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Elon Musk Says Biden Wrong to Think He Was ‘Elected to Transform the Country’
Epoch Times ^
| 05/14/2022
| Katabella Roberts
Posted on 05/14/2022 10:06:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has weighed in on his thoughts about the 2024 Presidential election, stating that while he firmly believes former President Donald Trump should have his Twitter account reinstated, a “less divisive candidate” would be a better option.
The businessman also took aim at President Joe Biden, writing on Twitter on May 13 that the Democrat’s mistake is that “he thinks he was elected to transform the country,” but that “actually everyone just wanted less drama.”
Musk previously told a Financial Times conference on Tuesday that Twitter’s decision to ban Trump was “morally bad” and said he would reverse the platform’s decision.
“I do think that it was not correct to ban Donald Trump,” Musk told the conference. “I think that was a mistake because it alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice,” he added.
Trump, however, has stated that he has no plans to return to Twitter as he concentrated on building his own Truth Social platform, which is set to launch on a web browser at the end of May, Chief Executive Devin Nunes said earlier this month.
“I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on TRUTH,” Trump told Fox News last month. “I hope Elon buys Twitter because he’ll make improvements to it and he is a good man, but I am going to be staying on TRUTH.”
Musk told his Twitter followers on May 13 that while he believes a “less divisive candidate would be better in 2024,” however, the businessman still thinks the former president’s account on the platform should be restored.
He also joked that he would also prefer a candidate that is “also younger than 8,000 years old.”
Trump was permanently banned from the social networking site in January 2021, with the tech giant citing his alleged violation of the company’s “Glorification of Violence” policy following the breach of the U.S. Capitol. Facebook and YouTube followed through with similar bans.
It was announced last month that Musk would purchase Twitter for $44 billion, promoting conservatives to call for him to reinstate Trump’s account.
Monica Crowley, former assistant secretary of the Treasury under Trump, said in a tweet, “Now that Elon Musk is Twitter’s largest shareholder, he should demand the end of political censorship, company-wide reform, and the reinstatement of President Trump.”
Errol Webber, a Republican congressional candidate from California, wrote on Twitter that it is “time to get this platform back to its former glory.”
“Step one—bring back President Trump! Step two—give everyone who has been banned a second chance. Step three—end all forms of political and other censorship,” he continued.
It has been reported that Trump is considering another run for the presidency in 2024 after losing his reelection bid in 2020. A recent Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey showed Trump leading both Biden and Vice President Harris in a hypothetical 2024 race.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2022election; 2024election; anwr; biden; bidenflation; election2022; election2024; elonmusk; keystonexl; musk; opec; transformation; truthsocial; twitter
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To: SeekAndFind
Elon Musk Says Biden Wrong...
That’s good enough.
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posted on
05/14/2022 10:08:33 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
“actually everyone just wanted less drama.”
Elon claiming Trump lost.
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posted on
05/14/2022 10:10:24 PM PDT
by
proust
(All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
To: SeekAndFind
Donald Trump, the best president this ever had!
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posted on
05/14/2022 10:11:22 PM PDT
by
Herakles
(Diversity is applied Marxism les)
To: SeekAndFind
Biteme is wrong but if he thinks he was elected. Period.
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posted on
05/14/2022 10:24:38 PM PDT
by
BiteYourSelf
( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
To: SeekAndFind
I like Trump, and I’ll be happy to vote for him again in 2024, but I’m not going to knock Musk for having the opinion that someone other than Trump might be a better option in ‘24. I’ve heard the same thing from a number of friends and family members who I know voted for Trump in 2020. It’s a legitimate viewpoint.
To: SeekAndFind
Elon Musk Says Biden Wrong to Think He Was ‘Elected to Transform the Country’
You got it half right Elon.
Sounds like the boy genus voted for Biden
He probably actually thinks his money can buy free speech.
Someone's been token on the doobies and it ain't just Biden.
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posted on
05/14/2022 10:46:14 PM PDT
by
lewislynn
((Is Fox News covering for Soros, Dominion, themselves with their continued silence on 2020?)
