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Fri Jun 3, 2022, 11:47 AM Jun 2022

Pres. Biden's response to Musk laying off workers is out of this world

Zeke Miller @ZekeJMiller 37m
Biden responds to @elonmusk cutting production/staff listing companies expanding production. "Lots of luck on his trip to the moon, I guess," he said.





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Pres. Biden's response to Musk laying off workers is out of this world (Original Post) bigtree Jun 2022 OP
Badass cilla4progress Jun 2022 #1
The question posed to him was nonsense. Musk's opinion is one in millions. So what. Raven123 Jun 2022 #2
Unofficial PR firm for the ultra-rich and entitled. AZLD4Candidate Jun 2022 #16
Anyone in a position like Musk will get noticed. Yes, he's just one guy, but not an "average" guy. oldsoftie Jun 2022 #25
A part of his charm... 2naSalit Jun 2022 #3
He was paraphrasing Vonnegut... lame54 Jun 2022 #4
LOL geardaddy Jun 2022 #5
LMAO!!! Mr. Evil Jun 2022 #12
oh crap! rurallib Jun 2022 #6
this ford commercial is a funny reply to elon orleans Jun 2022 #7
Great commercial! StarryNite Jun 2022 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #13
Ford's only car now is the Mustang IronLionZion Jun 2022 #21
I just HATE the disappearance of cars. oldsoftie Jun 2022 #27
Foreign companies still make cars IronLionZion Jun 2022 #31
Hybrid is certainly the way to go above all electric IMO oldsoftie Jun 2022 #38
I drive a Subaru. Give them a look. flying_wahini Jun 2022 #33
They certainly have a good record. oldsoftie Jun 2022 #39
Wow.. Rt💖TY! Cha Jun 2022 #36
Great commercial. onecaliberal Jun 2022 #41
+1, uponit7771 Jun 2022 #45
LOVE IT!!!!! niyad Jun 2022 #47
LOL!!! StarryNite Jun 2022 #8
LMAO! That was great! In It to Win It Jun 2022 #10
Incredible how people like Musk just trash their reputation believing in utter nonsense. I wonder Pepsidog Jun 2022 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #14
RW media didnt do anything to Musk. He's always been a shit stirrer & never seemed liberal. oldsoftie Jun 2022 #28
musk basically doesn't like competition. because he thought he was going to always Javaman Jun 2022 #15
Well, isn't that what the layoffs are about? wnylib Jun 2022 #34
K&R Thanks for posting. n/t TeamProg Jun 2022 #17
just another RWNJ running amuck ! think he took to many volt's ! towerbum Jun 2022 #18
Meanwhile we will keep contracting with SpaceX for launch services Loki Liesmith Jun 2022 #19
Well, he doesn't actually "build" the stuff to get there. He only "hires" Justice matters. Jun 2022 #23
😂🤣😂 Handler Jun 2022 #20
There's a thousand ways to say the other guy is crazy without saying so bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #22
K&R Hiawatha Pete Jun 2022 #24
WTF? SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #26
5 years ago - he baselessly called a decent man who rescued kids a paedophile oioioi Jun 2022 #43
If humor is your thing, like it is for me... SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #44
When gas prices are high, one would think electric car sales would increase IronLionZion Jun 2022 #29
Biden still has that Zing I love about him. flying_wahini Jun 2022 #30
Lol love Joe nt XanaDUer2 Jun 2022 #32
Rofl. Joe's the man. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #35
Classic response to Muskrat Nululu Jun 2022 #37
"Muskrat" is good, too, btw! calimary Jun 2022 #49
Thanks! Nt Nululu Jun 2022 #50
That's nice and all... Snackshack Jun 2022 #40
gym jordan gets pummeled on his twitter feed... Justice matters. Jun 2022 #42
Perfect! niyad Jun 2022 #48
Fuck Elon Muskrat IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #46

oldsoftie

(12,555 posts)
25. Anyone in a position like Musk will get noticed. Yes, he's just one guy, but not an "average" guy.
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:28 PM
Jun 2022

Yesterday they were talking about Jamie Dimon's opinion.

lame54

(35,293 posts)
4. He was paraphrasing Vonnegut...
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 12:08 PM
Jun 2022

Hey Elon
"Why don't you take a flying fuck at a rolling donut? Why dont you take a flying fuck at the mooooooooooooon?"

rurallib

(62,423 posts)
6. oh crap!
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 12:52 PM
Jun 2022

that is funny!

"Bad news, Elon. We laid off the guy that knew what was supposed to stop us on our descent to the moon!"

Response to orleans (Reply #7)

oldsoftie

(12,555 posts)
27. I just HATE the disappearance of cars.
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:31 PM
Jun 2022

Especially when replaced my more SUVs. people still don't know how to drive the damn things. In my area, we see about 1-2 a WEEK rolled over. And they damn sure can't PARK them either.
I'll keep buying a car as long as I can. USED of course.

