Donald Trump said he has "no choice" but to support electric vehicles thanks to Elon Musk's endorsement, but he prefers gas powered options.
  • Trump said at a rally on Saturday that he supports electric vehicles because Elon Musk endorsed him.
  • However, he also criticized EV infrastructure and Biden’s EV mandates.
  • Musk has publicly backed Trump recently but denied a rumored $45 million donation.
    • Cadeillac@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I don’t actually know. My brain is telling me Liberal Arts College but I honestly have no clue

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Okay, I did an image search. Sometimes I’ll take a dive down a rabbit hole like this and find something interesting. This time, I kind of feel like I found buried treasure.

      The picture comes from a Forbes article in 2012 about Musk dressing up as the Marquis de Sade to a party. That wasn’t too interesting but the pic was also used on Soundcloud. I guess Elon tried his hand at EDM a few years ago. I found this discography where I got a chuckle from a review that someone posted there:

      Pioneering engineer, inspired businessman, visionary investor, Neo-Nazi sympathizer, Putin sockpuppet, Dom Lucre apologist, and undisputed champion of non-ElonJet free speech!

      A living legend, tirelessly fighting the good fight against the lower and middle classes, DEI, and his own reputation, on this planet and beyond!!

      There is also a link there to Soundcloud. He put out are two songs. Don’t Doubt ur Vibe and RIP Harambe. No, I did not, and will not listen to them. It may be essentially undetectable, but I do have some self respect. There is, however, a link to a four year old Guardian article, Elon Musk’s new EDM single reviewed – ‘Bringing erectile dysfunction to the masses!’ about the Don’t Doubt ur Vibe track. It starts off with this opening…

      The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has dropped Don’t Doubt Ur Vibe on Soundcloud – a wannabe dancefloor banger that somehow manages to doubt its own vibe

      and finishes with this awesome closing paragraph.

      Ironically, what Don’t Doubt Ur Vibe really sounds like isn’t a primetime dancefloor banger, but the kind of atmospheric, inoffensive music that might play in the background at the launch of a new car. Still, at least it comes with an unexpected bonus: if you leave Soundcloud running after the track ends, the app, for reasons that aren’t entirely clear (algorithms? Mischievous intent?) immediately moves from the nascent oeuvre of Elon Musk to the work of a rapper called almndjoy, automatically playing his track Erectile Dysfunction, with its diverting opening line “I’m sorry my dick doesn’t work”. Languishing unnoticed on Soundcloud for a year, it’s seen a vast upsurge in plays since Musk’s track made its debut, replete with a series of comments indicating that “Elon brought me here”. Perhaps that will be Elon Musk’s most lasting musical legacy: he’s brought Erectile Dysfunction to the masses.