To: SeekAndFind
Biden was wrong to think he was elected.
To: SeekAndFind
“The businessman also took aim at President Joe Biden, writing on Twitter on May 13 that the Democrat’s mistake is that “he thinks he was elected to transform the country,”
Fixed:
...mistake is that “he thinks he was elected.”
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posted on
05/14/2022 11:05:49 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:33:47 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Long live the Great MAGA King!)
To: SeekAndFind
I opened a twitter account a few days ago.
Went to see what twitter was all about 15 minutes later.
They said my account was locked down for “suspcious activity” and demanded my phone number to re-enable it.
Upon investigation It was determined that was common practice with them.
No thanks - ever.
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posted on
05/15/2022 1:52:56 AM PDT
by
conserv8
To: SeekAndFind
I opened a twitter account a few days ago.
Went to see what twitter was all about 15 minutes later.
They said my account was locked down for “suspcious activity” and demanded my phone number to re-enable it.
Upon investigation It was determined that was common practice with them.
No thanks - ever.
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posted on
05/15/2022 1:57:54 AM PDT
by
conserv8
To: SeekAndFind
So Donald Trump is “Divisive” now huh? All I see the man doing is pointing out the obvious just since sooo damn many people seem to have their eyes and ears covered because they’re afraid of what they may become aware of. The TRUTH!
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posted on
05/15/2022 2:16:42 AM PDT
by
know.your.why
(If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
To: irishjuggler
I like Trump, and I’ll be happy to vote for him again in 2024, but I’m not going to knock Musk for having the opinion that someone other than Trump might be a better option in ‘24. I’ve heard the same thing from a number of friends and family members who I know voted for Trump in 2020. It’s a legitimate viewpoint. I'm with you. I also agree with Elon, that those who switched away from Trump, did so because they wanted less drama.
There is these two problems, of course:
- The people who switched did not cause Trump to lose. The Great Steal of 2020, did.
- Much of the drama was instigated by the national News Misleadia and the Deep State.
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posted on
05/15/2022 2:33:29 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(My preferred pronouns are “monkey wrench” and “potato bin”.)
To: Lazamataz
People who talk about this drama business...will go back to Clinton’s years, then Bush II, then Obama, then Trump, and cite Biden today....as too much showmanship and tons of extra drama in the White House.
It just feels like a WWE-wrestling match running 365 days a year...for 25 years straight, in their mind. You can cite the news/social media as part of the cause, but both political parties have organized this festival of daily drama.
To: irishjuggler
The only person with enough cajons to withstand the same assault Trump did is DeSantis.
Anyone else will be steam-rolled by the Deep State or become a RINO to survive.
Trump may be “divisive”, due to his “mean tweets”. But anyone who is “kinder and gentler”, but with the same agenda as Trump, will be attacked relentlessly, and labeled as divisive. So it may as well be Trump.
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posted on
05/15/2022 2:53:18 AM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
(Come back, President Trump.)
To: Rennes Templar
We need a few more DeSantises in other states before we chuck him into the meat grinder. Conservatives sound like a drowning man trying to climb onto someone come to save them.
We need Trump to do this, for many reasons. I hope he is able and more effective than last time. The truth is, I think he is actually too “nice” and will not meet out the deserved justice.
To: SeekAndFind
Elon, that’s not Biden speaking, that’s Obama.
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posted on
05/15/2022 4:31:05 AM PDT
by
PTBAA
To: know.your.why
Thats my take on it as well.
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posted on
05/15/2022 4:58:31 AM PDT
by
vivenne
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To: Lazamataz
Yes, and Trump pointing out what was going on, i.e. the truth did mot make him the drama king. I hear people who voted for him in 2016 say they won’t vote for him in the primary because he is such a “troublemaker”. Reality is not even a concept for these people abd frightens me for 2024. Stockholm Syndrone is real.
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posted on
05/15/2022 5:02:59 AM PDT
by
vivenne
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