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Elon Musk backs down from $45M a month pledge to Trump

fortune.com

17 pointstldrthelaw9 comments

Is anyone actually surprised by this? The guy is full of crap so unless a court orders him to do it he’s not gonna spend a dime and he never planned on it

Who knows. Maybe he's doing it and saying he's not is the b.s.

He will likely do at least two more impulsive things before the election in line with this.

> “One of those values being meritocracy, as much meritocracy as possible, so you get ahead as a function of your skill, and nothing else,” Musk said.

Wow.

Are you impressed? Shocked? Offended? Could you elaborate a little bit with regards to what you mean by "wow"?

I'm guessing the "wow" meant something like "Huh, 'meritocracy' -- that's rich, coming from the guy born with an emerald spoon in his mouth." HTH!

Well I'm not guessing, I'm asking.

Yeah, and I answered. Did I ever say you were guessing???

It's just that the best reply you got was a(n educated) guess; that's the best you can get, until and unless the original commenter themselves replies.

So you can take my reply as at least something to go on, or... Idunno, live out your life thinking this was one of life's great unsovable mysteries?

Actual title of the article:

> Elon Musk denies reported $45 million a month pledge to Trump, says he doesn’t ‘subscribe to cult of personality’

From the article:

> “What’s been reported in the media is simply not true,” Musk said. “I am not donating $45 million a month to Trump.”

> The Wall Street Journal first reported on the claim, citing sources “familiar with the matter.” The outlet has not yet issued a retraction or follow-up article altering its reporting.

For those interested in honesty.

Well yeah, he's really being totally honest there:

> > Elon Musk [...] says he doesn’t ‘subscribe to cult of personality’

Of course he doesn't subscribe to the cult of anyone else's personality; he wants everyone else to subscribe to the cult of his personality.

What sucks is that he's getting so many to do so.

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