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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."

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Break that son of a bitch down from his ketamine throne and bury him in his Tesla toybox

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago

Dude there is no radical left in the US. There’s different flavors of right, one of them is inconvenient to con men. Thats it.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He must have done some really bad things to be trying to avoid investigations this much.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago

He flat out said that if Trump didn't win that he'd be going to prison for life. He's done some really, really bad stuff.

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[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What happened to creating a new party? Fucking clown.

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[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 week ago

I like toast. More toast plz

[–] tehsillz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

This guy is very unlikable.

[–] OshagHennessey@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

"My ass is toast if democracy wins."

-FTFY

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Sure, because allowing the country to be steered by republicans over the past 40 years has worked out so well for us.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

He's going full retard huh?

[–] chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

he’s toast if his pedo friends don’t win

[–] noahm@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I really wish people would understand that billionaires don't speak for "America" and that their interests are almost exactly opposed to the interests of regular people. This is the case regardless of where on the political spectrum your beliefs happen to lie.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

“Radical left”=far right in functional countries just not total Nazis but still Nazi enablers

[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

Not America, just billionaires

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just go away already, parasite. You are disgusting.

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[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Will probably go about as well as his attempt to buy out the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yes, because why innovate when you can grease palms

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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"the radical left"

By which he means right wing Democrats like Schumer and Jeffries whose obedience to their owner donors is absolute while their attitudes toward meaningful reform that benefits working class people more than them is the exact same as his own.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Yes, please do.

Tank what few remaining sales of your garbage cars are left, asshole.

[–] greenbit@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

What radical left, win how

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

fElon will going to need to buy/hack more election machines than last time. I wonder how much that cost, this time he will need more than 7 swing states to turn the tide.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

"C'mon Elon. Jump and make an "X" for us. Give us some entertainment while you are fucking the dead corpse of america."

[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Felon Musk is looking to get cucked again.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

god damn was a sniveling little bitch. All that money and he still has to kneel down to the party that turned on him a few months ago.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Believing in other viewpoints, Worker's Rights, and acknowledging that minorities exist is not "radical", you pathetic Nazi.

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