The decision by the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, this week to resign as head of the Liberal party has set in motion a leadership race against the backdrop of a looming general election, which will be held amid political turmoil triggered by Donald Trump’s “America first” economic nationalism. It has also given Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, an opportunity to inject himself into yet another country’s political turmoil.
Since Trudeau’s resignation on Monday, Musk has posted repeatedly about Canadian politics on X – the platform formerly known as Twitter he bought in 2022 for $44bn. He has praised clips of Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s Conservative party, while relishing in Trudeau’s downfall and engaging with rightwing Canadian influencers.
“Girl, you’re not the governor (sic) of Canada anymore, so doesn’t matter what you say,” Musk tweeted in response in the middle of the night on Tuesday.
This guy is gonna be the whole world’s problem until we collectively shun him into Russia or something.
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The problem (well one of them) with billionaires, is that you can’t really “exile” them. They exist outside of national boundaries, and are sort of nations in and of themselves. This is why they don’t bother following the laws of the nation they reside in.
I’m not sure it would even be possible to do this unless we could literally strip him of all of his wealth. Which I imagine would prove difficult (but I’m all for it).
The west sanctions oligarchs all of the time. The problem is they never sanction their own, because the rich own the politicians with the power to do it.
I basically just pray every day that someone assassinates him, that frowning bloated pale moron is a stain on humanity
It’s almost like there really is a global elite causing tons of problems, and they’ve spent the last +8 years to dupe one side. That way, when it is true, the people on the left look crazy, and we continue an unnecessary class war while a bunch of selfish people destroy the human race so a line go brrr or whatever.
I fucking hate it here, and I have a reasonably good life. I’m tired. Everyone is lying and screaming at one another. And there’s no truth. This is all done for humans to jock for power rather than see each other as one species.
He’s basically Wario!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
God JT needs to give election Canada teeth before he goes, because right now if musk decides to come in and fuck with the election and prop up a party, there isn’t much that they will do about it.
I think he should cause it’s great for the nation, but why would he (like personally)
All this time people just kept asking him to leave and now he is leaving… and we get to find out why people hated Trudeau and how those problems will persist after him.
Because he presumably isn’t so vindictive, and because he presumably cares about the nation, hopefully?
The dumbfuck doesn’t even know the difference between prime minister and governor.
He should just sit this one out.
I think he says that on purpose, to perpetuate the trope Trump started.
Either way, people in Canada have such a low opinion of him and Trump that I think the more he speaks favourably of PP, the more Canadians are going to turn away from him. Since Elmo can’t support PP with a lot more than speech, I think he’s likely to run his mouth a lot. I hope he does.
We do have that maple maga crap, and Propaganda Pierre is doing all he can. Let’s hope reason wins out over slogans and lies, remember Propaganda Pierre was housing minister under Harper
The governorbit is a swioe atTrudeau as the MAGA dipshits are calling Canada the 51st state.
He does it to troll.
He has no right to interfere with our politics. He chose to be american.
Force him to pay his fair share of taxes ( not a tiny amount but a fair amount proportional to what he has extracted from the Canadian economy)
If he refuses Invalidate all patents this Muppet’s companies previously enjoyed within Canada
Let competition flood in with copy cat rockets cars twitter and hell pay pal clones
At this point, simply making Musk pay his fair share in taxes is not enough in my opinion. The damage that he has done to this planet is immeasurable.
Also since he’s Canadian then should his right wing pro nazi comments cross the line, charge him for hate speech under Canadian laws
I like the idea of naming some nasty disease after him. Maybe something involving shrunken genitals?
There’s already Zuckerberg Rat Penis Syndrome.
Of course Canada is moving towards fascism. It’s not because conservatives are maneuvering so well. It’s because the liberals are also moving further right towards fascism, and NDP are too corrupt and incompetent to offer a meaningful alternative (and NDP leadership coordinates with the liberals to keep it that way).
Just look at who the liberals are throwing in as potential replacements: a bunch of pro-corporate goons even farther right than Trudeau. All while the liberals raise the entry fee and requirements to ensure only a corporate backed candidate can even run. There’s some growing support for Freeland to be the pick, even though she’s literally been linked to far-right Nazis in multiple scandals.
Fascism will win because the entire charade has already been rigged to ensure that’s the only possible outcome.
and NDP are too corrupt and incompetent to offer a meaningful alternative
Do you have any source on this?
I thought the problem with the NDP is that they never have the votes because we don’t have proportional representations so they can’t do anything but sway liberals sometimes.
