5 Times Elon Musk Proved Himself to Be the ‘Bullshit Artist’ Donald Trump Described
The man is nothing but a venture capitalist that came from money and, in reality, is nothing more than a snake oil salesman.
Everywhere that government has taken away the tax breaks for electric cars, sales plummet. The industry itself seems to be on the downhill slide. And China, with its own EV company, just overtook Tesla as the #1 EV producer on the planet and they control over 80% of the minerals and mines needed to make the monstrosities.
Anwywho...Musk, like every other billionaire, has enough money to completely insulate himself from all the bad in the world. Bad that is created by guys like him with their control over the worlds politicians.
When the Twitter thing started, comments on here went on for a long time about how he was going to save ‘free speech’. I guess that’s exactly how snake oil salesman sell their snake oil.
As for Twitter, not sure what they’re thinking. Maybe the BOD wants to cash out, but, if they file a lawsuit to try and force him to buy, then Discovery is going to be a bitch. Twitter will have to provide all the information that he says he has wanted all along. And perhaps, its collusion with governments. When this started and they delayed and ignored, the only thing that came to mind was an article on Conservative Treehouse...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/04/17/jacks-magic-coffee-shop/
It makes a lot of sense to me.
And because he got called out by Pres Trump, he’s throwing a bit of a temper tantrum. You see, people aren’t allowed to talk bad about the uber rich like Musk, Bezos, Gates, et al. We’re all peasants in their eyes. As for him cozying up to the GOPe, he’s just looking for friends to help him fight.
Elon Musk is less of a BS artist than President Trump, and both are self-made. EV sales continue to climb, and Tesla's not been eligible for a few years now, during which time Tesla's built two new gigafactories trying to meet demand.
China's EVs have the same quality and design problems that their ICE vehicles have, and SpaceX dominates the launch business, and will continue to, growing that industry as it goes.
Musk was going to take over Twitter if his conditions were met. They weren't met because Twitter (as we all know) was run by leftist grifters. Musk wants Twitter to be a vehicle for actual free speech, and Twitter-banned President Trump had started his own forum to compete with Twitter.
Prior to Musk's offer to acquire Twitter, they were on the same side regarding Twitter. Trump's reaction was to Musk's emergence as a possible competitor, nothing more. He's said worse about his 2016 primary opponents.
It's been easy for me to fall for Musk's hype. I applauded his moves to acquire Twitter and make a free speech platform.
But this Breitbart story is excellent analysis.
I did a little Google search and discovered Musk has been dinging Truth Social:
That's disrespectful. Makes you wonder if he's truly out to protect free speech or is merely looking out for himself.
You pegged it right. Musk is another corporate welfare seeker. Musk got a deal from Texas. And the booby prize went to Rivian who's got sugar daddy Kemp in Georgia.
Click the "5Y chart" on Telsa's stock price. Its value today is down to what it was in late 2020. Its fortunes are mirroring the Biden economy. Lots of hope through mid-2021 and bitter disappointment since then.
This guy has lost his luster for me. And I'm glad it was Trump who called him out. Well done, Mr. Very Stable Genius. Suddenly, a few words at an Alaska rally and the Martian explorer has been brought down to size. Bezos was a lot more cagey with Trump. He knew is was never smart to confront Trump directly. Musk is not so clever after all.
Hey Musk, Abe Lincoln had a saying, "You can fool some of the people... "