Elon Musk Threatening 'Consequences' Sparks Backlash

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Nov 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM EST | Updated Nov 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM EST


Following this year's presidential election, billionaire Elon Musk has said there will be "consequences" for those who "pushed foreign interference hoaxes" in a post on his social media platform, which sparked backlash on Saturday. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the founder of Tesla and SpaceX would lead what he called the "Department of Government Efficiency" or (DOGE), along with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, to "dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies."

No such department exists and the president-elect didn't offer many details about how it would operate or how it would be staffed, if at all. Trump's statement said DOGE "will provide advice and guidance from outside of Government, and will partner with the White House and Office of Management & Budget."

However, the appointment of Musk has raised concerns as the billionaire, who frequently posts his political opinions on X, formerly Twitter, which he bought in October 2022, has continued to speak on what he aims to do given his recent appointment. In a post on X, Musk who seemingly pointed towards concerns over foreign interference in the 2024 election, warned that there will be "consequences" for those who pushed "foreign interference hoaxes."

"There will be consequences for those who pushed foreign interference hoaxes. The Hammer of Justice is coming," he wrote on Saturday. Newsweek has reached out to Musk via X's email for comment. While Musk did not specify who he is referring to, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a stark warning about foreign interference in the U.S. elections a day before Election Day, singling out Russia and Iran as the biggest threats

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[Think. Again.]

1. Hey garland?

Did you not realize that leopard could eat your face also?

[Orrex]

15. Garland will take care of this.

Any day now. Any day.

[Think. Again.]

28. Yes, and he will do it sooooooo secretly that no one will ever know it was taken care of.

[republianmushroom]

35. Possibly a little to 'political' for Merrick the Meek.

[intrepidity]

49. I already miss your countdown (up?) nt

[republianmushroom]

50. It is still going on.

Ignored by many.

[NotHardly]

56. It's going to be one hell of a long "enemies list"

[Lovie777]

2. While the economy go down.....

The revenge tour circulates and USA must endure horrible times while the world with popcorn watches. Again we have become dumb and dumber with nuclear weapons.

Nostradamus re: end days equal to musk/vance.

[DonCoquixote]

51. there will nto be much popcorn

especially as the fascists have already hatched their eggs into europe and asia

[Walleye]

3. "The hammer of justice?" Musk and his people are high on their own supply.

He himself is the proof that there has been foreign interference in our elections

[ratchiweenie]

5. Agreed. Mr. Apartheid should not be at the head of our government. He was not elected by anyone.

[BigMin28]

7. He shouldnt be here

Period.

[DBoon]

31. Literally high on his own supply

as in ketamine and "micro dosing" psychedelics

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. It's not a department. It's a bag on the side of the machine

-- a phrase I read in Tracy Kidder's "The Soul of a New Machine"

[reACTIONary]

65. Good book!

[jfz9580m]

6. Okay..

The man is an idiot..

[Lonestarblue]

8. Evidently, free speech is to be the first casualty of the Trump rule as a dictator.

[Hope22]

57. But thank goodness the guns are safe! Nt

[EarthFirst]

9. I would think this department would also include conflicts of interest as they pertain to government contracts...

…and national security.

Efficiency in my mind would ensure that a contract vendor with the federal government would not require a secondary government agency to ensure that no national security conflicts exist.

Certainly the head of such department would agree; no?

SpaceX and StarLink come to mind…

[Bigerhalf]

58. Shouldn't investigation of monopolies be high on the efficiency search ?

Doesn't fair competition result in better product and correct pricing?

Sometimes it needs to be forced as with Standard Oil.

[GB_RN]

10. Jeebus...

The immigrant, who was here illegally, and calls himself a “free speech absolutist,” threatens people who exercised their rights to (fact-based) free speech.

Can we deport him, yet? (Rhetorical question)

[travelingthrulife]

16. Yes. We CAN and should deport him.

n/t

[Farmer-Rick]

19. We should start with Melania Trump

She's here under false pretenses.

Giving a Slovanian Sex Worker a genius visa is a scam, a con and a lie. Then she had an anchor baby while using chain migration to bring in her mother and father.

