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Elon Responds to Trump
Twitter ^ | 5.14.2022 | Elon Musk

Posted on 05/14/2022 1:44:47 PM PDT by libh8er

Elon's response :

"Whoever thought owning the libs would be cheap never tried to acquire a social media company!"

What Trump said yesterday :

"Only a stupid person would buy Twitter for that price, and Elon is not a stupid person. Besides, how can the deal go through when he may have illegally bought his shares? Would be very unfair to all of those shareholders, past, present, and future, who got “screwed.” I appreciate the offer, but I will never go back to Twitter. I love TRUTH!"


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; musk; trump; truthsocial; twitter
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To: JayGalt

Wrong link. In looking for the link again I found that Musk denies Trump encouraged him directly but Devin Nunes said that Trump had said as much to him & that Truth Social was pleased at the prospect of more truth and freedom of speech.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/06/elon-musk-denies-claim-trump-encouraged-him-to-buy-twitter.html


61 posted on 05/14/2022 5:18:57 PM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: JayGalt

Maybe he encouraged him, but there was no need for that Tweet in my opinion. Am I allowed to have a differing opinion here on FreeRepublic?


62 posted on 05/14/2022 5:25:18 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: bigbob

Oh, ok.. Cuz all the strategies up til now have worked. Interesting.


63 posted on 05/14/2022 5:30:28 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: JayGalt

“All of your imputed pettiness”

Rather ironic your projection that we are somehow being petty, when actually “pettiness” might more properly be assigned to Trump in this instance, since his recent snarky comment against Musk seems to have been provoked by Musk’s latest tweet about how he preferred someone less divisive than Trump run next time around. That and the fact that Trump realizes that a more ‘free speech’ Twitter is likely to leave Truth Social in the dust.


64 posted on 05/14/2022 5:31:47 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: Hildy

No, apparently anything less than complete worship and adulation of Trump isn’t allowed, at least according to some on here.


65 posted on 05/14/2022 5:33:38 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: jimwatx

It’s unbelievable. I am really over it. I like him, I do but he needs to back off sometimes. It is not about him all the time.


66 posted on 05/14/2022 5:35:43 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: jimwatx

We disagree. I thought Trump was just being honest and not petty at all. The perception of pettiness is in the eye of the beholder. I was shocked actually at how many people have bought into the media’s lies about Trump’s character so that every action & utterance is filtered through a false glass.


67 posted on 05/14/2022 5:37:24 PM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: JayGalt

Trump’s narcissism and egotism was a media invention? Well by golly, I guess they did fool me then. /s


68 posted on 05/14/2022 5:44:31 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: Hildy

Yes, please do.
I think that posting is an invitation for a give & take, a response. My response is meant to be honest but not meant to discourage you from your freedom to think & believe as you will.
I learn a lot from people’s honest posts and I learn even more researching so that I can weigh & consider the points raised. I am rather straightforward and that can seem aggressive though I am trying to be precise not hurtful. I thought Trump’s tweet was honest and that no logical person could have objected to the tweet. These are not kids being invited to a BDay party & declining. Trump has said before he will not return to twitter, it was not said to hurt Musk. In time the two may come to work together more closely or they may not, but both respect each other as successful, intelligent and astute.


69 posted on 05/14/2022 5:46:23 PM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: jimwatx

Actually just a little logic and some regard for truthfulness is all I ask. I am allergic to the idea that if Trump were nicer, more Presidential more like Romney or all of the milquetoast elder statesmen things would be better.
Trump accomplished more than any President in my lifetime and it wasn’t by being polite or nice. It was because he understands people, speaks the truth, is unafraid and wants to make win/win deals. In short he calls a spade a spade & shames the devil, speaks softly but carries a big stick.

It is too fashionable to subject him to the death of a thousand cuts without putting the man & his service to America in perspective.


70 posted on 05/14/2022 5:52:43 PM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: jimwatx

Yea Trump’s a real egotist, take a look at the people he helped, the gifts to people in need, loan of his plane, gifts to people with bankruptcies or medical needs. Look at the number of women he promoted compared to other companies, blacks, hispanics too. He does a stint at his hotels in housekeeping, as a bellman, all the menial jobs just to understand how things work on every level. He stood for hours in the hot sun to shake every hand at the military graduations which is not the norm. He donated his entire presidential salary. He stops and talks to people, children, respected all of the military unlike ZERO.
He reached out to & respected people in all walks of life and developed policies to benefit the farmers, people needing a second start after prison, worked with companies to provide job training with high paying jobs for people who were out of work. No one was too unimportant to recognize, to smile at, to hand a pen to, to ask about their problems, he acknowledge the contributions of others extensively. Maybe you never watched the rallies, the conferences, or watched the visits of foreign dignitaries.
Trump put them at ease, praised their countries and their personal accomplishments. He brought in groups from all walks of life and allowed them to speak one at a time, listening intently and then made a difference in their lives. He made funding for black colleges a long term grant rather than making them beg and worry every year.
Your impressions of Trump are poorly informed.


71 posted on 05/14/2022 6:11:18 PM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: JayGalt

I was an early supporter of Trump, and supported him earlier than many on here. I had some trepidations about his character, but considering how all the other candidates were just establishment hacks, I figured he was worth taking a chance on, and he proved me right.

He said all the things many of us longed to hear, and more importantly, unlike most politicians, he actually tried to implement those policies. My opinion of him actually rose. But on the other hand I don’t like pretending that he doesn’t have a few character flaws, it’s way to obvious, and when he indulges in them I don’t consider it some sort of unfair attack to notice it.

But you may be right that certain aspects of his personality that some might roll their eyes at, might be the very things that helped him persevere. It’s hard to imagine any other politician being able to withstand the the extreme number of attacks he was dealt, many coming from his own party. In any event I still support and intend to vote for him again, I thinks he’s earned it and deserves it.


72 posted on 05/14/2022 6:14:24 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: jimwatx

Good. I’m glad we have common ground. I look forward to our next meeting.
Thank you for your courtesy.


73 posted on 05/14/2022 6:25:30 PM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: JayGalt

I was being sarcastic.


74 posted on 05/14/2022 8:15:56 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: Hot Tabasco

What the hell does that mean. Sounds like a threat.


75 posted on 05/14/2022 8:20:21 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: hardspunned

Trump + Musk could equate to Truth + Twitter some day...


76 posted on 05/14/2022 8:27:17 PM PDT by Bobalu (Some people are psychopaths and the left is their natural home)
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To: Hildy

Yes, I know.


77 posted on 05/14/2022 8:33:10 PM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: Hildy

I was being honest.


78 posted on 05/14/2022 8:34:12 PM PDT by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
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To: JayGalt

👍


79 posted on 05/14/2022 10:24:54 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: bhl; V K Lee; Liz; rlmorel; SunkenCiv; GOPJ; conservatism_IS_compassion; HarleyLady27; qaz123
Trump doesn't need to come back to Twitter.

In fact, a key strategy for growing Truth Social is that it's the authentic home for Trump -- he will tweet there EXCLUSIVELY.

Even still, thousands of cross-platform users will tweet what Trump says on TruthSocial and in that way, Trump can have a powerful presence on Twitter, Facebook, (you name it) even though he may not have an official accounts there.

Elon and Trump are on the same team, the team that fights for free speech and plots:

  1. To break the back of Fake News and Wiki-FAKE-media;

  2. To stop the Fact CHEKA; and,

  3. To put a leash on the high tech guard dogs of Bidung's Ministry of Truth.

Put another way: it's better to have TWO free speech social media than just one.

80 posted on 05/15/2022 8:10:47 AM PDT by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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