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Trump says Elon Musk will face 'very serious consequences' if he funds Democratic candidates

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Donald Trump on Saturday said there would be “serious consequences” if tech mogul Elon Musk funds Democratic candidates to run against Republicans who vote in favor of the GOP’s sweeping budget bill.

“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC News in a phone interview, but declined to share what those consequences would be.

“He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” he added.

Trump also said he has no desire to repair his relationship with Musk after a feud between the two men erupted into public view earlier this week.

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Trump says Musk will face 'serious consequences' if he funds Democratic candidates

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Trump says Elon Musk will face 'very serious consequences' if he funds Democratic candidates

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I would have a very difficult time voting for someone who received funding from musk.
- Any Dem funded by a Nazi won't get my vote for sure.
  
  If a guy has a vote record of regulating industries, taxing the rich, expanding welfare, etc then he's got my vote even if David Duke endorses him. Let's clarify this for all the morons who think this is only effects the headlines they have to see for the next 4 years; we're voting for legislators not personalities.
- I would rather vote for someone who got spite funding by a nazi than to vote for an anti-America, nazi/terrorist. And that's anyone supporting the current regime.
  
  I would too, but I'd rather vote for people willing to tell them both to go fuck themselves
- You got a lot of angsty democrats responding here with basically "c'mon bro, please, bro, you don't understand, if we don't take the money to do the Hitler, then the Republicans will do it completely for free, please, bro, be reasonable!"
  Fuck that. I'm normally a pretty practical person, but if the dude who's directly financing neo-nazism parties around the world like a one man CIA starts dumping cash into the democrats, it's because he means to turn them into the neo neo Nazis, and they will not be getting my vote. Will the country burn? Yeah, but it's going to do that because the democrats think fundraising is more important than having literally any principles or strong policy positions at all, regardless of whether I vote for them or not.
  
  Exactly. American liberals have lost their fucking minds already sticking up for this guy after what he’s been doing.
- And this is exactly why Trump won. Twice.
  
  Do you have no principles? Like look what Musk has done. And you want democratic candidates in debt and aligned with him? He’s just going to continue what he started, he’s not going to do an about face.
  We should be incriminating millionaires putting money into campaigns, not accepting them
  
  Welp, that commits my mental map of the next 8 years, here comes a Musk-funded Democrat to divide all of us again for another Conservanazi win. Yippee.
  
  Which is why I favor succession through usurpation.
- Who was it? Ro Khanna I think is already out there on socmed kissing his ass.
  Why do they have to suck so goddamn much?
  
  I’m not surprised, just irritated. That’s way too fast.
Justice: weaponized
Party support: criminalized
Population: fuck yeah daddy oooh yeah this is ok fuck everyone else
Quick! Someone explain Citizens United to Trump and how it will allow Elon to get away with this!
- Someone should tell him that the best way to get back at Elon would be to start taxing billionaires.
  
  Win win win
- Sorry. Calvinball rules. Actually, donating to liberals is illegal.
- I'm in.
- Now THAT is how you break the clock!
I'm sorry, I will not vote for any Democrat that takes money from a fucking Nazi.
- AIPAC doesn't leave a lot of names available.
- Cool, people not voting out of principle because they didn't like the democrat enough is how the USA got here, but go ahead, keep trying that method.
  At least Trump fixed all the overseas problems those people cared so much about, right?
  
  I feel like the people not voting made it 100% clear what they were looking for. If they're the deciding factor in who wins the election, maybe it was a massive fuck up to ignore them?
  If it's too small a group to matter, then stop focusing on them as the reason Dems lost. If they're a major factor in the election, Dems should treat then that way.
  
  We got here because Harris cared more about continuing the genocide than beating Trump. It's Democrats' fault for choosing to lose. He only got 49.9% of the vote, after all.
  So you'd better make sure Musk doesnt make Liz Cheney the next Democratic nominee or I'll vote PSL again, because I'll choose to die before I vote for fascism.
- He would probably fuck this up too.
“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC News in a phone interview, but declined to share what those consequences would be.
I wonder how many times his attorneys have explained to him the concept of incriminating yourself in advance of retaliation.
- He's got away with everything so far.Why should he start caring about the law now? Legal, illegal, that's for the poors to worry about.
- Not like it really matters anymore:(
- Trump can say and do whatever he wants. It's his lawyer team to make sure he doesn't under court oath. For example, Trump's entire life and the amount of days he hasn't been in jail.
When is one of these fucking dipshits going to have the other killed?
- My fantasy is that Trump tries to have Elon killed/arrested but fails because he's rich and has very good guards. So then Elon sends someone to kill Trump, which is successful. Then Elon dies from some drug complications right after. If we're lucky, they both die after shitting their pants.
  
