After all the slaps on the wrist Trump has received for various things that would either bankrupt most people or land them in jail, I don't know if I've got room in the cart for another of these examples.

So... summary judgement?

Oh you sweet summer child, he's rich.

Why do they always look so evil?

I hope it bounces

No, because he wasn't required to show up. The defense was required to show up, and it did, as Musk's lawyers were present. The post is just clickbait trying to make you think he was required to show up.

And it's a lawsuit, not a criminal charge, so no jail time is in the cards, sadly, no matter how hard he loses.

It shouldn't, barring strange laws. Most states set jurisdiction by whether an action occurred in their territory, or if it affected something inside of their territory (so prosecuting a pedophile from somewhere else who was trying to lure a child in the state prosecuting). A report from another news agency in Chicago says the state court's judge merely put the case on hold and the federal judge has just taken the petition from musky and the counterargument from the state prosecutors, and now has asked for a response from musky; so it hasn't actually been moved yet.

His lawyers were there, and so the defense party was there. He wasn't required to be there, contrary to what the post tries to imply.

Musk's attorneys filed documents Wednesday night in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, a federal court, requesting the matter be moved to their jurisdiction

Yep, he's get these charges moved from State to Federal court so Trump can pardon him.

Honestly the best logic to have it moved federal

This isn't a criminal trial

You can't be pardoned from a lawsuit. This is not a criminal case, just Musk getting sued, which you can't get out of with a pardon.