Since when do Presidents use their position to punish people. I am no fan of Musk but this is

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Since when do Presidents use their position to punish people. I am no fan of Musk but this is

Author: Hibakusha (4635 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 5:57 pm on Jun 5, 2025

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abusing the office, he took an oath to protect and defend.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the "easiest way" for the government to save money would be to "terminate" contracts and subsidies going to billionaire Elon Musk, amid an escalating war of words between the commander-in-chief and the world's wealthiest man.

"The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn't do it!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"Elon was 'wearing thin,' I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!" the president wrote in another post.

Replies to: "Since when do Presidents use their position to punish people. I am no fan of Musk but this is"

Since when do Presidents use their position to punish people. I am no fan of Musk but this is - Hibakusha - 5:57pm 6/5/25 (46) [View All]
- The dark side of Trump - his ego. Elon was naive to think it would go different for him. - LanceManion - 9:27pm 6/5/25
  - None of us were there. I believe it was about DJT's NASA pick & the electriic car subsidy. - ELP - 11:48pm 6/5/25
    - Yes,that's a mandate. And it's ok to cut Elon funding. But Trump raging on Twitter? Not necessary. - LanceManion - 5:33am 6/6/25
      - They are both childlike loonies. Govt by adolescent crazies. Own it MAGA. What YOU imposed on the - Frank L - 7:59am 6/6/25
        Gas is cheaper, eggs are cheaper, and portfolio is up. #Winning. [NT] - LanceManion - 8:40am 6/6/25
        That’s what orange man said. It is flatly untrue. He’s a liar. What does that make you? [NT] - jimbasil - 2:13pm 6/6/25
        
        Gas is only cheaper cause of the slowdown world wide due to tariff uncertainty. Eggs are still way - Frank L - 10:01am 6/6/25
        By the way your dear leader is pushing a bill to add 2.4 trillion to the deficit. More winning! [NT] - Frank L - 10:12am 6/6/25
  - You should be so proud of the freak show you helped elect. - Frank L - 10:28pm 6/5/25
    - Trump be Trumpin'. Elon seems unhinged. Woman scorned, as they say. [NT] - LanceManion - 5:34am 6/6/25
    - Elect a puppet, get a fist. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 11:02pm 6/5/25
- Maybe this is all theater, like pro wrestling? - MarkHarman - 6:48pm 6/5/25
  - This isn't implausible. [NT] - LanceManion - 5:56am 6/6/25
  - Mommy and Daddy are fighting again :( [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:53pm 6/5/25
  - Damn that’s brilliant. Such insight. [NT] - Frank L - 6:59pm 6/5/25
  - Yeah, I’m sure that’s true [NT] - Domer From Hell - 6:55pm 6/5/25
- Here’s my take…in order to deal with Trump’s idiocy… - Domer From Hell - 6:43pm 6/5/25
  - Ah, the Checkers theory. [NT] - Frank L - 7:01pm 6/5/25
  - You have to remember, the Biden admin pushed Elon to the right. - TampaIrish - 6:49pm 6/5/25
    - Not sure what your talking about… [LINK] - Domer From Hell - 6:54pm 6/5/25
      - I’m guessing you did not read the article. - PaND - 10:34am 6/6/25
        Apparently, you have little to no reading comprehension… - Domer From Hell - 11:45am 6/6/25
        I do have reading comprehension. - PaND - 12:54pm 6/6/25
        The Biden admin was the defendant… - Domer From Hell - 1:35pm 6/6/25
        That is not what happened. - PaND - 2:03pm 6/6/25
        Yes. The plaintiff couldn’t support its claim to sue… - Domer From Hell - 2:18pm 6/6/25
      - He bought X because of what the Biden admin did. [NT] [LINK] - TampaIrish - 7:07pm 6/5/25
        Not really. Elon bought Twitter… - Domer From Hell - 7:45pm 6/5/25
        Who pressured the Twitter people to silence conservative voices? Also, who pressured the - TampaIrish - 8:07pm 6/5/25
        Yep, I’m sure Biden was on the line with the former Twitter CEO… - Domer From Hell - 8:50pm 6/5/25
        Like everything else that happened the last 4 years, Biden had no clue. It was the unelected - TampaIrish - 9:02pm 6/5/25
        That’s open for debate and if you’re good with the embarrassment that’s posing as president… - Domer From Hell - 9:06pm 6/5/25
        
        This guy has me on ignore, but pls DFH school yo boy here! [NT] - Quest4twelve - 7:10pm 6/5/25
- I agree on this. I like Musk - he has to be sincere at cutting the deficit at this point. - BaronVonZemo - 6:28pm 6/5/25
- 2 impeachments, raid on his home, mug shots, assasination attempts, fake pee pee tapes, - ELP - 6:20pm 6/5/25
  - Contempt of Congress and inciting an insurrection usually a big cause of concern - jimbasil - 11:04pm 6/5/25
    - Was he or anyone charged or convicted of insurrection? - ELP - 11:54pm 6/5/25
  - ^^^ this is very historically accurate. ^^^ [NT] - und67 - 7:20pm 6/5/25
- Remember when Obama and Biden had feuds threatening their cabinet members. Me either! [NT] - jimbasil - 6:15pm 6/5/25
- My instinct is that this is Kubuki. - iairishcheeks - 6:14pm 6/5/25
  - Of course it’s Kubuki, master Checkers. It couldn’t be a dysfunctioning and inept POTUS and - jimbasil - 6:18pm 6/5/25
- Adolescents at play. Plenty of posters here raved over the Trump/Musk oligarchy. [LINK] - conorlarkin - 6:11pm 6/5/25
  - Ha! It was never an oligarchy, yet you won't take responsibility for being wrong about that [NT] - iairishcheeks - 6:14pm 6/5/25
- Let’s get the impeachment started. The first 2 worked so well, let’s get another one in. [NT] - TampaIrish - 6:09pm 6/5/25
  - Who’s asking for that? Just live up to the oarh he took. - Hibakusha - 6:20pm 6/5/25
    - Give it time. It always seems to be the answer with the idiots on the left. [NT] - TampaIrish - 6:34pm 6/5/25