# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** elon-musk\ **Created:** [August 13, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634 "2024-08-13T00:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 119
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2382 "2025-06-05T19:39:38Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > Did that really just happen? Are you asking if he really did make that accusation? Yes. > **[Musk Accuses Trump of Being in the Epstein Files](https://www.thedailybeast.com/musk-accuses-trump-of-being-in-the-epstein-files/)** > > The world’s richest man went nuclear on his former ally on Thursday. Multiple news outlets are reporting it right now. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2383 "2025-06-05T19:40:26Z")
I need 50kg popcorn, stat. ETA: CNN, The Hill, and Fox are all covering the feud, but I didn’t see this gem on any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2384 "2025-06-05T19:41:13Z")
Hell yeah. [![](https://media.tenor.com/mmBwVRaeH6kAAAAM/eating-popcorn-michael-jackson.gif) ](https://media.tenor.com/mmBwVRaeH6kAAAAM/eating-popcorn-michael-jackson.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2385 "2025-06-05T19:52:14Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I just read that Musk has claimed Trump won’t release the Epstein files because he’s implicated in them. DOGE has access to a lot of info that seems unrelated to cutting waste. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2386 "2025-06-05T19:53:46Z")
Please let it be true. It can be my birthday AND my Christmas present. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2387 "2025-06-05T20:02:06Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Or to distract myself from dark (?) internal temptations… [Martin Blank] They all have husbands and wives and children and houses and dogs, and, you know, they’ve all made themselves a part of something and they can talk about what they do. What am I gonna say? “I killed the president with a fork. How’ve you been?” ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2388 "2025-06-05T20:02:47Z")
My favorite part of this is that both Trump and Musk think attacking the other will win them new fans. Musk: “Everyone hates Trump, so if I turn against him, the left will start liking me again!” And vice versa. Good luck with that, idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2389 "2025-06-05T20:09:30Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > Please let it be true. It _might_ be true (wouldn’t shock me given Trump’s history) but I’m pretty sure this is just classic Elon trolling. He’s no different than some kid on the playground telling another kid that his mom is sleeping with all of the teachers at the school. I doubt Elon actually has anything. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2390 "2025-06-05T20:19:56Z")
Trump fumes at Elon, threats to cancel all his government contracts: > **[Trump says Musk went 'CRAZY,' suggests cutting government contracts for his...](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/05/trump-musk-crazy-government-contracts.html#webview=1)** > > President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are clashing over a major budget bill Trump wants passed, which the Tesla CEO says will blow out federal deficits. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2391 "2025-06-05T20:25:36Z")
Popcorn eating Micheal Jackson gif in response to allegations of TFG being in the Epstein files by Elmo. There are… layers to that. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2392 "2025-06-05T20:25:47Z")
Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat > **[Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/05/musk-trump-spacex-dragon-nasa.html?__source=androidappshare)** ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2393 "2025-06-05T20:31:28Z")
Oh, is that going to be the excuse for why he hasn’t gotten to Mars yet? “We’d have gotten there by now except for this petty feud I’m having!” ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2394 "2025-06-05T20:37:53Z")
SpaceX can be compelled to licence the design to another manufacturer. If not just compelled to build the things regardless. Musk may finally have run into someone he can’t outspend, outlawyer or effectively bully. Trump has Musk by his IVF loving balls. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2395 "2025-06-05T20:40:23Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > There are… layers to that. It’s a seven layer TACO. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2396 "2025-06-05T20:50:30Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Popcorn eating Micheal Jackson gif in response I’m thinking more Willy Wonka watching Augustus Gloop get sucked up into the pipe. The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2397 "2025-06-05T20:53:47Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I just read that Musk has claimed Trump won’t release the Epstein files because he’s implicated in them. A FB friend (friend of my girlfriend back in the '80s) just posted: > DUNT-DUNT-DUNNNNN . . . Gee, wouldn’t it be shocking if Elon suddenly OD’d? 🤔 (remember I said it) ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2398 "2025-06-05T20:57:46Z")
What are the odds of an OD vs an ‘accidental’ defenestration or mistakenly ingesting some Polonium? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2399 "2025-06-05T21:21:23Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > So Musk’s tweet isn’t a profile in courage. It is however helpful, even if it’s warmed over Freedom Caucus positioning. You know the phrase “he’s saying the quiet part out loud”? This is the opposite. Cutting the deficit was always the thing Republicans talked about out loud, and they all knew not to vote to make it happen when things were quiet. I’ve been amazed the last few days that some actual Republican politicians have been critical of the big, beautiful bill because it would raise the deficit. It’s like they forgot that it’s been a consistent lie from their party for forty years. It’s worth noting that they haven’t actually voted against it yet, but I’m amazed the talk has gotten this far. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2400 "2025-06-05T21:21:34Z")
Could happen to either or both. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/2401 "2025-06-05T21:24:05Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > What are the odds of an OD vs an ‘accidental’ defenestration or mistakenly ingesting some Polonium? You know, I’d love to see Musk taken off the board, so to speak, but I’d be very worried if Trump started assassinating political opponents. It’s not worth it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=120)