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[–] [email protected] 179 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Trump's entire campaign is in service of people like Elon Musk and himself—self-obsessed rich guys who will sell out the middle class and who cannot run a livestream in the year 2024."

Sick burn. I love it.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

This campaign is claws out and I fucking love it.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's why they call it the Xitter.

I would add "Xitter's full!" but we all know Trump can't draw a crowd.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Xitter and WasteX. It's been a good week for shitting all over Elon Musk.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I made a huge Elon in my toilet this morning, FYI.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I thought it was gonna be a live streaming video event, cuz like, you know, it's 2024. 🤦‍♂️ Like, bruh, you paid $44 Bil for this? 🤣 What a genius! 🫢

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago

Expectation: Televised fireside chat between two billionaires

Reality: World's most boring man calls his grandpa after evening meds time

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Are you implying that firing tons of workers and pissing off all the advertisers wasn't the best business move?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait wdym, what was it then?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

a voice only call that was live streamed. makes twitter look like a basic bitch. 😛

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Basic bitches at least get the fundamentals right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Oooof, yeah that is next level cringe then.