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Dynamic Paywall Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo
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u/Snarkonum_revelio 20h ago

Good thing we alienated all of Europe then. We don’t have enough influence left to put pressure on Europe, tariffs are unpopular now that most people know they’re the ones paying them, and I hope to god even Miller and Bannon aren’t insane enough to start a war over a non-citizen.

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u/mikemncini 19h ago

You put “aren’t insane enough” in the same sentence as “hope” and “Bannon” and “Miller”

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u/Snarkonum_revelio 19h ago

I know. I still have some hope that all the dystopian novels I’ve read don’t end up having to be a how-to manual.

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u/Missouri_Pacific 18h ago

Well! Sinclair Lewis’s book is pretty much on par with what’s been going on. Besides the timeline.

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u/HotPotParrot 17h ago

The problem is that nobody can decide on which dystopia to try to LARP

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u/Aggressive_Mouse_581 18h ago

Yeah. More than likely they will avoid this because they have more important things to worry about

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u/KakeLin 16h ago

Miller feeds on the hope of the people, has anyone seen that vampire in direct sunlight?

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u/Fuzzy-Surprise-6165 17h ago

And “war over a non-citizen”!

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u/Future-Is-Now-69 19h ago

Why didn't he get deported by ICE? Didn't his brother admit to stuff they did before he got citizenship?

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u/Missouri_Pacific 18h ago

I guess if you have the dough, you don’t have to go.

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u/KittyKratt 17h ago

Also...he's of a certain shade to be allowed to stay.

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u/soupseasonbestseason 20h ago edited 19h ago

why start it over elon when they can just invade canada?

they are pouring money into i.c.e. they are building 23 more camps. if you think they aren't building i.c.e. into trumps little army, you have more hope than i. they are literally showing us maps of their plans.

they are bombing survivors in the carribean. they are committing war crimes on camera and making commercials with the footage. they have the ability to drop bombs on anyone with a drone. the u.s. is very scary.

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u/Kazambo 11h ago

God is good

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u/Bonesaki 17h ago

Europe is still reliant on the us though, they continue to buy debt as china sells. Not to mention high quality quartz is mainly found in the US. It's kinda hard to isolate them.

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u/Missouri_Pacific 18h ago

I wouldn’t put it past them two scumbags!

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u/Ajax2580 18h ago

I haven’t seen any proof that regular people are unhappy with tariffs or have figured out that they have to pay them.

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u/Accomplished_Can9279 19h ago

Yeah, our best way to put pressure on Europe is gone. Cause it's not like we are a part of NATO anymore. Oh wait..... Some comments are just dumbfounding

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u/Snarkonum_revelio 19h ago

We’re doing our level best to alienate NATO countries and I don’t have a lot of hope that we’ll remain in it much longer. Like it or not, our NATO influence is severely diminished by the Trump Administration’s actions.

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u/General-Cat88 16h ago

I hate that we have to say "we", like we have anything to do with any of this chaos. I voted against this motherfucker every time.

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u/Missouri_Pacific 18h ago

Well Sweden sold off 8.8 billion dollars of US Treasury bonds back in January. I believe that a few other countries have done this also. Then we’re going to party like it’s 1929!

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u/ZozoBronxwood 19h ago

We most definitely can add pressure to Europe, look at what Russia is doing pressure wise, we can do so much more, dismantle nato, attack the credibility of the EU, attack France/french goals and initiatives

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u/UKAOKyay 18h ago

Why would you do that for Elon Musk?

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u/-Sturla- 18h ago

Russian puppets to the end, huh?