After faltering in his plan to found a new ‘America Party’, the world’s richest person is returning to the GOP fold

In the aftermath of his spectacular falling out with Donald Trump last year, Elon Musk blasted the Republican Party as a corrupt force that was "bankrupting" the United States of America.

But now, after months in the political wilderness, the volatile tech baron has indicated that he will once again devote his enormous fortune to electing GOP politicians, this time ahead of the midterm elections in 2026.

"America is toast if the radical left wins," declared Musk on X Thursday. "They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud. Won’t be America anymore."

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[–] 196 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

Just a reminder that trying to buy an election is normally frowned upon in sane countries.

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  • [–] 180 points 10 months ago*

    Everyone who's not a Nazi is "the radical left" to a Nazi.

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  • [–] 352 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    "They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud.

    Just a reminder that Elon Musk is an illegal immigrant and a fraud.

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  • [–] 95 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    And America without immigrants wouldn't be America anymore, not the other way around.

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  • [–] 49 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    I disagree, the Americas were ruined by illegal British, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, and Spanish immigrants.

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  • [–] 106 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    What he means is, he's toast.

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  • [–] 29 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    I don’t even think that’s the case. He needs the GOP to help him own the world. Without it, he will just be an unfathomably rich person.

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago

    This is it. He knows the Dems might tax him a tiny bit more (an amount he won’t even notice), and he could possibly not win as many no-bid government contracts under them, but he’ll still be incredibly rich and completely above the law. The difference is, with the GOP in charge, he gets to dictate terms.

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  • [–] 76 points 10 months ago* (8 children)

    He can "donate" as much as he likes, with no restrictions.

    It's not bribery though! See, he just has to make a Super PAC first; they don't have to disclose their source. So it won't officially be Musk dollars. wink wink

    Please note that the one with the most money wins over 90% of the time in our elections.

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  • [+] -14 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Please note that the one with the most money wins over 90% of the time in our elections

    If I'm trying to give away free sandwiches, I'd have more success if they were made of ham than shit. But I could just give away a steak dinner and not spend any on advertising, because people would like up for a free steak dinner when it costs $500 in advertising to get them to order but not eat a shit sandwich.

    Does that make sense?

    We can skip advertising if the product is good enough. Hell, even with a bad product. PBR never runs ads, they sponsor local sports teams and events for brand awareness. Even if it doesn't increase sales, it helps people.

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  • [–] 72 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    You mean HE is toast if the Democrats get the house and senate. America is toast already. You just don't want your enrichment from the corruption to end.

    Elon can take his limp non working dick back to South Africa by way of El Salvador.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    He'd better be on that next flight to Mars.

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  • [–] 64 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    I would absolutely love to completely forget who Elon Musk is.

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    I’d prefer he be jailed for fraud and corruption and exposed for the sniveling inbred moron he is, first, if it’s alright by you.

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    He means people who oppose shooting immigrants on sight

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I don't think he specifically means that. Plenty of other people who use the same term do. But he actually likes immigration because it brings salaries down and his businesses depend on a lot of workers.

    I'm fairly sure what he means is people who want to raise the minimum wage and oppose abolishing workers protections of different sorts.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Economists don't all agree that immigration brings wages down. Unemployment is actually up right now and a lack of immigrants is to blame, because they propped the whole system up. Less immigrants = weaker economy.

    What brings wages down is the employer concentration, lack of collective bargaining power, and trickle-down economics. Our policies are designed to keep earnings down for the lower classes, so the wealthy ruling class can hoard ever more.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    H1B workers, the kind Musk loves, are pretty much stuck with their jobs and get paid less than their more permanently residing counterparts even though they technically shouldn't. It's still a huuuuge increase over what they'd get paid back home, of course.

    If you let your immigrants freely pick their jobs, they'll have bargaining power too and thus don't have to ruin the job market for others by accepting low wages.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Oh, you expect reasonable discussion and general logic from the billionaires that only want to give themselves more money at any expense?

    He'll just harp on with any current buzzwords to get the base riled up over nothing and continuing to vote and act against their best interests.

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  • [–] 56 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    LOL, where is this "radical left"?

    Are any of these "radical left" in the room with us right now?

