you too busy with spaceX Tesla etc?
@@justinmolinari229 The world 🌎🌍 is mine mentality. One country at a time 🤔
Do you pick on all people on the Spectrum or just Elon😢
AI of course, which century are you living?
One that knows how to properly lead
@@TheMrshawnpaul Tesla and Twitter are going truth sencial 📉
It's just so condescending that a billionaire is telling us we'll have tough times ahead and he's planning to cut critical government programs. We're living in an oligarchy.
Trump thought he was at Hannibal Lecter’s funeral today.
He was.
@@josephjones825 🙄 children again.
I call it Doggie
Dodgey
Thanks for Citizens United, US Supreme Court of Corruption
Finally someone else who also understands the harmful impact that ruling has had on or politics. I would bet less than 2% of the American population even know what Citizens United is let alone what it said. When I tell them that out illegitimate Supreme Court ruled that corporations were people , they look at me like I am some kind of lunatic. Most don't believe that it is a real thing, preposterous they retort. When a population is so delusional things aren't going to end well.
Seriously, the platform is called Doge? Is this just too spot on? Cant make it up. SMH.
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"Dog currency" 😂😂😂
YOU KNOW BROTHER AND SYSTERS! BE RISCH ANT STAY RISCH IN USA MUST BE CRIMINAL ! THIS IS THE FREE WORLD ILUSION 😂no other way
We all know that the grifters are appointed in office.
What kind of outcome did you expect?
What a disgraceful situation.
He invested in the coin in 2013, long before Trump was President. Elon's worth 300 Billion. It was at or below the current .33 multiple times. You think he needs such a small amount? It's a non-story.
Our government is for WE THE PEOPLE. It is not for the benefit of things that are not human. Corporations are not human. The people who work there are human. I think it's important that We the People remind our government of that.