  In this scenario, I would like Thiel, Yarvin, Marjorly, and the rest of the fascist gang to die in a freak aeroplane crash.
  
  Can they shit their pants very publicly and in the most embarrassing way possible?
  
  There's a lot of quick and seemingly painless deaths here!! Unacceptable.
  Ok, here goes:
  The overbloated satsuma sends in the gravy seals to kill him, however they only maim him leaving muskrat in excruciating pain...but alive.
  For now.
  He escapes and goes in to exile somewhere (Moscow? Somewhere embarrassing.) but it doesn't matter as he can't leave his bed due to the searing pain etc etc.
  muskrat realises he's going to die a slow painful death so in turn takes a leaf out of putlers' book and smuggles some polonium in to Fatboys big mac. Mr Chunky CheesePaint eats said poisoned big mac and starts to deteriorate nice and slowly, but painfully.
  Now there are both slowly dying. They both have weeks or a few months at best to live. And even with pain meds they'll both experience the horror of the agony, AND the knowledge that death is coming for them.
  Not my finest work but the essence is that they both get taken out and endure the pain they so rightfully deserve.
- You're on the wrong track, I've seen this particular abusive relationship before.
  This is Trump saying "If I can't have you, no one will!" and it ends with a murder/suicide...
- Not soon enough...
- Maybe Elon already tried to do that... Twice.
- In what universe? Because it certainly isn't this one.
Sometimes I think about how if any previous president had done, over the course of their entire career, the things Trump does in the average week, or sometimes even just a single day, it would have immediately ended their career. If a previous president had openly stated that if a specific person funded their rivals there would be serious consequences, that'd be it. They'd be done. Impeached on the spot, out of office, blacklisted by their own party, and shamed for all of history.
The news cycle crucified Obama for wearing a tan suit. They raked him over the coals because he was so out of touch that he asked a burger place if they had Dijon mustard. What do you think they'd have done if he openly promised retribution against those who dared disagree with him like this?
And Donald motherfucking Trump does this crap all the godamn time, and he just gets away with it because the Republicans like that it's their tyrant, the Democrats are afraid of actually doing anything, and by the time the public can mobilize against one thing he's already done three more things that make the past look trivial.
- I don't get it either. And the only thing I've come to conclude is that I should hold those in my life who in any way provided support for Trump or to what led us here accountable. I don't know what that fully means either. Just that they'll be hearing from me that which should be directed at the president or others, but because they won't ever do it themselves they'll get it from me. Kick me out of your life then. On these grounds. They've already made their choices anyway.
- They spent years saying that Obama was going to declare martial law and end elections.
  Then, Trump supporters literally stage a coup and there are no consequences. They made Carter give up his peanut farm, but Trump can keep all of his shady illegal businesses?
- Stop taking them seriously. Stop meeting them in the middle. Pacification and reaching across the isle is over (not that they ever participated in it), and they've dropped any pretense of believing in the constitution; that was only ever a political expediency to keep the left in check. Start demanding real changes with teeth, and if they whine, well, piss on em, those dumb fucks want Donald Trump to be king, who gives two fucks what those jerkoffs think?
- The DNC leadership isn't afraid. The DNC leadership is doing exactly what it's paid to do.
  Walz, AOC, Bernie? They are the real threat to the billionaires. I think it was MLK Jr who said that the greatest evil in America isn't a single side - it's the moderate. It's someone who doesn't actually care. The DNC is entirely and purposely made up of "moderates" to kneecap it. Any attempts to remove that moderate makeup get rejected.
  It's controlled opposition. It's how tyranny thrives in the modern age. Make your opponent look weak, ineffective, but with people you control, so they don't happen to make any changes should they get any piece of legitimate power.
Also, golly gee thank god we avoided BidenSoOld/"GenocideJoe" and Kamala the Cop, because they would have been Just As Bad (TM).
- Trans people, immigrants, etc fearing for their lives, being kidnapped to a foreign death camp, and going full conservationist on climate change is a lot bigger of a difference than 1.3%.
- “They would have been worse! Kamala would have had higher tariffs!!” - my dad. He doesn’t believe me that tariffs are only a Trump thing… he doesn’t even watch fox. He mostly listens to news from Russia and Ukraine. And that guy on YouTube who sounds like a cartoon character.
  
  And that guy on YouTube who sounds like a cartoon character.
  That doesn't really narrow it down much...
  
  A person in my neighborhood still has a TRUMP LOW PRICES KAMALA HIGH PRICES sign in their front yard, albeit partially hidden behind a bush. Unremarkable except they're black and living in a subsidized housing development. You just can't make shit like this up.
  
