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[–] 303 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Firstly, "President Musk" isn't a joke.
Secondly, half the reason everybody says it is to piss off Vice-President Trump.

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  • [–] 64 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Secondly, half the reason everybody says it is to piss off Vice-President Trump First Lady Musk.

    Fixed it for you. Trump doesn't even have the prestige or influence of a vice president (and that alone speaks volumes) in this situation.

    Edit: no offense meant to women/trans folks.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (84 children)

    Hey, just so you're aware, a lot of women and trans people find this joke pretty misogynistic and transphobic since it implies that it would be more demeaning for Elon to be a woman or queer than it is for him to be his regular cringey self. Something to keep in mind so we don't friendly-fire on our allies!

    Edit for anyone still struggling with this: if 👏 you 👏 misgender 👏 ANYONE 👏 on purpose 👏 then 👏 trans 👏 people 👏 will 👏 not 👏 trust 👏 you 👏

    ThePowerofGeek, you're great and appreciated and I hope you don't read anything below from the people who want you to have a worse reaction so their feelings don't get hurt vicariously.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    I don't think you, or the people you're claiming to represent, understand the joke. First Lady Musk refers to Trump, not Elon. The implication isn't that it's demeaning to be a woman or queer, but that the spouse of the President has no real power or authority. This has nothing to do with their gender, and everything to do with the fact that they are the unelected spouse of an elected official.

    The only ones who benefit when you misinterpret things in a way that implies unintended and unsubstantiated bigotry, are those who can use it to reinforce their claims of a misguidedly hypersensitive left, and thereby undermine justified recognition of intended and substantiated bigotry.

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    [–] 128 points 2 years ago

    Be careful Don. If President Musk sees this, he may become upset with you and cut off your funding.

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  • [–] 104 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I don't know what everyone is bitching about, the US is finally getting their first African American president

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  • [–] 91 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Joke? What joke? President Musk is proof that the American Dream is well and alive if a South African who isn't even legally a US American Citizen can buy himself a country as long as he works hard spending the money earned from his father's child-slave powered emerald mine.... Well there's hope for the rest of us*

    • = Provided we become sociopaths with large resources
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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    as long as he works hard spending the money earned from his father’s child-slave powered emerald mine…

    I hate this misconception. Barely any of it is emerald money. His wealth is all based off defrauding his customers, investors and the US government, lying about everything, and doing tons of illegal stuff like pump n dumps.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Yes, but without the Emerald Mines he wouldn't have enough money to be in a position where he could tell lies on that scale. Stealing is a lot easier when you already have a ton of cash.

    No one's going to listen to a crazed drunken hobo when he tries to sell you a timeshare, but if a guy tripping balls on cocaine wearing a nice suit with a proper haircut promises you the literal god damn moon... Well that's a different story now isn't it?

    It's not the lie itself, it's the image you have while telling the lie.

    If you see a man's face and name on a billboard, then see that same man telling you he can spin hay into gold, you believe him. Because how could he have that fancy billboard if he couldn't?

    Also Pump and dumps aren't illegal anymore

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    [–] 84 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh man, President Musk isn't going to like this. Good thing Trump is too chickenshit to voice this more publicly.

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  • [–] 72 points 2 years ago

    What joke? He bought the presidency, and Thiel bought Vance for the vice presidency. It's the Musk/Theil ticket featuring the old guy who signs bills, and the guy who will replace old guy when old guy does.

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  • [–] 57 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    first lady trump is big mad!

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    [–] 53 points 2 years ago

    With Facebook not fact-checking I really see this as an opportunity to galvanize the President Musk fact on as many posts as possible. Complaining about it only makes first lady Trump sound like a woke fake news puppet.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    I think we need to allow the wealthy to have pistol duels like in the past. Also they must be to the death. At least we will be rid of one problem regardless each time...

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    [–] 42 points 2 years ago

    Vice President Trump should do something about it then

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This means we all need to make the ‘President Musk’ joke A LOT MORE.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago

    What are you going to do about it, Mr. Vice President? You going to let that foreigner steal your spotlight? Pansy.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    OK, then it is "King Musk" and "Jester Donald".

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Should their couple name be Trusk or Mump?

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Man up and complain openly, chickenshit. Go on bite the hand that feeds

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    ...don't really give a shit if he's annoyed with Musk. Please put him in prison.

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    [–] 28 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    “hates ‘President Musk’ joke”

    I mean… isn’t that the whole point? Wouldn’t his “big brain” understand that most obvious of ploys?

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So, is President Musk going to shove his hand up Dumpy's ass or just use strings?

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    Ya know... You now have immunity to get rid of him...

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    So.... Literally no new content.

    I hate both of these guys, but this article is repeating old news from a month ago and speculating on the fact that trump has never left anyone unscathed after working with him.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    I mean, he did sell himself to the highest bidder.

    Now he is Elmo's pooch.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    You love to see it!

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    President Musk and first boyfriend Trump, what a combo.

    Or first bestie?

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago*

    Musk Puppet, king of Magastan

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Hurt his widdle feels.

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  • [+] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    It's not a joke if it's true.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    It isn't a joke, sadly.

    Elon is about to be POTUS, but hey you'll be there too Donnie. Every President needs a first lad.

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