Trump tells ABC he’s ‘not particularly’ interested in reconciling with Elon Musk, who appeared to say making peace would be in the best interest of the US

  • noride@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Rocket Man Icarus flew too close to the sun on this one. Elon thought he had a lot more pull than he did, but the invisible hand of the market was happy to fist him a friendly reminder of who’s really in charge here. Musks power is his money and his money is his stock price; without it he is less than nothing.

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      Additionally Musk is the richest man in the world

      He doesn’t control most of the world’s wealth though. There are families with generational wealth that makes musk look poor.