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TrumpFan's avatar

Elon needs to stick with all his other entanglements and stay out of politics. What a child he is acting like.

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c Anderson's avatar

What makes you believe this is real? What makes me think you aren’t some deranged Dem? The world is full of questions and the best thing is taking a wait and see approach while we observe how the BBB Act will affect change. The wild card is that both Trump and Musk see the advantage of space exploration.

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marlene's avatar

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c Anderson's avatar

Epoch Times runs some bad articles too. They try to look conservative and also middle of the road. I have been taken in by a few of their news articles. It is journalism and it behooves us to question their motives.

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marlene's avatar

Well, there was a lot of truth in your comment. I'll count on that.

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c Anderson's avatar

I subscribe to Epoch because I refuse to subscribe to the NYT or Wall Street Journal as they are fully leftist propaganda. To highlight ONE investment firm like Epoch did is a way to jerk our chains. It is a single business entity that makes money by appealing to the mainstream American investor. What the heck is meant by “Anti-woke” anyway? Lots of people are revved-up, hating tech giants like Palantir’s Peter Thiel right now, so this investment firm may want to capitalize on that emotion.

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marlene's avatar

I subscribe to Epoch also, for the same reasons. We have a lot in common. Enjoy reading your comments. In my opinion,

"Anti-woke" is a democratic term for something they're trying to ensnare us with. They have lots of terms to mask their dystopian intentions.

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Jim Bowman's avatar

Issue could not be more clear, I mean the hiring strategy. Hate to see Musk messing things up, expecting he will one way or another lose this one.

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c Anderson's avatar

Musk is possibly miffed that the tax support for electric cars is nixed by the BBB Act passing. Tesla will be fine. Elon is a billionaire because he understands business and knew the subsidies would eventually disappear.

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Ruth H's avatar

Elon knew Trump wanted to end green subsidies so I can’t understand why he was so upset. He doesn’t need the subsidies to sell. Tesla is the best EV around, with all the others just copying to attempt being part of the deal.

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c Anderson's avatar

Yep. Ford ditched the idea of making EVs. They really couldn’t support their EV mustang like Tesla does. I can personally speak to that problem. I love that Ford saw that they needed to go back to what they do best.

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marlene's avatar

Agreed!

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E. Grogan's avatar

Excellent job of finding this info J.D.! Thank you for this. I've watched Trump for 45 yrs and I trust him; Elon Musk, not so much. I don't like that Musk has been trying to tell us the Big Beautiful Bill is not good at all, as I see many things in that bill that ARE good. Also, Musk has always been deep state, his family are satanists. Musk can go evaporate as far as I'm concerned.

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c Anderson's avatar

Actually, we need Musk, just like we need RFK jr even though he is for gun control. The CDC is anti 2nd amendment as they track firearm deaths and injuries but do not track where firearms prevented death and injuries.

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E. Grogan's avatar

I did TONS of research on RFK Jr.s opinion on gun control, going back 40 or 50 yrs. RFK Jr. has NEVER been against gun control, he is very much pro 2nd amendment. Please do some research and find out the truth for yourself. Wherever you got that info from, it's wrong and they are lying. I've watched RFK Jr. for decades and I'm a researcher with 30 yrs experience.

If you follow this link, you will see LOTS of sources, even liberal ones which say RFK Jr is 2nd amendment advocate:

Here are just 2 sources, one is an interview of RFK Jr. saying he is pro 2nd amendment, it's a short video:

https://www.instagram.com/robertfkennedyjr/reel/C6CUW3KSsiC/

This one is from a liberal source but even they are telling the truth:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4072813-rfk-jr-argues-gun-control-cannot-meaningfully-reduce-gun-violence/

I found this info out in 30 seconds of searching. Here's URL I used for doing this search:

https://search.brave.com/search?q=rfk+Jr.+pro+2nd+amendment&source=desktop&summary=1&conversation=013fa37129f1e0014982b6

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marlene's avatar

Gun control's no small thing. I wrote him off.

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E. Grogan's avatar

Please see my comment just above - the left loves to lie about this but the truth is that RFK Jr. has always been pro 2nd amendment, never has been for gun control. There are numerous sources on line that lie and wherever you got the idea that he's pro gun control, they are lying. See my comment just above, I've done lots of research on this.

Here are just 2 sources, one is an interview of RFK Jr. saying he is pro 2nd amendment, it's a short video:

https://www.instagram.com/robertfkennedyjr/reel/C6CUW3KSsiC/

This one is from a liberal source but even they are telling the truth:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4072813-rfk-jr-argues-gun-control-cannot-meaningfully-reduce-gun-violence/

I found this info out in 30 seconds of searching. Here's URL I used for doing this search:

https://search.brave.com/search?q=rfk+Jr.+pro+2nd+amendment&source=desktop&summary=1&conversation=013fa37129f1e0014982b6

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marlene's avatar

In the Hill article, he was running for President so of course he'd say the right thing. But he's clever with words, as well as timing. I'll check out instagram, which I rarely use, and don't need to search the brave.com one because it's biased. Thanks for the examples. But I need more to release my bias.

