Elon Musk defends Trump and slams establishment media for taking ['bloodbath'] quote out of context

Just the News ^ | 3/17/24 | Madeline Hubbard

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is defending former President Donald Trump on Sunday after multiple establishment media outlets ran headlines stating that the former president warned the U.S. would see a "bloodbath" if he is not reelected.

Although Trump did use the word "bloodbath" during a speech in Ohio on Saturday, outlets such as NPR, Politico, The Hill, NBC News, The New York Times and others used the term in headlines without context. Musk said the headlines were "legacy media lies" and he made multiple posts Sunday criticizing their use of the term and stressing the need for context.

Musk responded to MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough's post on X, formerly Twitter, of video clips from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and the caption: "Donald Trump’s America. And he is proud of it. Promised another 'bloodbath' if he loses again."

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Grabien Supercut: Trump Critics Would Never Use a Term Like ‘Bloodbath’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiSx1RQbIxo

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When I first saw that Trump made the “bloodbath” remark, I thought it was another case of him showing a remarkable lack of care in how he chooses his words. I still think that’s probably the case. But I’m wondering if it was actually a clever way to get the media to give more airplay to that part of his speech.

If what he actually said there about automobiles is able to get through the deafening roar of the MSM to many citizens, it could gain him votes. Maybe he was banking on that. That’s a very big “if” though. I still think it was another head scratching lack of awareness.

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Remember Laken Riley? You’re the only one. If you listened to Rush thirty years ago, he gave us their playbook. This is their classic media diversion manipulation.