Post #2727578

2025-12-30 15:10 UTC

> He’s gonna cheat to get his trillion He's going to try. Even then, the bar is higher than just nibbling at the margins. And everything is stacked on the shoulders of an overall positive outlook for the US economy in total. He can't insource *all* his car sales in any practical sense. And he can't use options markets to outrun the perpetual gaggle of Tesla bears nipping at his heels. He also can't reliably expect Congress to bail him out when he's made *this many* enemies inside both the White House and Congress. That's not to say he won't get a piece of paper with "$1T" written on it from his company at some point. But nothing in the Tesla financials suggests he will have anywhere to cash it.

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@anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-30 16:12

Yeah, thanks for clarifying my intent. I’m pretty sure he’s going to ride whatever is left of this AI bubble in finance to get his $1T number. He’ll never ever be able to cash out, but I don’t think he cares about that, he wants the power that comes with the number. It’d be nice to see the lending market smarten up and tell him to pound sand. I guess he has to fail for them to stop though. Money talks louder then Nazi salutes. I worry he’s going to fuck out space industry in the process of fleecing NASA though. Hopefully there are enough adults in charge to stop that, but until the midterms (if they happen) I don’t think congress will be doing anything but infighting about the speaker position and hand wringing over the expected red losses.

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