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U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview with NBC News on Saturday, said there would be "serious consequences" if billionaire Elon Musk funds Democratic Party candidates to run against Republicans who vote for Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill.

Trump declined to say what those consequences would be in the phone interview, and went on to add that he had not had discussions about whether to investigate Musk.

Asked if he thought his relationship with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO was over, Trump said, "I would assume so, yeah."

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[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 99 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

Because in a functional democracy, threatening opposition is encouraged and often leads to a healthy society. /s

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 54 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

I’m starting to think his goal might not be a healthy society.

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 21 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I have young kids. They often say things like “if I were president, I would—“ and then say some borderline totalitarian nonsense like “make it illegal to put pickles on burgers” or some other thing that is self-focused and completely misunderstands the nature of the presidency.

Which is all to say that Trump holds the same view of the presidency that a five-year-old does. And he occupies the office. Awesome.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 14 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

He said it himself:

When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I’m basically the same. The temperament is not that different.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/575962/donald-trump-tells-biographer-hes-same-now-first-grade

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 hours ago

Honestly he was probably better as a first grader because he hadn’t learned everything about how to be an unrelenting asshole yet

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

One of the few times I 100% believe him

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