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after child king Elon Musk's Twitter tantrum today over Apple having stopped most of their advertising on Twitter, and their considering dropping Twitter from their app store...
Link to tweet
https://theverge.com/2022/11/28/23482387/elon-musk-twitter-apple-threat-withhold-app-store
GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)FAR, FAR, FAR more than they need him.
highplainsdem
(49,044 posts)unhappy with, or at least create a competing company to put it out of business.
dchill
(38,561 posts)... what Elon gets to do - or they're violating his free speech rights.
highplainsdem
(49,044 posts)And he's being cheered on by RWNJs and RW media.
FakeNoose
(32,823 posts)WTF? Of course the customers are leaving. What an idiot.
highplainsdem
(49,044 posts)And I love that GIF.
KS Toronado
(17,368 posts)to run for the White House?
onecaliberal
(32,929 posts)Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)He was born in South Africa, so the twisting of logic to make that happen would be interesting.
rubbersole
(6,737 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,962 posts)area51
(11,927 posts)as someone not in the legal profession, I would assume it means people born in the US, but please remember that Mitt Romney was born in Mexico, Rafael "Ted" Cruz was born in Canada, and John McCain was born in Panama, and all were allowed to run for president.
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)His mother is Canadian and his father South African.
Mitt's parents were US citizens, Ted Cruz mother was a US citizen and John McCain was born on a Military base which is generally viewed as sovereign US territory.
There is no argument to be made that Musk was a US citizen at birth.
Cha
(297,799 posts)South Africa.
KS Toronado
(17,368 posts)Getting old and forgetful.
Cha
(297,799 posts)expected to remember Everything! lol
But I bet if he were born in the USA that's exactly what he'd be doing.
mahina
(17,715 posts)Evaded.
His PR videos were wall-to-wall all summer designed to make them look like such a great guy they were setting him up they are building him up for something malign and I dont know what it would be other than president. Dictator? Maybe.
I suspect with no evidence that he became interested in Twitter at the encouragement of some foreign oligarchs at least. Deplatforming progressives benefits some baddies, not only here but worldwide. Ukraine especially.
The constitution is an obstacle to him only when the Republicans dont have enough power in their view including in state legislatures required to overturn.
hadEnuf
(2,218 posts)I guess the free market is only good when they stand to make money from it.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)Stuart G
(38,453 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Cha
(297,799 posts)Definitely FTW.. this is why I haven't left yet.. To Rt tweets like this.
TY hpd