  Shapiro?
- Kamala and Taylor Swift would have killed each other by this point, no doubt
Democracy? Never heard of it.
It's insane that we've reached a point in the normalization of open corruption that he can now say something like that and not be immediately impeached by overwhelming majority of both parties. Even 6 years ago this alone would have never been seen as acceptable.
The consequences will be we have a Nazi party and a White Supremacist Apartheid party.
This isn't a threat. It's saying the quiet part out loud.
Money controls both parties. Elon Musk is just rich enough that if something slightly goes against his wishes he can fund something to support his wishes.
We're in a super fucked up cyberpunk dystopia where the richest fight for the worst outcome
- It was always so. But now we can see it more clearly.
  And some of the effects are much worse now than in the past.
- Speaking of cyberpunk, think all his random kids are just bodies he's sure he can download his brain into when he gets old? 🤔
  
  I wouldn't put it past him.
I think the democrats will face terrible consequences if Elon funds them.
- They'll happily take his money. That's all they care about.
  
  To any democrats paying attention: if you serve Elon, you don’t get my vote.
- Money vs moral high ground. Anyone who says no to the money says no to having any say in politics. They would be considered an idiot in my book. There are 0 candidates who win elections from a moral high ground in the U.S.
  Make sure there are no strings attached, take the money and make changes. The strings right now can be as simple as getting those people out of office. Anyone who thinks not taking his money would help them is an absolute idiot that SHOULD NOT ever be in charge. As they are completely incompetent and make horrible decisions. Musk is a horrible person. Not taking his money extends the fascist regime the MAGA crowd supports.
  This isn't a bowling league where you are trying to friends with the monster. This is a failing once Republic that needs saving. Take his money, get shit done. You don't need to do anything he wants. You just need to fund your campaign.
Just waiting for the "Lock him up. Lock him up." chants. They have always been at war with Eastasia.
- Deport
  His
  Ass
Nationalize his businesses that'll teach him
- Amen, fellow MAGA! Let's also block his ability to fund the Dems with a campaign finance reform amendment! Then, when we really have Musk on the ropes, we'll hit him with a one-two punch, overturning citizens united and codifying the fairness doctrine into law. If he thinks he can steal the next election, he's got another thing coming! We'll slam him by replacing the electoral college with a ranked choice voting (or other better) system! He'll never know what hit him!
  [Me, to myself]: "God, I hope this works."
  
  That's actually a pretty solid way to pose those ideas to a MAGA person
By “fund” he means “rig election for”
How unfitting for a prez to threaten people publicly. GOOP has no shame.
Windows
Tea
Umbrellas
- I don’t get it. Assassination weapons?
  
  Yeah, Russian flavoured consequences for the muskrat.
  
  Defenestration
  Poisoning
  Some James Bondian shit you ain't never heard of
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov#Assassination
Even Epstein’s lawyer said I had nothing to do with it. It’s old news.
Might not be the persuasive endorsement he thinks it is.
So it was fine when he did it for Republicans?
- For me not for thee
What a vague threat
Both of these men are so stupid, it's a shame we reward liars, criminals and cheaters so much.
- Honestly fine with him just sitting out. Dems funded by billionares... write laws that favor billionares. Dems that accept his money are going to favor the same facism bullshit the republicans do.
When did consequences become a part of Trump’s agenda?
- He's all about that, but consequences for others. That's why he told all his dipshit supporters he is their "retribution".
  Retribution for what, who the fuck knows.
  They are angry about a lot of things, most of them made up horse manure from Bullshit Mountain, aka, the Faux News Cinematic Universe. But they expect donvict to dole out consequences to people who are not them. The dog whistle that is not all that much of a dog whistle is that the people who need to be hurt are mouthy women, LGBTQ, POC, liberals, people with an education, experts they don't like, etc...
Likely that Elon is the future; donvict is in the rearview mirror for the cons.
Elon has the money. Donvict is out there doing all his grifting and scams because he does not have anywhere near the $$$ that Elon does. And if donvict thinks something like deporting Elon would end that power....LOL. Not with the system the cons have set up when it comes to buying and selling politicians.
- Even a multi billionaire has nothing on the power of the state if it decides otherwise, and the Supreme Court made sure Trump is above the law. The state has all the goons with guns and can literally decide that you can't sue it, among so many other things.
  I just don't believe this is a real fight, and I won't until one of them eats a bullet.
This is a very good time for Trump to nationalize SpaceX. It wouldn’t be for the right reasons, but we’d get to the same result
Intimidation much. But it’s fine.
Girl Fight!
- Don't equate us with either of those monsters pls. They're also proof that the "women are too emotional to lead" argument is complete BS.

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