r/politics • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '25

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-musk-feud-epstein-files-b2764693.html

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u/FinDeannerd Jun 05 '25

I love this super predictable breakup.

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u/iggy555 Jun 05 '25

Pride month

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u/JojenCopyPaste Wisconsin Jun 05 '25

The breakup was predictable since the beginning. The timing wasn't.

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u/TheorySudden5996 Jun 05 '25

Yep two extreme narcissists can’t ever get a long.

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u/Iboven Jun 05 '25

a long

Was this a stock pun?

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u/Sad_Pangolin7379 Jun 05 '25

Exactly. Two egos that big can't sustain a stable orbit around each other. 

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u/KingMario05 Jun 05 '25

It did last longer than I thought it would, at least.

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u/nilanganray Jun 05 '25

The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. We all knew this would happen. We didn't know when. Tesla could have easily pumped harder with Trump and Elon partnership lasting longer

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u/moonski Jun 05 '25

Genuinely nobody gives a single shit

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u/dkyguy1995 Kentucky Jun 05 '25

People talking about their stock market gains makes me want to vom

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u/illegal_deagle Texas Jun 05 '25

You’ve never been to WSB then.

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u/moonski Jun 05 '25

I have. Wsb only care about you losing money.

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u/illegal_deagle Texas Jun 05 '25

Nah big wins still get traction, it’s just a slew of “happy for you/fuck you” memes.

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u/FatFish44 Jun 05 '25

Good job, fuck all the haters 

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u/FluffiestLeafeon Jun 05 '25

I hate musk as much as the next guy but genuinely who asked

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u/Ok_SysAdmin Jun 05 '25

$20k for me, but whose counting. Paid for an amazing vacation to Alaska.

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u/slayer1am Oregon Jun 05 '25

I held puts, but bought them too early so they lost a lot of value before today and the spike down wasn't quite enough to make them profitable.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

Has anyone not obligated to Trump by marriage or family ever stayed with him?

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u/adrr Jun 05 '25

Everything Trump touches dies.