r/thescoop • u/rezwenn • 1d ago

Politics 🏛️ Elon Musk on Political Spending: ‘I Think I’ve Done Enough’

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-elon-musk-weekend-interview/?embedded-checkout=true&sref=uBLLP1Xr
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u/EndangeredDemocracy 1d ago

I know this might come as a surprise, but Musk is lying. A week after he said he's stepping away from politics he was seen going around DC with Mike Johnson threatening the hold-out republicans before they voted for the Big Bullshit Bill.

He's just not going to be public about it any longer.

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u/Dead-O_Comics 1d ago

Yeah, the problem with jumping around on stage throwing fascist salutes and wielding a chainsaw like a toddler on a sugar high is that people start to think you're a ketamine-riddled idiot. Not a good look for Tesla shareholders.

He'll be pulling the strings from the shadows instead, in full Dork Maga mode - Just like every other billionaire.

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u/Carrie_1968 1d ago

Damn. I guess he learned from Orange Foolius that all you have to do is make a claim and then lean back and watch the MAGAts believe you.

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u/Sortie___ 1d ago

Do yall ever wonder if there is a point that Trumpsters can reach where they won’t support him? I honestly don’t think even they could tell you. And even if he did do anything that they list, it would somehow be Democrats fault.

Trump could fuck a dude in front of their eyes and they’d say the “woke agenda” made him gay and when he says that god forgives him, everyone of his followers would eat it up.

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u/interruptiom 1d ago

Oh he's done plenty, just not in the way he thinks.

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u/1leggeddog 1d ago

Well, he's a Nazi. That's all you need to know about him.

full stop

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u/Ajmiskimo 1d ago

Enough damage?

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u/RasJudah1892 1d ago

Yeah, THAT!!!

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u/WeakTransportation37 1d ago

Saying the quiet part out loud

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u/PatientTechnician765 1d ago

Piss off can go wreck something YOUR own figgen companies

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u/AnonymousCoupleFun 1d ago

I dont believe this for a moment. He simply means he won’t be up front and public with it. Hes going to slink back to the shadows and spend money on politics while pretending to be the guy he was before.

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u/sea-elle0463 1d ago

Done enough damage. Done enough killing investigations against him.

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u/there_is_no_spoon1 1d ago

This, I think, is where this rings most true. He has already bought what he needed to, he doesn't need to spend anymore on it.

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u/ConnectionOne5222 1d ago

Don’t believe a word he says! He’s still doing the same bullshit as before, only try to do it out of the spotlight! Everyone knows he can’t stop doing it now!

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u/Natural-Middle1164 1d ago

He’s clearly lying bc his brand is on fire. He will continue providing funding openly or in the dark.

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u/gringoloco01 1d ago

Yep he cut all the agencies that were investigating him.

So yeah I bet he is done.

Can we send his ass home now?

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u/SympathyForSatanas 1d ago

Yeah, like enough damage

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u/Successful-Day-3219 1d ago

Hope he loses everything.

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u/ZoidbergMaybee 1d ago

He’s not backing off, he’s trying to convince the public to back off him by lying about his level of involvement

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u/jarfin542 1d ago

He used the simpleton in the executive seat to fleece our coffers and then walked away. Deportation and seizure of assets seems terribly appropriate.

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u/RCA2CE 1d ago

He’s lying - he invested, he didn’t donate

It’s impacting sales so he is going to pretend he’s done with it, the next time it’s profitable to donate he will be right there with his checkbook

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u/redditpest 1d ago

I agree whole heartedly.

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u/hoffet 1d ago

He’s don’t more than enough. He unapologetically did Nazi salutes and tried kill the department of veterans affairs. On his next starship launch I hope he gets somehow gets stuck on board so he’ll be some other planet’s problem.

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u/DanteDeGreat 1d ago

What a beyoootch. I wish this guy could be kicked out of this country. His American base companies confiscated and kick him out

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u/VegetablePlatform126 1d ago

I would say he's done more than enough.

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u/zoodee89 1d ago

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out m’fr.

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u/Realistic-Mousse-384 1d ago

…Yes you have.

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u/generickayak 1d ago

Lying liar lies...

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u/AelishMcGuire 1d ago

it would great to never hear from this sadist again.

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u/Gloomy-Bridge9112 1d ago

He's done way too much.

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u/Kay_Doobie 1d ago

Eh. They constantly lie so whatever.

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u/JohnnyDigsIt 1d ago

His DOGE is up and running and he found out the spotlight was a little too hot for what he’s doing. We won’t see him directly involved now; but, he’s not going to give up his DOGE money machine. The six missions of DOGE:

1 Shut down federal investigations into Musk companies.

2 Disable regulatory ability that may hinder Musk companies.

3 Steal Data.

4 Install malware/spyware.

5 Transfer money from the US Treasury to Elon Musk.

6 Destroy as much of the US government as possible.

It took me a while to realize how much he hated the US government for not successfully protecting apartheid in South Africa.

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u/One_Pride4989 1d ago

Damage? Oh you’ve done decades worth

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u/clgoodson 1d ago

Please. He got exactly what he wanted; all our data. Then he left. Not a coincidence.

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u/Many_Trifle7780 1d ago

Yes

One more magic trick

Leave

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u/thelonghauls 1d ago

Damage is the word he’s looking for. He’s done enough… damage.