Interesting view on what the salute was really all about Long Lost Friend Goes Scorched Earth on Elon Musk in Scathing LinkedIn Update A tech entrepreneur claiming to be Elon Musk’s former friend blasted the “First Buddy” as a “narcissist” whose sole aim is “acquiring and consolidating power.” In a scathing LinkedIn update posted over the weekend, NeuroVigil founder Philip Steven Low alleged that the true intentions behind Musk’s much-maligned salute—which many criticized as remarkably similar to the “Sieg Heil” used in Nazi Germany—was a power play meant to garner him support from the extreme right-wing of President Donald Trump’s base. “He was concerned that the ‘Nazi wing’ of the MAGA movement, under the influence of Steve Bannon, would drive him away from Trump, somewhere in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, rather than in the West Wing which is where he wants to be,” writes Low, alleging that Musk was “already feeling raw” because Trump administration officials did not take his cabinet recommendations. In doing the controversial salute, Low alleged that Musk was “hoping the audience would reflect his abject gesture back to him, thereby showing complete control and dominion over it, and increasing his leverage over Trump.” However, that did not happen. Before Musk became a White House hanger-on, Low alleges that he had known Musk “at a deep level for 14 years.” He added, “We used to text frequently. He would come to my birthday party and invite me to his parties. He would tell me everything about his women problems.”
i do not. neither do most people who have spent much time around him. he has distorted american politics with his money and his warped beliefs. he has no empathy for others. 100% transactional. at least he has more morals than djt
Super innocent. Musk has no idea what he’s doing. Looked Nazi? Nah, just stoopit. He’s from South Africa after all. What would he understand about Honkyism?
would you expect that kind of behaivor out of your leadership? seems like name calling and insults is what MAGA desires, kind of like the danish MP who told djt to F off because that is the only type of language he can understand. hard to have reasonable discussion with people who try and defend unreasonable behavior out of a sense of partisan loyalty
you used to seem to play it down the middle but it seems now you’ve gone full MAGA, consistent with the tenor of this forum. Don’t want to miss the bandwagon before it’s too late? As to musk, his popularity is dropping. Elon Musk popularity: Are Americans over Elon Musk? Wall Street Journal poll shocking results revealed - The Economic Times a majority don’t support him. While I have admiration for some of what he has accomplished in his business career, he has decided to go full - douche/sychophant. Here is a guy who was outspoken against Trump years ago now giving him rim jobs. I have zero respect for him at this point.
I'm not full MAGA, for example I disagreed on the J6 pardons. I didn't object to Bidens pardons, I admit I didn't like some of them, but it is his constitutional right so he had the right to do them. I'm not sold on all of the cabinet nominations but will wait to hear the testimony. I also said I thought Harris would win the election and even bet one of my coworkers $100 which I paid.
This may be the most tone deaf post I have ever read. Show me one post by Oklahoma that even hints at MAGA. Maybe you have crept so far left that any hint of conservatism seems MAGA to you.
seriously, with the stuff that has been posted on here you think this is the most tone deaf? really? from my cheap seats, Ok has been a steady supporter of practically everything djt has thrown against the wall and has repeatedly tried to justify the unjustifiable and illegal things djt is trying to do. He has expressed disagreement with a small number of djt choices
are you serious?! Do you really want evidence on another poster? I don’t have a beef with OklahomaGator but noticed his persistent posts defending/supporting Trump and thought he was maga.
I was clearly exaggerating but like many others I’ve detected a shift in his posting. But he isn’t unique in that respect a lot of people are doing the same thing. my comments were more about him defending MAGA comments and proponents, not conservatism. I do not consider MAGA conservative.
But whats happening is anything said by MAGA is being dismissed out of hand when there are some good things said. Maga has some core principals of what modern conservatives want, but just dances right on off the deep end. Its like if a extremely quacky alt-leftist supports school lunches, I dont say "School lunches are a whack far leftist idea". The fringes embrace many moderate ideas.
Sorry PB...I think uou will struggle to link any posts where he "supports Trump" outside of a general way. Absolutely nowhere near the level of some of our resident MAGA lovers here. Not even in the same stratosphere. I will defend Trump if the criticism is invalid. I did It for Biden at times as well. Trump has some normal ideas. Ones that many of us like. Its ok to admit that, while still not supporting the guy
