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Passages

(998 posts)
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 05:50 PM Oct 30

Trump Doubles Down After Elon's Shocking "Tank the Economy" Confession

Donald Trump seems to have no concerns about Elon’s Musk’s recent admission.

Just hours after Elon Musk admitted Donald Trump’s policies will tank the entire economy, the former president confirmed his plans to let Musk be a part of the destruction, claiming that “nobody is going to feel it.”

In an interview with Sean Hannity on Tuesday night, Trump lauded Musk as a “very exceptional guy” and a “great cost-cutter” when asked about a potential role for the billionaire CEO in his Cabinet. But even more unbelievably, the Republican candidate said with confidence that the American people wouldn’t “feel” the economic impacts of cutting trillions from the budget.

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Musk has proposed heading a “Department of Government Efficiency” under a Trump Cabinet—and the former president has clearly taken him up on it. At Trump’s hate-filled Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend, Musk announced that the target is $2 trillion in cuts.

Trimming the budget to the level would have to include cuts to essential government services like Medicare and Social Security—and could result in an initial huge economic crash. But Musk admitted Tuesday that that’s all a part of the plan, agreeing with a far-right troll on X that crashing the economy would lead to “sounder footing” in two years.

https://newrepublic.com/post/187712/elon-musk-trump-tank-economy

Harris's campaign already getting the word out.

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Deuxcents

(19,665 posts)
3. They may be lunatics but we're gonna be in serious "hardships" except for Musk and friends
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 06:06 PM
Oct 30

His plans do not include cuts to his projects even tho he gets subsidies.

no_hypocrisy

(48,747 posts)
4. Musk wants us to have another Depression, perhaps worse and longer
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 06:28 PM
Oct 30

than the last one.

Wanna lose your house?
Wanna lose your job?
Wanna lose your family?
Wanna lose your assets?
Wanna lose your life?

Nictuku

(3,862 posts)
5. No one will feel it No one will hear/read about it (revoke news channel licenses)
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 08:05 PM
Oct 30

This is a highly planned (financial) coup. They are going to try to steal everything. Turn the lights off and chaos can happen.

Good God

Intractable

(480 posts)
6. I get the feeling Musk enjoyed announcing the bad news.
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 09:05 PM
Oct 30

I think Musk may be becoming a sadist. He seems so bored with life and desperately needing of attention.

He's so rich, he can do anything he wants. Look what he chooses to do.

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