I don’t see how NDP can do anything without winning first.
Exactly. They don’t get the votes precisely because of their incompetence and coordination with the liberals.
People want a leftist alternative, but the NDP serves as more of an extension of the liberals to absorb and control activist energy. A party meant to absorb and depress leftism cannot simultaneously use it to gain momentum.
Musk can legally vote for prime minster, therefore he is allowed to influence Canadian voters as equal as anybody else.
If you take his tweet at face value literally about “Girl, you ain’t the govenor…”, it proves that you’re not catching on to the nuances and subtleties that he was referrencing. If you want try to spread hate and perversion about Elon, grasp what you speak on.
Musk can legally vote for prime minster
I didn’t realize that Musk was a member of Canada’s Parliament.
Musk can legally vote for prime minster
We don’t vote for prime minister buddy.
The irony of what they said is palpable.
Not surprised the account is only 5 days old.
Are you aware that you clearly don’t understand how parliamentary systems work?
If you want try to spread hate and perversion about Elon, grasp what you speak on.
Sure, here’s an idea: Elon Musk is the world’s richest man by a large margin, emotionally unstable, narcissistic, and insecure. Nothing good for society or the general public will come from giving him any position of power.
He has a lot to gain by influencing elections, and he has a proven record of supporting politicians and making them change their mind on policies in a way that benefits Elon’s companies. His trans daughter hates him for being a terrible person, but he blames her liberal-leaning views for it, calling it “the woke mind virus” and platforming selfish, anti-liberal/anti-socialist nut jobs as a “fuck you” to the threat he believed took his “son” away from him.
He has a track record of lying about his achievements, promising the future “will be ready by the end of next year” every year and only delivering something half-baked. But, that’s just his successes. He pays people to be good at things, then he claims the credit all for himself to seem cool and likeable. You know, like how he was claiming to be top 10 in Path of Exile 2, only to be caught obviously not knowing how to actually play the game he was supposedly world-class in.
Or if that’s not sad enough for you, have you heard of Adrian Dittman? If you don’t know who he is, let me tell you: he’s Elon’s alt account on Twitter… using a voice changer to pretend to be not-Elon… while acting as Elon’s number one fan.
In conclusion, fuck Elon Musk. Somebody who is that insecure, pathetic, and self-centered shouldn’t be allowed to buy his way into influencing politics.
Calm down Elon you’re a terrible liar
he is allowed to influence Canadian voters as equal as anybody else.
Do you believe he’s influencing Canadian voters as equal as anybody else?
Oh, he’s speaking in code, just like Donny.
Got it, chief.
What are you talking about? None of that is relevant to the Canadian electoral system.
Is Musk Canadian??
Born in South Africa to a mother who was born in Canada. If Wikipedia is to be believed, he holds citizenship for South Africa, Canada, and USA.
how does he have triple citizenship!? everyone else they make you renounce some of that once your 18, but this asshole is so rich he gets to just be part of a special class of one? i hate this guy
He is a billionaire. He is a nation unto himself. What it says on his passport, at this point, is irrelevant.
In Westernized nations no one is forced to give up their citizenship in one nation to vote in another.
Dual citizenship guarantees one with all the benefits of both nations.
The USA doesn’t recognize dual cotizenship with all nations for example you can have Mexican citizenship or US citizenship you cannot have both but you can be a dual US/UK citizen. This is because America is still quite racist.
Duel citizenships guarantee the right to satisfaction in the ring of honour.
If you become a naturalized citizen they make you renounce other citizenships.
You have to have parents from 2 countries who have 2 separate citizenships to be a dual.
The USA.gov website implies you are wrong, else why would they say this?
Whether you were born an American citizen or became one through naturalization, if you have dual citizenship
U.S. law does not require a U.S. citizen to choose between U.S. citizenship and another (foreign) nationality (or nationalities).
okay. just going off the united states. where he naturalized. where you have to renounce your prior nation of citizenship, and where people don’t get to have more that two citizenships past 18. guess we’re not westernized. and also the rules still don’t apply to the world’s richest dickhead
Except he wouldn’t have been able to keep 2 of them if he became american.
You can have Canadaian andUS citizenship.
Yes, I didn’t say you couldn’t.
I said if you apply for a US citizenship, they make you renounce your other citizenships.
In Muskrats case that would be SA and Canada.
Except he doesn’t have an American citizenship, as he would have had to renounce the other 2.
America recognizes dual citizenship with many nations just not Mexico which totally has nothing to do with racism /s
Yes, through his mother
