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Aussie105

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26. Musk has some skills running a 'hard' business

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2024, 05:04 AM

Mar 2024

like cars and rockets, but is hopeless at running a 'soft' business like social media.

Skills in one area don't translate into skills in a different area, it seems.

I'm guessing Trump spoke to Musk, asking him to help out a fellow billionaire with cash flow problems and Musk responded with a no can do, I have my own cash flow problems.

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Trump asked Elon Musk if he wanted to buy Truth Social [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 2024 OP

Is Musk Trump's new sugar daddy? Irish_Dem Mar 2024 #1

Conduit for Putin underpants Mar 2024 #2

Dump's got a lemon he's looking to unload Blue Owl Mar 2024 #3

Nobody wants your totaled Edsel, Donnie. dchill Mar 2024 #4

He could probably sell it on eBay for "parts only" William Seger Mar 2024 #15

Trump to Elon: If you thought buying Twitter was a good deal, check out the deal I have for you! Midnight Writer Mar 2024 #5

BWAHAHAHAHA BlueWavePsych Mar 2024 #6

Difference between Trump and Musk hueymahl Mar 2024 #7

Except that when Musk bought Twitter, he turned it into BumRushDaShow Mar 2024 #9

They are far from alike hueymahl Mar 2024 #13

"Alike" BumRushDaShow Mar 2024 #16

I don't see that hueymahl Mar 2024 #23

"Just don't get the hate for him." BumRushDaShow Mar 2024 #25

Turned Twitter into Shitter Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2024 #21

LOL. "Musk is an actual successful business person" LOL PSPS Mar 2024 #10

Not sure what your definition of successful business person is hueymahl Mar 2024 #12

He's rich due to his apartheid wealth plus his gaming federal subsidies plus buying others' success like Tesla PSPS Mar 2024 #17

And the word PlutosHeart Mar 2024 #19

Envy is not becoming hueymahl Mar 2024 #22

He did a lot for Tesla (irrelevant that he didn't found the company, he turned it around) Polybius Mar 2024 #24

He's already got a white supremacist lie-dispensing platform: twitter Novara Mar 2024 #8

re: Musk saying Trump's site had a 'terrible name' - Ironic from the man who turned Twitter to X. (nt) thesquanderer Mar 2024 #11

At value $7.27 or at what he needs $600M? Wonder Why Mar 2024 #14

Isn't Trump getting sued by his partners? viva la Mar 2024 #28

That this South African Nazi has so much power and influence maxrandb Mar 2024 #18

I will forever call it twitter. Just because of Eloon. OverBurn Mar 2024 #20

Musk has some skills running a 'hard' business Aussie105 Mar 2024 #26

No one mention Devin Nunes anymore. ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2024 #27

"No one mention Devin Nunes anymore." BumRushDaShow Mar 2024 #29

it was probably worth asking prodigitalson Mar 2024 #30