Elon Musk Threatening 'Consequences' Sparks Backlash
Source: Newsweek
Published Nov 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM EST | Updated Nov 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM EST
Following this year's presidential election, billionaire Elon Musk has said there will be "consequences" for those who "pushed foreign interference hoaxes" in a post on his social media platform, which sparked backlash on Saturday. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the founder of Tesla and SpaceX would lead what he called the "Department of Government Efficiency" or (DOGE), along with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, to "dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies."
No such department exists and the president-elect didn't offer many details about how it would operate or how it would be staffed, if at all. Trump's statement said DOGE "will provide advice and guidance from outside of Government, and will partner with the White House and Office of Management & Budget."
However, the appointment of Musk has raised concerns as the billionaire, who frequently posts his political opinions on X, formerly Twitter, which he bought in October 2022, has continued to speak on what he aims to do given his recent appointment. In a post on X, Musk who seemingly pointed towards concerns over foreign interference in the 2024 election, warned that there will be "consequences" for those who pushed "foreign interference hoaxes."
"There will be consequences for those who pushed foreign interference hoaxes. The Hammer of Justice is coming," he wrote on Saturday. Newsweek has reached out to Musk via X's email for comment. While Musk did not specify who he is referring to, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a stark warning about foreign interference in the U.S. elections a day before Election Day, singling out Russia and Iran as the biggest threats
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-threatening-consequences-sparks-backlash-1986950
Think. Again.
(17,906 posts)Did you not realize that leopard could eat your face also?
Orrex
(64,101 posts)Any day now. Any day.
Think. Again.
(17,906 posts)republianmushroom
(17,612 posts)intrepidity
(7,891 posts)republianmushroom
(17,612 posts)Ignored by many.
NotHardly
(1,172 posts)Lovie777
(14,993 posts)The revenge tour circulates and USA must endure horrible times while the world with popcorn watches. Again we have become dumb and dumber with nuclear weapons.
Nostradamus re: end days equal to musk/vance.
DonCoquixote
(13,710 posts)especially as the fascists have already hatched their eggs into europe and asia
Walleye
(35,656 posts)He himself is the proof that there has been foreign interference in our elections
ratchiweenie
(7,923 posts)BigMin28
(1,458 posts)Period.
DBoon
(23,052 posts)as in ketamine and "micro dosing" psychedelics
Bernardo de La Paz
(50,893 posts)-- a phrase I read in Tracy Kidder's "The Soul of a New Machine"
reACTIONary
(6,007 posts)jfz9580m
(15,487 posts)The man is an idiot..
Lonestarblue
(11,807 posts)Hope22
(2,841 posts)EarthFirst
(3,149 posts)
and national security.
Efficiency in my mind would ensure that a contract vendor with the federal government would not require a secondary government agency to ensure that no national security conflicts exist.
Certainly the head of such department would agree; no?
SpaceX and StarLink come to mind
Bigerhalf
(10 posts)Doesn't fair competition result in better product and correct pricing?
Sometimes it needs to be forced as with Standard Oil.
GB_RN
(3,154 posts)The immigrant, who was here illegally, and calls himself a free speech absolutist, threatens people who exercised their rights to (fact-based) free speech.
Can we deport him, yet? (Rhetorical question)
travelingthrulife
(679 posts)n/t
Farmer-Rick
(11,398 posts)She's here under false pretenses.
Giving a Slovanian Sex Worker a genius visa is a scam, a con and a lie. Then she had an anchor baby while using chain migration to bring in her mother and father.
She's everything Trump hates in immigrants. But since she's willing to touch him, it's apparently ok. How disgusting do you have to be to be intimate with a stinking, diaper wearing, orange skinned, demented Nazi.
jmbar2
(6,088 posts)If they get rid of birthright citizenship, he should be high on the list.
DENVERPOPS
(9,949 posts)was also an illegal immigrant !!!!!!!!!! He got a Student Visa to come to school here, never went a day to school, and went to work instead.....
As far as Melania, there are whores on E. Colfax here in Denver that have more morals and principles than she does.....Unlike Melania, the whores have things they absolutely will NOT do for ANY amount of money....
rubbersole
(8,503 posts)I wouldn't know.....LOL, just what I have heard...............
