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Elon Musk publicly mused about creating a new political party this week, an idea that could escalate the billionaire's feud with his onetime ally President Trump.

Musk first floated the idea on Thursday. In between jabs at Mr. Trump, the billionaire posted a poll to X asking his 220 million followers if they think it's "time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle."

A day later, Musk noted that 80% of respondents to the poll backed the idea.

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[–] mriguy@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

But you can be sure that the spy agencies are watching him. He's already too powerful for comfort, and it's their job to spy on people like him.

And do what? It was very clear that if Trump got elected he’d take a wrecking ball to the country that we will probably never recover from, at the behest of a hostile foreign leader he’s been openly conspiring with for decades. What exactly did they did to stop him?

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 8 hours ago

Now that he's rooted through through every government database, and stolen everything, he knows too much If he tries to run to China or Russia, his plane will probably mysteriously crash.

[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

They can nationalize half of his companies without a big effort. Musk he's been acting like a jerk for years now, if they want to ditch him is a matter of nothing. He's a drogatic, he stole US citizens data, he's been playing with stocks for years.

[–] mriguy@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Sure, they could, and probably should. But evidence suggests they won’t. So what’s the point of them spying on him? They’ll collect a bunch of information and do nothing about it.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago

US agencies might not have much reason, but foreign ones on the other hand definitely do have plenty of reasons.

[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 1 points 14 hours ago

I guess at that level everybody is spying each other constantly anyway. It doesn't mean you want to use your info, but it's sometimes an insurance on your on life.

Musk got away with much, but he runs companies in Us which can compete globally, and any US president has to be on his side.

Recently he turned out as a bad (really bad), individual, but for the Magas was of course still ok. Funnily enough, he got his own medicine. A racist South African who got used and dumped cause he has no roots in US.

Musk is not even the worse there, he's too stupid. What I fear the most is Thiel, he's a motherfucker for real.