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Is Elon Musk Ross Perot Reincarnated?

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Posted By: gaboy, 7/7/2025 12:34:49 AM

When Elon Musk started bellyaching about the “One Big Beautiful Bill” he revealed why his influence on the Trump administration was destined to be short-lived. Like most billionaires, he is accustomed to getting what he wants when and how he wants it. He has no patience with the excruciating political process and the necessary compromises that must be endured to produce a piece of legislation like the bill Trump signed into law on July 4. In this regard he has much in common with the late Ross Perot, whose destructive foray into national politics proved so disastrous for the Republican Party and the nation at large.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 7/7/2025 1:20:28 AM (No. 1973717)
Compare Musk to Perot, if you like but do not equate Donald Trump to George H. W. Bush. As for Musk himself, never heard any complaining about all the money Uncle Sam doesn't have getting poured into SpaceX contracts or Tesla rebates. I always thought Trump brought such an unpredictable personality in too close - remember Kanye?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 7/7/2025 1:30:43 AM (No. 1973719)
Ross Perot got Bill Clinton elected.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: kono 7/7/2025 1:35:46 AM (No. 1973721)
He's not eligible to run. But he wants to be king-maker.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 7/7/2025 5:58:05 AM (No. 1973727)
The situation is very sad and I wish Musk would get his mind right.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: chumley 7/7/2025 6:01:08 AM (No. 1973728)
Perot was a protest vote for people who were sick to death of the corrupt, inept republican party but couldn't bring themselves to vote for the communist. If the republican party didnt continually betray it voters and tell them to shut up, bend over and take it, Perot would never have been an issue. If Perot got Clinton elected, so be it. Thank the republican party.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: fysammy 7/7/2025 9:38:02 AM (No. 1973823)
I gladly voted for Perot recognizing Bush Sr as a life long denizen of the Uniparty. Ironically, Cliton along with Gingrich, did a better job than Bush was capable of, eg Balance budget, etc. But Perot would have been better than both!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: franco 7/7/2025 11:23:22 AM (No. 1973903)
I remember seeing a documentary showing how Perot's entire campaign was done to "stick it" to George H.W. Bush because Perot expected some sort of quid pro quo from Bush that never materialized. Perot ran on real issues in what appeared to be a real campaign, but his only goal was to make Bush a one-term president, and he succeeded (to the detriment of the country). Musk may have similar motivations rooted in vengeance, and if that's the case, his party won't be around for long. Elon may be the world's richest man, but if he expects voluminous deficit-spending (on Space-X and on EV subsidies) to continue as a source of enrichment for him, then it won't be philosophically difficult to oppose him or his party. And I still believe his party will draw in more disaffected Democrats than Republicans, leaving Republicans with the largest plurality of votes... which means Republican victories in Congressional elections and EVs in presidential elections.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: czechlist 7/7/2025 1:37:00 PM (No. 1974009)
IMO Musk isn't upset about the EV rebates - he knew it was part of DJT's economic plan. What upset Musk was the OBBB included other Corporate Welfare that also should have been axed. Congress is responsible for including Corporate Welfare in the OBBB, not Trump.
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