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E. Grogan's avatar

I"ve seen articles from 40 OR 50 YEARS AGO where he still says he most definitely SUPPORTS 2ND AMENDMENT AND CONSTITUTION. Do a search for it. If you still insist on not believing what tons of articles, even liberal ones say, I don't know what to tell you. DO SOME RESEARCH! I don't mean just read one article someone sent to you, it's obvious you are falling for the lies from media, and NOT doing any research yourself.

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c Anderson's avatar

Love ya EG, but the Hill, like Fox waffles ALOT both ways. Of course, they are both about increasing readership, and listeners. The date on the article at The Hill is 2023, and that even made it more of a hot button issue at the time. The Democrats wanted RFK jr out of the race. The 2nd Amendment ensures that the 1st Amendment is protected and in this article it states that RFK jr stands for an “assault weapons” ban. Does that include assault baseball bats, and assault kitchen knives? There are a lot of ways to define the term assault weapon. Get my drift on this? Weapons bans of any sort is a problem when it comes to our Constitutional Rights.

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E. Grogan's avatar

Apparently you missed where I posted this link, which is a search engine - there are NUMEROUS sources on that page all saying the same thing: that RFK, Jr. is PRO 2nd amendment. I've seen articles going back 40 to 50 yrs, where he is pro 2nd amendment, he always has been. I never considered the Hill a good source, which is why I said even the Hill says RFK is pro-gun. All you have to do is read my entire comment, click on the page link I gave you and you would see there are NUMEROUS SOURCES saying the same thing - that RFK Jr is pro 2nd amendment.

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c Anderson's avatar

EG, it ain’t like I haven’t done my homework too. RFK jr is somewhat of an enigma in many ways. That is how a lawyer makes their way through life. Like Hillary, and John Kerry buying hunting licenses. Get it yet?

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marlene's avatar

I'll take your word for it, until I can prove it.

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E. Grogan's avatar

check out the search engine link I gave you, there's your proof.

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Ferg ferguson's avatar

Excellent article, my sentiments edzackerly …IF ELMO actually launches he is dead meat..billions will be gone and destroyed by simple regulatory decree…..TRUMP never looses..slowly at first then all of a sudden🫢

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marlene's avatar

I want Musk to go back to his lovable self. Don't like this side of him. He's spinning in too many directions, all to prove something, not realizing that we love him as he is, or was. He made a big impression on our President who respected him enough to put him in charge of his own team. And Musk flourished and succeeded, but didn't want it to be over! He didn't "fall from grace." He just didn't understand politics. No, Musk just forgot who was still running the show. And his ego balked to the point where he was no longer part of the team. He wanted to be a one-man show - because he always was, until now. Hence, another political party, sure, that'll make Trump regret not putting ME first....

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c Anderson's avatar

Musk is fine. You are listening to MSM too seriously. Once his eyes were opened, you can’t expect Musk would easily understand the full genius of DJT without a bit of doubt, now did you? Conservatism takes years to understand even if you are an individual with a high IQ. You have to see it in action. Musk is no longer a liberal and is beginning to realize what Conservatives do. Questions are good because truth doesn’t just survive when it it is questioned. It actually thrives under questioning. DJT is an excellent teacher.

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marlene's avatar

I don't pay any attention to MSM, Unlike you. I fail to see the purpose of your comment. I know all I need to know about Elon Musk, and didn't ask.

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c Anderson's avatar

So you didn’t appreciate Doge and Musk’s sacrifice to support Trump before or after the election? Rather short sighted to take the position you have when the complete story is concealed or rewritten by a liberal press.

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marlene's avatar

I want nothing to do with Musk's political party. He's unstable, angry, and wanting to get even with everything and everybody who didn't worship at his altar. It will be worse, if you can imagine (lol) because his followers won't be looking for the freedoms and rights we already have. They will be looking for something entirely different and it won't include Patriots, no matter how many are paid to call themselves "patriots."

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Mary Anne Broadhurst's avatar

Why doesn’t Musk form a new party in SA, his birthplace? What are political and social issues like in that country now? Haven’t heard much about it the past few years. Musk has no chance to be US president - does he expect to be the power behind the throne so to speak?

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Art Mitchell's avatar

Trump says Elon is a genius. I think he knows what he's talking about

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c Anderson's avatar

If I ran a so-called “anti-woke” investment firm, and wasn’t really happy with the prospect of Ai replacing my business model, you bet I would be working against Elon Musk’s effort to create an open sourced investment platform using Ai. 🤖 Just saying.

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