Donald Trump and Elon Musk are absolute PROOF that wealth can’t buy self confidence, self respect, self esteem, self awareness, common sense, intellectual curiosity,business acumen NOR a shred of decency.MOST OF ALL, IT CLEARLY DOES NOT BUY HAPPINESS as those 2 are obviously miserable f@cks.
I'd take the 97 billion... I wouldn't respect him. But I'd take it. Pay off loans. Set aside 10 million for myself and pump the rest out to the public who needs it. Live off the interest rate and go to sleep with a clean conscious.
It would take a LOT more than that. Like… he could solve world hunger, homelessness, end all disease, and I might think he’s not a complete shit stained asshat.
Ah Onion, we can dream he has any introspection. If he donates all $300 billion to humanitarian and environmental projects and zips off to Mars, I’d still hate him, but a fraction less.
America needs a wealth tax to stop individuals becoming too powerful. Individual wealth should be limited so that it is impossible for them to donate to political causes at a ridiculous level. Donations above a certain level should carry a prison sentence.
"Well, since you didn't ask, my biggest fear is this: After Trumpism collapses and I have shown that control over SpaceX and StarLink and US military dependency on me makes me a security risk, the US Government will nationalize these assets." 😳 https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/37...
The irony is, if he spent that money on humanitarian efforts, I'd respect him immensely. But he doesn't. He only spends that money on his own vanity projects.
I initially thought he was a hero when he said he would donate money to fix world hunger if someone made a plan. I believe an organization did, and he did the opposite. He once had a good publicist.
Musk so craves adoration. But the loudest applause will be when he leaves government.
“I know, it sounds truly crazy.
And true, the vision's hazy.
But I swear, someday there'll be
A celebration throughout Oz.
That's all to do.. with me…”
I absolutely love The Onion. Amazing how many folks are sending serious replies. Sad when Satire doesn't standout from reality clearly. It IS believable that Mushmouth would try to buy respect. He's clearly never earned it.
If he comes over to my house and hands me a giant, Publisher’s Clearinghouse-sized check for $97 million, I could probably respect him. I could at least come up with a concept of a plan to respect him.
An Englishman criticized the French for fighting for money, while the English fought for honor. The French privateer Surcouf replied, "Everyone fights for what they don't have".
I’ll do it for $96 billion, as long as I just have to pretend to respect him and maybe kiss his ring. If I have to kiss more than that my response would be, “you first”.
Respect for what, though?
Like... normally, respect happens automatically when people appreciate the things you do.
I know "earning" things is a weird concept to billionaires, but it's how us commoners do things. They ought to try it sometime.
He could triple that and still be stuck in the toilet.
You are what you are, and once exposed as a fool there's no going back.... ever hear of the staying Lipstick on a pig?
Too late!! Even if he spent every last dime he couldn’t buy it! He,stupidity aligned with the most hated man in the free world and he is surprised at the backlash? Musk isn’t a genius but a lonely pathetic billionaire lacking any self reflection. He still has a long way to fall.
Hear me out, someone on Twitter needs to get in his ear about being the guy who brings high speed passenger rail to the US. He could turn this around! Be a hero! He could put his name on it! It would be fast and efficient! Historical! Think of the jobs and profits! He could sell train stocks!
Hahaha probably, but if someone could convince him to actually do it. Wed be keeping him occupied like a toddler and we'd get trains out of the deal! Win-win!
He won’t be busy enough with that model! The more he realizes we hate him, the harder he will try to control the situation., that’s my guess. He is psycho.
Omg could you imagine? I want public transit so bad! He could have done so many things to make us actually like him and instead he's shocked we don't like him canceling cancer research and social security! 😂
Tell ya what Elon. If you give me 97 Billion I will give you a show of respect of your choosing. There will be conditions of course, but if you are in just go on national TV and say: “Steve I’m in.”
PS Yes I know it’s an Onion article, but I get the feeling Elon reads these. :)
Dunno about respect, but I'll shake his hand, tell him he's a nice fellow, wish him a good day and walk away with the loot for only $100,000.99 (Limited time only; void where prohibited).
I am so fucking sick of this real life Bug’s Story grasshopper came to life showing how little tens of billions of dollars means to him to throw away while he simultaneously steals the last cents poverty stricken people have
Respect can't be bought this man has very strange fascists ideas and is mentally unstable. He is not to be trusted. He is a liability in americas politics and a danger for the american way of life and world peace
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How about he sets up a daily auction
The winner gets to punch him straight across the face
“I know, it sounds truly crazy.
And true, the vision's hazy.
But I swear, someday there'll be
A celebration throughout Oz.
That's all to do.. with me…”
- Elphaba in Wicked
🥴 After all?
Elon’s fad
Ass whipped bad
Everyones glad
Cry bully mad
No respect had
Let's make a deal!
We just call it Vienna.
Yet if he had ever thought to use his wealth for the public good … for the suffering masses. The respect would flow down on him like rain.
He is the king of fools.
Like... normally, respect happens automatically when people appreciate the things you do.
I know "earning" things is a weird concept to billionaires, but it's how us commoners do things. They ought to try it sometime.
You are what you are, and once exposed as a fool there's no going back.... ever hear of the staying Lipstick on a pig?
PS Yes I know it’s an Onion article, but I get the feeling Elon reads these. :)
Seems fruitless though.
Send him to Africa
1. Sell Twitter(X)
2. Step back from politics and stick to making cars.
AKA "f@#k off and keep quiet"
No sense but a lot of cents.
How can someone be so dumb?
this is literally his whole 'career'.
You need to become a better person. You need to have empathy🙀 for others .
For the investor Ross Gerber, that wouldn't be enough to turn the company's fortunes around.
The longtime Tesla backer said the car company needed a new face to get back on its feet. https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-stock-tsla-elon-musk-leaving-white-house-doge-gerber-2025-4
https://fortune.com/2025/04/03/tesla-elon-musk-dashes-investor-hopes-he-may-finally-be-leaving-politics/
People bought their Teslas in the early 2010s couldn't have imagined that now, owning their EV might inadvertently paint them as authoritarian sympathizers. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-lucid-ev-buyers-elon-musk-b2725494.html#