    I think he's talking more about "any sensible normal American that might regulate my shitty companies".

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    He seems to think the entire democratic base is composed of ML tankies.

    If only he knew what MLs thought of democrats...

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Yeah, those types think Chomsky is some kind of CIA plant, LOL. It's almost like they want to deflate any real counter to the fascists. I mean, I can remember when I was 14, too.

    How many of them genuinely hold these beliefs is anyone's guess. I think a non-zero amount are trolls, bots, and certainly some just want to see who can be the most contrarian maximalist keyboard warrior.

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  • [–] 38 points 10 months ago

    When billionaires are afraid, you know you’re on the correct path.

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  • [–] 38 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    "illegal immigrants cost us so much money" says the most successful thief and scammer alive today. Can't wait for him and his ilk to learn that money can't buy immortality.

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  • [–] 37 points 10 months ago

    If only the radical left would stop pardoning fraudsters!

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  • [–] 37 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    May he bankrupt himself on the way to losing.

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  • [–] 36 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Billionaires spending craptons of money convincing poor people that even poorer people are their enemy is never good for the world.

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  • [–] 31 points 10 months ago

    Go back to Africa and fuck up your own country you dirty immigrant!!!

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  • [–] 29 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    America My ability to horde insane amounts of wealth is toast slightly at risk.

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Hoard* is the word you're looking for. Horde is a group of people.

    Completely agree with you.

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  • [–] 52 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    He knows which party is more likely to investigate his crimes.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    He should be very scared. He has taken advantage of the government in ways we would never had dreamed possible before. He managed to eliminate all his threats and ensure his contracts and permits are upheld. Massive corruption is an understatement.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I dream of a world in which elon musk is behind bars, fed stale bread

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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago

    People should go all in on boycotting all his companies especially Tesla and Twitter.

    Other countries need to cap campaign contributions if they haven't already because Musk has been known to fund the far-right globally.

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  • [–] 24 points 10 months ago

    He needs to rot in prison, I think he's scared, and that makes me want to fight him more.

    Ignore the Nazi propaganda and destroy these fucking Nazis.

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  • [–] 23 points 10 months ago

    Dear Mr. Musk, who exactly are the "radical left" that you seem to fear so much?

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  • [–] 23 points 10 months ago

    Yeah, the radical right is doing a great job running the country. Housing is affordable, groceries are at an all time low, and unemployment is actually at a net negative. They're just giving jobs away at every corner!

    Fuck you, Elon. Eat shit and die. Convince your friend Trump to eat a big bowl as well.

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  • [–] 44 points 10 months ago

    Billionaires shouldn't exist especially Nazi fuckers like musk

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago

    I'd be in jail

    We didn't forget the reason why you want left to lose, Elmo!

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago

    America isn't toast, your sorry ass is toast. Get fucked, idiot.

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago

    Dude there is no radical left in the US. There’s different flavors of right, one of them is inconvenient to con men. Thats it.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago

    Elon Musk blasted the Republican Party as a corrupt force that was "bankrupting" the United States of America.

    This is what happens with leopards ate my face people. They were scammed by just one guy and don't change their minds at all.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    He must have done some really bad things to be trying to avoid investigations this much.

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    [–] 17 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The amount he will spend will be proportionately far less than the rest of us spend on general insurances. He'll also claim this as a tax deductible. So it gets him further tax savings and keeps him more likely to stay in a position of power and influence. Fuck that. Tax the billionaire class.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago

    Break that son of a bitch down from his ketamine throne and bury him in his Tesla toybox

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  • [–] 28 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    This is what he said about the Wisconsin supreme court race

    "I feel like this is one of those things that may not seem that it’s going to affect the entire destiny of humanity, but I think it will,"

    Anyone have an update on the destiny of humanity since his favored candidate lost this race almost a full year ago?

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago

    "My ass is toast if democracy wins."

    -FTFY

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago

    Musk grifted half a trillion dollars by teaming up with republicans to kneecap the government and steal everything he could in the aftermath. The whole “falling out” was laughably for show, they all got exactly what they wanted. And he’ll do it again, you can bet your ass on that.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    I like toast. More toast plz

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    This guy is very unlikable.

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