Dogecoin Co-founder: Elon Musk A 'Grifter' Who's 'Really Good At Pretending'

[AZProgressive]

The co-creator of Dogecoin ― a cryptocurrency that was literally a joke until Elon Musk began to talk it up ― does not think highly of the Tesla CEO billionaire.

In an interview with the independent Australian news website Crikey, Jackson Palmer cast a skeptical eye at Musk, beginning with the first time they interacted.

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“Elon reached out to me to get hold of that script and it became apparent very quickly that he didn’t understand coding as well as he made out,” said Jackson, adding that Musk didn’t seem to know how to run basic code.

“After I gave him the script, I wasn’t a fan of him,” he said. “He’s a grifter, he sells a vision in hopes that he can one day deliver what he’s promising, but he doesn’t know that. He’s just really good at pretending he knows.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dogecoin-elon-musk-grifter_n_629659cde4b090b53b7e4781?utm_campaign=share_twitter&ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

[ColinC]

1. Getting disappointed in the other cofounder, Billy Markus, who just seems to suck up

To Musk at every opportunity.

[comradebillyboy]

2. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black...

[NCDem47]

3. Gee. Where have we heard THIS before?

Oh never mind. He’ll likely be elected President of the World or something.

[WarGamer]

4. I think this is the one who is sour because...

As a co-founder he held Billions of DOGE... I believe he sold it all and bought a Honda Civic



Yeah it was worth $1Billion+ a couple years later.

[Sandy Becker]

5. Grifter calls grifter "grifter".

[brush]

6. Musk wasn't the original guy at Tesla either, right?

[Hugin]

10. I went down an interesting rabbit hole...

While seeking an answer.

No a couple of people named Eberhard and Tarpenning were the originators of the Tesla brand. (then Tesla Motors)

Musk showed up flush with his PayPal cash and installed himself as CEO. Sound familiar with Twitter?

Oh, and Eberhard had to sue for the right to call himself co-founder along with Musk. Even though he was there four years before Musk.

[brush]

12. The more I learn about him, the more I dislike him.

[Initech]

7. Grifters gonna grift!

[Hassler]

8. Day by day Musk becomes more like Dotard Donnie.

[blogslug]

9. Here's a link to the interview

https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/05/30/dogecoin-jackson-palmer-elon-musk-crypto-bubble-pauline-hanson/

It's an interesting read. I might just give his podcast a listen.

[BlueIdaho]

11. So - kinda like Trump then...

Got it.