In an interview with NBC News, the president also said he assumes his relationship with the tech billionaire is over after their recent falling-out.

Donald Trump on Saturday said there would be “serious consequences” if tech mogul Elon Musk funds Democratic candidates to run against Republicans who vote in favor of the GOP’s sweeping budget bill.

“If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC News in a phone interview, but declined to share what those consequences would be.

“He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” he added.

Trump also said he has no desire to repair his relationship with Musk after a feud between the two men erupted into public view earlier this week.

  • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
    64·
    20 days ago

    Justice: weaponized

    Party support: criminalized

    Population: fuck yeah daddy oooh yeah this is ok fuck everyone else

  • Red_October@lemmy.world
    41·
    20 days ago

    Sometimes I think about how if any previous president had done, over the course of their entire career, the things Trump does in the average week, or sometimes even just a single day, it would have immediately ended their career. If a previous president had openly stated that if a specific person funded their rivals there would be serious consequences, that’d be it. They’d be done. Impeached on the spot, out of office, blacklisted by their own party, and shamed for all of history.

    The news cycle crucified Obama for wearing a tan suit. They raked him over the coals because he was so out of touch that he asked a burger place if they had Dijon mustard. What do you think they’d have done if he openly promised retribution against those who dared disagree with him like this?

    And Donald motherfucking Trump does this crap all the godamn time, and he just gets away with it because the Republicans like that it’s their tyrant, the Democrats are afraid of actually doing anything, and by the time the public can mobilize against one thing he’s already done three more things that make the past look trivial.

    • Bonesince1997@lemmy.world
      10·
      20 days ago

      I don’t get it either. And the only thing I’ve come to conclude is that I should hold those in my life who in any way provided support for Trump or to what led us here accountable. I don’t know what that fully means either. Just that they’ll be hearing from me that which should be directed at the president or others, but because they won’t ever do it themselves they’ll get it from me. Kick me out of your life then. On these grounds. They’ve already made their choices anyway.

    • andros_rex@lemmy.world
      9·
      19 days ago

      They spent years saying that Obama was going to declare martial law and end elections.

      Then, Trump supporters literally stage a coup and there are no consequences. They made Carter give up his peanut farm, but Trump can keep all of his shady illegal businesses?

    • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
      6·
      19 days ago

      Stop taking them seriously. Stop meeting them in the middle. Pacification and reaching across the isle is over (not that they ever participated in it), and they’ve dropped any pretense of believing in the constitution; that was only ever a political expediency to keep the left in check. Start demanding real changes with teeth, and if they whine, well, piss on em, those dumb fucks want Donald Trump to be king, who gives two fucks what those jerkoffs think?

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    305·
    19 days ago

    Also, golly gee thank god we avoided BidenSoOld/“GenocideJoe” and Kamala the Cop, because they would have been Just As Bad ™.

    • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      19 days ago

      “They would have been worse! Kamala would have had higher tariffs!!” - my dad. He doesn’t believe me that tariffs are only a Trump thing… he doesn’t even watch fox. He mostly listens to news from Russia and Ukraine. And that guy on YouTube who sounds like a cartoon character.

      • jonne@infosec.pub
        4·
        19 days ago

        And that guy on YouTube who sounds like a cartoon character.

        That doesn’t really narrow it down much…

      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        19 days ago

        A person in my neighborhood still has a TRUMP LOW PRICES KAMALA HIGH PRICES sign in their front yard, albeit partially hidden behind a bush. Unremarkable except they’re black and living in a subsidized housing development. You just can’t make shit like this up.

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
    17·
    20 days ago

    It’s insane that we’ve reached a point in the normalization of open corruption that he can now say something like that and not be immediately impeached by overwhelming majority of both parties. Even 6 years ago this alone would have never been seen as acceptable.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
      22·
      18 days ago

      Money vs moral high ground. Anyone who says no to the money says no to having any say in politics. They would be considered an idiot in my book. There are 0 candidates who win elections from a moral high ground in the U.S.

      Make sure there are no strings attached, take the money and make changes. The strings right now can be as simple as getting those people out of office. Anyone who thinks not taking his money would help them is an absolute idiot that SHOULD NOT ever be in charge. As they are completely incompetent and make horrible decisions. Musk is a horrible person. Not taking his money extends the fascist regime the MAGA crowd supports.

      This isn’t a bowling league where you are trying to friends with the monster. This is a failing once Republic that needs saving. Take his money, get shit done. You don’t need to do anything he wants. You just need to fund your campaign.

  • someguy3@lemmy.world
    14·
    20 days ago

    Just waiting for the “Lock him up. Lock him up.” chants. They have always been at war with Eastasia.

    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
      26·
      20 days ago

      Amen, fellow MAGA! Let’s also block his ability to fund the Dems with a campaign finance reform amendment! Then, when we really have Musk on the ropes, we’ll hit him with a one-two punch, overturning citizens united and codifying the fairness doctrine into law. If he thinks he can steal the next election, he’s got another thing coming! We’ll slam him by replacing the electoral college with a ranked choice voting (or other better) system! He’ll never know what hit him!

      [Me, to myself]: “God, I hope this works.”