After faltering in his plan to found a new ‘America Party’, the world’s richest person is returning to the GOP fold

In the aftermath of his spectacular falling out with Donald Trump last year, Elon Musk blasted the Republican Party as a corrupt force that was “bankrupting” the United States of America.

But now, after months in the political wilderness, the volatile tech baron has indicated that he will once again devote his enormous fortune to electing GOP politicians, this time ahead of the midterm elections in 2026.

“America is toast if the radical left wins,” declared Musk on X Thursday. “They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud. Won’t be America anymore.”

  • crusa187@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Musk grifted half a trillion dollars by teaming up with republicans to kneecap the government and steal everything he could in the aftermath. The whole “falling out” was laughably for show, they all got exactly what they wanted. And he’ll do it again, you can bet your ass on that.

  • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Elon Musk blasted the Republican Party as a corrupt force that was “bankrupting” the United States of America.

    This is what happens with leopards ate my face people. They were scammed by just one guy and don’t change their minds at all.

    • Mulligrubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Oh dear… you do know that Trump couldn’t do ANY of this shit without Democrats, don’t you?

      Don’t be distracted by AOC, she’s the “good one”; we have a few token Ds (and an Independent or two) that represent “classic FDR New Deal democrats”, but they certainly don’t run the party.

      • minorkeys@lemmy.worldBanned
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        4 months ago

        What exactly could democrats be doing that would stop Trump? I can’t help but notice you didn’t mention anything.

        • Mulligrubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          What exactly? Very many things, I could list hundreds. Last time I checked they were passing bills for him routinely, and voting for legislation that he wants.

          I can’t help but notice that you couldn’t come up with anything off the top of your head immediately, kind of a weird question in my opinion.

          • minorkeys@lemmy.worldBanned
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            4 months ago

            No, you couldn’t because they don’t exist. Republicans control all branches of government. Democrats have no power to stop them.

            • Mulligrubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              4 months ago

              They don’t exist because they’re not doing very much, not because a list can’t be made. Please don’t make false claims in a civil discussion, there’s no need for that.

              I don’t have to make a list to please you, it’s crazy but I don’t work for you or anything. Perhaps read about other representatives around the world and in the USA, and how they stood up to their power mongers. So many ways, come on you can think of ten right now. Make a list for me.

              Yeah, Rs and Ds swap every few years, that’s what they do. That’s all they do. What do you expect them to do? If they toppled the other party, they would immediately collapse. This only works if there is a constant “scapegoat” to blame, with two easily defined sides (like for example theological and secular).

                • Mulligrubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  4 months ago

                  You have less than nothing. You’re deliberately trying to obfuscate to conceal your lack of knowledge. That means your ego is weak, and you can’t be trusted with even the most minor of tasks.

                  Your family is ashamed.

    • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      There isn’t an already functioning and somewhat successful political party to buy and then claim he invented politics.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Probably way too much work for this asshole. I’m not sure fElon really has the capability for that kind of deep focus and probably doesn’t even have the capability to delegate that kind of thing to responsible people, either.

      Given the history of third parties in this country in general, though…it’s probably much harder than it looks. Virtually all of them come off as completely unserious and/or compromised (like the Green Party).

  • lemmylump@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    He needs to rot in prison, I think he’s scared, and that makes me want to fight him more.

    Ignore the Nazi propaganda and destroy these fucking Nazis.

    • lauha@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Just a reminder that corrupt pedophile president is normally frowned upon in sane countries.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    "They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud.

    Just a reminder that Elon Musk is an illegal immigrant and a fraud.