Summary

Laura Loomer criticized Elon Musk’s influence on Trump during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s War Room, accusing Musk and other tech leaders of being “welfare queens” reliant on government subsidies while seeking control over national defense.

Loomer also alleged Musk held secret meetings with Iranian and Chinese officials, raising national security concerns.

Her remarks align with growing criticism from MAGA loyalists, including Bannon, who warn of Musk’s outsized role during Trump’s transition.

  • @DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    You tell him, Laura!

    Trump’s got 4 more years, (IMO) a >50% chance he’ll finish his second alive, Congress and SCOTUS are GOP majority, and you and yours aren’t voting Democrat in 2026, so lie down on your bed and enjoy the ride.

    (maybe sue your cosmetic surgeon(s))

  • @Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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    Has anyone pointed out to them lately that Musk was also an illegal immigrant?

    [Musk] has said in the past that after leaving Penn he had planned to pursue graduate studies at Stanford, but dropped out to work on founding his first company.

    That’s significant, experts say, because there are strict rules about the kind of work allowed when someone is in the US on a student visa, and work authorizations tied to student visas generally require someone to be actively studying or for the sponsoring institution to allow the student to get academic or practical training after graduation.

    Immigration attorney Greg Siskind, who’s co-authored multiple editions of a guide to J-1 visas, says transitioning from a J-1 visa to an H-1B visa is a possible path. But he says a J-1 visa wouldn’t provide work authorization to someone who dropped out of a degree program. The moment Musk dropped out, he would have lost his status and been unauthorized to work, Siskind says.

    Edit to add link (again).

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    Logan act much? Espionage?

    Jail him, sieze all assets, strip him of his citizenship, then deport his ass.

    Or, you know, Trump will just pardon him instead and call him a hero…

    • @Homescool@lemmy.world
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      15 months ago

      Honestly, I’m surprised this didn’t happen four or even eight years ago. They’re all grifters and you can pay them to push any message. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was being fed money from some ultra leftist group just to cause chaos.

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        None of them need to be paid off to do this. Trump is starting to back away from some promises because it threatened the money interests, and the true believers like Loomer are losing it cause they were so close to getting everything they wanted out of this administration. They still aren’t blaming Trump directly, but it won’t take long if he keeps siding with Elon.

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    I was kinda bummed Loomer was out of the picture at the end of the election, she gave the right’s disaster-fest some popcorn value. I’d like to see her find a way back into the game and crash a little more spectacularly this time around.

  • @ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    115 months ago

    Well, now I can not know or care who that lady is in a whole new light. Good for her for hating Elon Musk, even if it’s probably for some terrible reasons.

    Seriously, how many conservative “influencers” can there even be? I don’t even know what Ben Shapiro is yet. It’s too many. Cut it down to like 5 good ones and I might be influenced once, maybe. I’m not checking out 40,000 podcasts in an effort to give a shit about fascism.

  • @Machinist@lemmy.world
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    105 months ago

    Mutant and brain damaged kittens with crab claws all in a box together trying to eat and fuck each other.

      • @Machinist@lemmy.world
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        25 months ago

        Not really any context other than trying to put words to the incestuous cannibal horrorshow that is about to begin. Just trying to buckle up for the next four years and hope me and mine aren’t in the splash zone.

        • @Snapz@lemmy.world
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          35 months ago

          Word. I share your perspective, friend.

          Dissected elementary school teachers displayed at your local McDonalds every taco Tuesday until the singularity rockets the value of Kohls cash to the moon!