IronLionZion

(45,452 posts)
31. Foreign companies still make cars
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:42 PM
Jun 2022

the American companies decided to go all in on SUVs for higher profit margins, and that's what Americans keep buying. Not the best strategy during high gas prices, but they also have more hybrid and electric models these days.

oldsoftie

(12,555 posts)
38. Hybrid is certainly the way to go above all electric IMO
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 04:10 PM
Jun 2022

Just reverse the way it is now; make the electric motor the primary & have a small gas engine to keep it charged. My friend had a plug in Fusion & it averaged 70mpg. Imagine if it was primarily electric.
I've had foreign cars; my problem is that I prefer 2 door cars. I'm tall & thats all I've ever driven.

oldsoftie

(12,555 posts)
39. They certainly have a good record.
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 04:12 PM
Jun 2022

But I prefer 2 doors & now those are usually high end price wise. But I'll check to see what they have next time I'm looking. And I hope THAT won't be for several years!!

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
11. Incredible how people like Musk just trash their reputation believing in utter nonsense. I wonder
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 01:18 PM
Jun 2022

what Steve Jobs would say. Jobs was brilliant, nasty, quirky, a know it all, but it’s hard to think he would be as gullible as Musk. Time to cancel Musk. It’s tragic that a man who can inspire others to do great things can be conned so easily by rw media. The average Fox viewer has no chance if they can turn Musk like this. Fox and rw media are our greatest national security threat. That includes social media as well that can melt down these idiots minds.

Response to Pepsidog (Reply #11)

oldsoftie

(12,555 posts)
28. RW media didnt do anything to Musk. He's always been a shit stirrer & never seemed liberal.
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:34 PM
Jun 2022

Its just the wealthier he got the louder he got.

Javaman

(62,530 posts)
15. musk basically doesn't like competition. because he thought he was going to always
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 01:33 PM
Jun 2022

reign supreme in the electric car market.

well now he actually has to work for al living by being competitive.

I have a feeling he's not going to do so well.

wnylib

(21,487 posts)
34. Well, isn't that what the layoffs are about?
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:47 PM
Jun 2022

Musk's business isn't doing as well as he hoped. A lot of customer complaints. Other companies are giving Musk competition. So he is laying off people.

Justice matters.

(6,933 posts)
23. Well, he doesn't actually "build" the stuff to get there. He only "hires"
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:15 PM
Jun 2022

the skilled workers and Engineers who create the stuff. I bet he never met them in person, or if he did, never really talked of anything significant with them in person.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,123 posts)
26. WTF?
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:31 PM
Jun 2022

He's trying to sabotage the country's economy as retribution for becoming the world's richest person/man??? He now hates democracy. Despite sounding like a fairly admirable entrepreneur only 5 years ago.

oioioi

(1,127 posts)
43. 5 years ago - he baselessly called a decent man who rescued kids a paedophile
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 12:00 AM
Jun 2022

Then, when he was sued, claimed he was "only joking".

What a gutless scumbag...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk-british-diver-thai-cave-rescue-pedo-twitter

This article is more than 3 years old
Elon Musk calls British diver in Thai cave rescue 'pedo' in baseless attack

Accusation directed on Twitter at Vern Unsworth, who called Tesla CEO’s offer of ‘mini-sub’ to help rescuers a ‘PR stunt’

The chief executive of the tech giant Tesla offered to assist the rescue mission by providing a submarine. The request was turned down. Musk lashed out on Sunday, saying he would make a video proving that his “mini-sub” would have been successful and adding: “Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.”

On Sunday, when a Twitter user pointed out that Musk was “calling the guy who found the children a pedo”, the billionaire responded: “Bet ya a signed dollar it’s true.”

Intense criticism followed. Some Twitter users pointed out how “dangerous” and irresponsible it was to make such a serious allegation and to broadcast a potentially libelous insult to his 22 million followers.

Spokesmen for Musk and Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Later on Sunday, Musk deleted the “pedo” tweet and its follow-up.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,123 posts)
44. If humor is your thing, like it is for me...
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 01:59 AM
Jun 2022

Please have a look at this clip of Amy Poehler obsessing about the Thai Boys. At the very end she brings up Musk. She saw right through him.

IronLionZion

(45,452 posts)
29. When gas prices are high, one would think electric car sales would increase
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:37 PM
Jun 2022

but I guess Tesla is too expensive for many folks

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
40. That's nice and all...
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 06:11 PM
Jun 2022

But what are the Dems doing to explain to people why this is happening? Gas has gone up an avg of 5 cents a gallon a day here for the last 5 days. A 12 pack of Coke for $8.

I know President Biden has very little if any control of these things but many people think he does because they hear the GOP lie that it’s all Biden’s fault when it isn’t but unless the Dems start getting vocal about this and almost everything else the GOP is going to continue to blame them and it will work in Nov.

Seriously I do not understand the deafening silence by the Dems with Nov. right around the corner.

Justice matters.

(6,933 posts)
42. gym jordan gets pummeled on his twitter feed...
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 11:37 PM
Jun 2022


All Republicans voted against lowering the price of Gas. Now how about getting the socialism Big Oil/Gas subsidies since they are raking in record breaking profits and give those monies to citizens. Enough of subsidizing Big Oil/Gas.





You voted AGAINST ending price gouging at the pump.




HELL NO! You miss young wrestlers?






 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
46. Fuck Elon Muskrat
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 07:39 AM
Jun 2022

If there is any "positive" from all of this, it's that many others are seeing Musk the same way some of us have for years. He's always been a transphobic, homophobic man-child.

That said, as great as your well-deserved snark was, President Biden? I'll see you and raise you this great Tweet:


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