Elon Musk says he has “done enough” to help MAGA Republicans win elections, signaling a shift in his kingmaker role as Donald Trump’s top campaign backer.

After months of watching his popularity plummet, the DOGE slasher-in-chief said he plans to cut back on funding political campaigns, a move that could dampen the Republicans’ efforts at next year’s midterm elections and in the lead up to the 2028 presidential election.

“I think, in terms of political spending, I’m going to do a lot less in the future,” Musk said, when asked at the Qatar Economic Forum on Tuesday if he would continue spending as much as he has in the past.

  • LupusBlackfur
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    2139 days ago

    I call Bullshit.

    While Elonazi has gained much in contracts/income from the current “government”, in the process, the rankings of his various “businesses” has tanked.

    Reality is: He’ll take some time off, focus on attempting to restore any good will possible for his businesses, then be right back in the political fray shortly before the midterms.

    Problem with that plan is he’s in no position to regain any so-called “good will” as the Nazi bastard has quite publicly and blatantly revealed much too much about who he actually is.

    Fuck. Elonazi.

    🤡 🖕

    • @wizblizz@lemmy.world
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      589 days ago

      Bullshit indeed. His assets should be seized, distributed to the poor, and he should suffer the fate of all the Nazis before him.

    • @assembly@lemmy.world
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      279 days ago

      Pretty sure Elon and Kanye are on the same path. So Elon will take some time off and then suddenly have another manic episode and repeat everything 2x worse than the last time.

    • @Lucky_777@lemmy.world
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      199 days ago

      This is why he won’t be back I think. Maybe shadow or dark money wise sure, but in the public eye? He can’t lose his billions, it’s all he has.

  • Nougat
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    599 days ago

    He should still be hit in the face with a shovel.

  • @Lobshta@lemmy.world
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    379 days ago

    In the days of crypto and tax havens, you really think we can track this? He will still donate millions of dollars, he will just close his big mouth and use workarounds, non-profits and shell corporations to donate and obscure the source. This is all PR.

    • @cogman@lemmy.world
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      89 days ago

      It’ll all be super PAC donations. Because that’s untracked and allows for unlimited donations.

    • IninewCrow
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      69 days ago

      Exactly, don’t listen to what liars say … instead watch what they do

    • Drusas
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      59 days ago

      This is very much it. His public statement is a message to those who want his money.

    • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed
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      69 days ago

      Open season at this point. If they got killed tomorrow, who the fuck would actually care? There would be so much in fighting and rats jumping ship, by the time things are over you’d probably end up in Congress

    • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      29 days ago

      Daddy Drumpf is squeezing him out

      Haven’t seen an iota of evidence to this effect. Let me know when the military stops subsidizing SpaceX and Starlink.

  • @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    99 days ago

    After the election Trump claimed Elon fixed Penn for him, if he was able to extend that ability to other states from his role in office then it would make sense that he doesn’t need to spend more

    • Drusas
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      79 days ago

      He’s not going anywhere. He already bought his influence. Now he has more leverage over Republicans in advance of the 2026 elections.

  • @Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca
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    69 days ago

    I used to be a fan of Elon and what he was doing with his companies. Then he revealed his true self for all the world to see. Now he’s an ambulate potato, the lesser henchman of a skinless cantaloupe lizard.

    • Em Adespoton
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      49 days ago

      Like Trump, Musk revealed his personality early on. In the 1990s when Trump was losing his father’s money in casinos, Musk was making his money by using his father’s money to buy profitable dotcom startups and claiming them as his own. Then he sold them before the market crashed.

      SpaceX has been kind of a blip in all this; all his other companies are very much run in the traditional Musk style though, with him taking credit where luck and other people’s hard work are responsible.

    • @Auli@lemmy.ca
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      39 days ago

      Revealed his true self very early one people just ignored it. Who rewrites the history of a company they purchased to be the founder? That rang bells for me.

      • @Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca
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        19 days ago

        Yeah, I had some lowkey suspicions from his biography (read it for an ex), and when he made those gross comments about the rescue cave divers.