Its Over, page-23603

...this is what it has come to.

...framing the other Presidential candidate as 'enemy of the people and the state'

...Elon is chief polariser and he makes no bones about it. Appointing Elon is simply adding hate into the equation.

...imagine an ex-leader who praises and admire rogue dictators in communist regimes but calling his opponent in election a Commie!


Elon Musk’s pro-Trump ads are not subtle

Bloomberg

Elon Musk’s America PAC is starting to fire up its digital ad campaign in support of Donald Trump’s presidential bid. The messages so far have been targeted at swing-state voters – and are anything but subtle.

“If you sit this election out, Kamala and the crazies will win,” said an ad on Google’s YouTube, which has been shown at least three million times. “You will be stuck with higher costs and more illegals invading our country.”

It paints Trump, by contrast, as an “American badass” – with a video of the former president after the July assassination attempt that drove Musk to publicly support his candidacy.
“We must STOP Kamala while we can,” read an America PAC ad on Facebook, where Musk’s PAC has deployed the vast majority of its digital ad spend. “Arizona families have had ENOUGH of radical liberals.”

Another ad on Facebook included a voice-over with a Russian accent. “Meet Comrade Kamala,” the 30-second video said. “Ready to bring Soviet Union to Michigan.”

And on X, the platform Musk bought in 2022 for $US44 billion, one ad suggested without evidence that the former president’s political opponents “tried to kick Trump off your ballot”.

“They even tried to end his campaign and take him out for good.”

America PAC’s first several ad buys point to a campaign targeting decisive areas and demographics that both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris need to win the presidency. America PAC was among the top 10 US political advertisers on Facebook for the week ending September 3, according to Meta’s ad library.

As the US presidential race enters its final sprint, many in Washington and across the country are especially focused on how Musk, the world’s richest person with a $US236.8 billion fortune, will wield his money and power to influence the campaign.

This week, Trump vowed to establish a taskforce to review federal expenditures – an idea recommended by Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and SpaceX.