Elon Musk says Trump should 'hang up his hat and sail into the sunset'

[Celerity]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/12/elon-musk-trump-twitter-president-2024/

https://archive.ph/Zg4o6



Days after former president Donald Trump claimed Elon Musk lied about voting for him, the billionaire Tesla chief executive said Monday that Trump should “hang up his hat and sail into the sunset,” adding that he was too old for another potential run at the presidency in 2024. Speaking at an Alaska event on Saturday, Trump referred to a tweet in which Musk, who is attempting to terminate his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, wrote that he had recently voted for a Republican for the first time last month.

“He said the other day, ‘Oh, I’ve never voted for a Republican.’ I said, ‘I didn’t know that,’ ” Trump said at the Anchorage rally for Alaska Republicans Sarah Palin and Gov. Mike Dunleavy. “He told me he voted for me, so he’s another bullshit artist.” Musk responded to a video of Trump’s remarks in a series of tweets Monday night. “I don’t hate the man, but it’s time for Trump to hang up his hat and sail into the sunset,” Musk tweeted.

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Musk also called on Democrats to “call off the attack” and not focus on whether Trump decides to again run for the White House. “Don’t make it so that Trump’s only way to survive is to regain the Presidency,” said Musk, who previously noted he is leaning toward supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2024 if the Republican were to run for president.

While again offering his support of DeSantis, the billionaire stressed that Trump would be too old to be president. “Trump would be 82 at end of term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the United States of America,” Musk wrote.

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[zuul]

1. I love a good narcissist fight!

Neither will ever back down.

[LiberalFighter]

2. Will Musk go with him too?

[unblock]

3. I have a bad feeling...

Not in 2024, but eventually, I think musk is the kind of guy who would run for president because it would be fun and he could be more successful at pulling off the authoritarian leader crap that Donnie tried and failed miserably at.

[JI7]

8. He can't becsuse he was not born here and none of his parents

were US Citizens.

[unblock]

10. Ah, good point. It'll be a coup then.

[sop]

9. Musk was born in South Africa, he can't run for president.

Thank God.

[highplainsdem]

4. Trump should go to prison. Musk should turn over everything he controls to people who are sane,

and then get a LOT of therapy. Maybe medication, too.

[AntiFascist]

5. It's great when the alt-right turn on each other. n/t

[JI7]

6. Trump hates DeSantis. It will be fun rto see them fight each other

especially since many Trump supporters were thinking Trump was going to get back on Twitter when Musk took over.

[Tom Kitten]

7. Let them fight. nt