She's everything Trump hates in immigrants. But since she's willing to touch him, it's apparently ok. How disgusting do you have to be to be intimate with a stinking, diaper wearing, orange skinned, demented Nazi.

[jmbar2]

26. That makes Barron an anchor baby

If they get rid of birthright citizenship, he should be high on the list.

[DENVERPOPS]

30. Elon Musk

was also an illegal immigrant !!!!!!!!!! He got a Student Visa to come to school here, never went a day to school, and went to work instead.....

As far as Melania, there are whores on E. Colfax here in Denver that have more morals and principles than she does.....Unlike Melania, the whores have things they absolutely will NOT do for ANY amount of money....

[rubbersole]

41. Even if you ask nicely?

[DENVERPOPS]

42. LOL

I wouldn't know.....LOL, just what I have heard...............

[EX500rider]

60. ".......Student Visa to come to school here, never went a day to school" Sounds like he did

"In 1990, he entered Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Two years later, he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied until 1995."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#Early_life_and_education

[DENVERPOPS]

61. Read down further in Wiki

"The Washington Post reported that Musk lacked legal authorization to remain and work in the United States after failing to enroll at Stanford.[53] In response, Musk claimed he was allowed to work at that time and that his student visa transitioned to an H1-B. According to numerous former business associates and shareholders, Musk claimed he was on a student visa at the time.[55]"

[EX500rider]

62. Yes & I was responding to post that said he never did a day of school in the US, sounds like he did a few years

[ananda]

11. Well, there was heavy inteference, both foreign and domestic.

Period

Why anyone but magats are still on X is beyond me.

[red dog 1]

55. Some folks are staying on X so they can #ResistTrump (trending hashtag) & express their anti-Trump & anti-Musk feelings.

[Gore1FL]

12. It's cute that he thinks he has power. nt

[NNadir]

13. You know what happens to Oligarchs serving Putin, Eloon? Eventually they fall out of windows of skyscrapers.

Be sure not to slip while looking at the view.

[cstanleytech]

14. It's actually DODGE as their hoping to dodge oversight from Congress.

[Hekate]

17. Muskrat has turned X into a tool of domestic terror, hasn't he? Do what I say, or else. Believe me, or else.

Christ on a trailer hitch.

[azureblue]

18. Elon is a "moran" giddy with power

And it won't be long before he gets it in his head that he is "better" than Trump, and tries to steal some of Trump's glory..

[louis-t]

20. I guess there is room for 2 on the Threat Podium.

Non-elected, coattail-riding, silver spoon asshole now has the power to threaten Americans. Fuck him. Not sure he will stay until inaug day. He's rattling some cages.

[Martin68]

21. There should be consequences for people like Elon Musk, who aid the dissemination of misinformation and foreign

interference in US elections to support his own fascist business agenda. He is protected by freedom of speech, but wants to remove that protection from those who criticize him and his allies.

[Martin68]

22. "Backlash?" Does that imply consequences? I rather doubt it.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. People fleeing his businesses?

(E.g., "X" and possibly Tesla)

[Martin68]

24. If it hasn't happened so far, I doubt it will now. Musk has been publicly espousing white supremacist and fascist ideas

for some time now. However, if Trump eliminates tax credit for electric cars, that might change.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Well this was posted recently

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143339537

X sees largest user exodus since Elon Musk takeover

115,000 deactivations on election day alone.

[Martin68]

36. I doesn't think Musk even wants to have liberal members on X. The site is his personal amplifier which allows him to

communicate and influence the deplorables that share his warped ideals, including Trump. Those people are not leaving X. I don't think Musk views the p[latform as a financial investment. He sees it as an investment into his ability to influence others.

[BumRushDaShow]

43. There were other platforms out there

that the hardcore loons and alt-right were on like Gab and Telegram. All he did was make sure that he could idiotically depopulate what was a mainstream social media service, used not just by the general public, but by most governmental entities as a rapid communications tool, and have it devolve into the same kind of low-life nonsense as those other services were already covering.