EX500rider
(11,467 posts)"In 1990, he entered Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Two years later, he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied until 1995."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#Early_life_and_education
DENVERPOPS
(9,949 posts)"The Washington Post reported that Musk lacked legal authorization to remain and work in the United States after failing to enroll at Stanford.[53] In response, Musk claimed he was allowed to work at that time and that his student visa transitioned to an H1-B. According to numerous former business associates and shareholders, Musk claimed he was on a student visa at the time.[55]"
EX500rider
(11,467 posts)ananda
(30,812 posts)Period
Why anyone but magats are still on X is beyond me.
red dog 1
(29,287 posts)Gore1FL
(21,883 posts)NNadir
(34,654 posts)Be sure not to slip while looking at the view.
cstanleytech
(26,993 posts)Hekate
(94,623 posts)Christ on a trailer hitch.
azureblue
(2,289 posts)And it won't be long before he gets it in his head that he is "better" than Trump, and tries to steal some of Trump's glory..
louis-t
(23,708 posts)Non-elected, coattail-riding, silver spoon asshole now has the power to threaten Americans. Fuck him. Not sure he will stay until inaug day. He's rattling some cages.
Martin68
(24,597 posts)interference in US elections to support his own fascist business agenda. He is protected by freedom of speech, but wants to remove that protection from those who criticize him and his allies.
Martin68
(24,597 posts)BumRushDaShow
(142,213 posts)(E.g., "X" and possibly Tesla)
Martin68
(24,597 posts)for some time now. However, if Trump eliminates tax credit for electric cars, that might change.
BumRushDaShow
(142,213 posts)Martin68
(24,597 posts)communicate and influence the deplorables that share his warped ideals, including Trump. Those people are not leaving X. I don't think Musk views the p[latform as a financial investment. He sees it as an investment into his ability to influence others.
BumRushDaShow
(142,213 posts)that the hardcore loons and alt-right were on like Gab and Telegram. All he did was make sure that he could idiotically depopulate what was a mainstream social media service, used not just by the general public, but by most governmental entities as a rapid communications tool, and have it devolve into the same kind of low-life nonsense as those other services were already covering.
Dave Bowman
(3,596 posts)usonian
(13,772 posts)Joe_Gadway
(49 posts)Elon should be careful not to break the law.
Not to violate the Constitution.
Not to ignore people's rights.
Not to harm America.
.
The bad guys are in charge right now.
Like in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
But the bad guys lost power in 1945.
.
And then there were severe consequences for those who had committed evil deeds.
.
Be careful Elon.
The bad guys will not be in charge forever!
republianmushroom
(17,612 posts)The first being the orange A-O.
Joe_Gadway
(49 posts)They think they are above the law.
It's our job to prove they are wrong.
republianmushroom
(17,612 posts)proving them wrong is not going to happen. What it has proven to me is they are correct. They are above the law.
Joe_Gadway
(49 posts)This seems too defeatist.
People have been fighting for freedom in the United States for 250 years.
The Revolution.
Abolition.
Freeing the slaves.
Freedom of Speech in WWI.
Women's rights.
The Civil Rights movement.
Gay rights.
On and on.
.
100,000 Japanese people were locked up in camps in WWII.
That must have seemed like the end of the world, but it was over in a couple of years.
And then freedom advanced again.
.
I don't see any reason for us to give up now!
Bluetus
(87 posts)Please remember that he cannot Constitutionally be elected President, so he aims to accomplish the same thing through his money and power.
Attilatheblond
(4,293 posts)and Elon wants HIS puppet, TCF, to stay so Elon can be the pretend POTUS.
If Trump dies, and he looks very capable of doing that, will Elon do the Weekend At Bernie's shtick via AI and no live Trump appearances? Elon doesn't seem all that bright.
Gonna be a Narcissist cage fight at some point.
I notice ol JD has been pretty quiet of late. Something's up in his vile lil mind.
Bluetus
(87 posts)for the same reason Musk cannot -- not a natural-born US citizen. So they both are trying to be President vicariously through others -- Musk through Turmp and Thiel through Vance.
Attilatheblond
(4,293 posts)But, I reckon there might be some 'mansplain' opportunity.
Have a good week. Adios
Bluetus
(87 posts)yaesu
(8,229 posts)tonekat
(1,983 posts)Yeah you! Take a long sip of my ass.
CaptainTruth
(7,210 posts)Attilatheblond
(4,293 posts)ReRe
(10,775 posts)about his kids. Like how many, male/female, etc.
Sneederbunk
(15,094 posts)ultralite001
(1,136 posts)The first threat said Zev would "soon join Jeffrey Epstein".
BrianTheEVGuy
(574 posts)
rather than fearing them.
Elon Musk is a drug-addled malignant narcissist. He is not capable of delivering any consequences to anyone, and his massive ego is too large to share space with Donald Trumps own enormous ego.
Within 12 months, Elon and Trump will be raging at each other and promising consequences for each other.
Meanwhile, if youre still on X or using X, stop complaining about the horrible climate. Youre choosing to stay there and give Musk advertising revenue and engagement. If everyone who dislikes Musk quit X, it would disappear.
Evolve Dammit
(18,603 posts)dlk
(12,355 posts)He needs help.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(115,244 posts)GinaMaria
(6,240 posts)Isnt that the very definition of inefficiency?