[Dave Bowman]

27. He's totally immature and unhinged, a dangerous mix for someone with so much power.

[usonian]

29. Mister Apartheid speaks.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219696928

[Joe_Gadway]

32. Be careful Elon

Elon should be careful not to break the law.
Not to violate the Constitution.
Not to ignore people's rights.
Not to harm America.
.
The bad guys are in charge right now.
Like in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
But the bad guys lost power in 1945.
.
And then there were severe consequences for those who had committed evil deeds.
.
Be careful Elon.
The bad guys will not be in charge forever!

[republianmushroom]

37. Elon is the second person who is above the law.

The first being the orange A-O.

[Joe_Gadway]

38. Prove them wrong

They think they are above the law.
It's our job to prove they are wrong.

[republianmushroom]

40. After watching our DOJ, our championing of justice and law, after the last 8 years

proving them wrong is not going to happen. What it has proven to me is they are correct. They are above the law.

[Joe_Gadway]

48. We are not stopping now

This seems too defeatist.
People have been fighting for freedom in the United States for 250 years.
The Revolution.
Abolition.
Freeing the slaves.
Freedom of Speech in WWI.
Women's rights.
The Civil Rights movement.
Gay rights.
On and on.
.
100,000 Japanese people were locked up in camps in WWII.
That must have seemed like the end of the world, but it was over in a couple of years.
And then freedom advanced again.
.
I don't see any reason for us to give up now!

[Bluetus]

33. S. African Elon Musk is the very definition of foreign interference

Please remember that he cannot Constitutionally be elected President, so he aims to accomplish the same thing through his money and power.

[Attilatheblond]

47. Gonna be amusing when Peter Thiel wants Trump diposed so HE can be pretend POTUS via JD Vance

and Elon wants HIS puppet, TCF, to stay so Elon can be the pretend POTUS.

If Trump dies, and he looks very capable of doing that, will Elon do the Weekend At Bernie's shtick via AI and no live Trump appearances? Elon doesn't seem all that bright.

Gonna be a Narcissist cage fight at some point.

I notice ol JD has been pretty quiet of late. Something's up in his vile lil mind.

[Bluetus]

66. And let's be clear, Thiel cannot Constitutionally be president either

for the same reason Musk cannot -- not a natural-born US citizen. So they both are trying to be President vicariously through others -- Musk through Turmp and Thiel through Vance.

[Attilatheblond]

67. Let's be clear.... I figured everybody here on DU knew that and it went without saying.

But, I reckon there might be some 'mansplain' opportunity.

Have a good week. Adios

[Bluetus]

69. Don't assume too much.

[yaesu]

34. He wants to be called a russian asshat, not a russian asset. nt

[tonekat]

39. Hey Leon!

Yeah you! Take a long sip of my ass.

[CaptainTruth]

44. F Elmo.

[Attilatheblond]

45. Every day, it becomes more clear why his kids hate him

[ReRe]

54. Tell me

about his kids. Like how many, male/female, etc.

[Sneederbunk]

46. Says someone who is one of the worst foreign influences ever.

[ultralite001]

52. Troubling, indeed...

The first threat said Zev would "soon join Jeffrey Epstein".

[BrianTheEVGuy]

53. We need to start laughing at these clowns...

…rather than fearing them.

Elon Musk is a drug-addled malignant narcissist. He is not capable of delivering any “consequences” to anyone, and his massive ego is too large to share space with Donald Trump’s own enormous ego.

Within 12 months, Elon and Trump will be raging at each other and promising “consequences” for each other.

Meanwhile, if you’re still on X or using X, stop complaining about the horrible climate. You’re choosing to stay there and give Musk advertising revenue and engagement. If everyone who dislikes Musk quit X, it would disappear.

[Evolve Dammit]

59. He is the next threat to democracy, Vance second, Johnson third?

[dlk]

63. Musk is sounding more and more unhinged every day

He needs help.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

64. Hey Eloon

[GinaMaria]

68. How is it efficient to have 2 people leading the Government efficiency department?

Isn’t that the very definition of inefficiency?