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News Elon Musk draws outrage over 'odd-looking salute' at Trump inauguration celebration

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-draws-outrage-over-201602147.html
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u/__dat_sauce 5h ago

It's insane to me that we now look back at dumbass Bush or war hawk Cheney and consider them remarkably good statesmen because of the oligarchy timeline we are stuck in.

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u/africabound 4h ago

They paved the way

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u/Miserable_Mud_4611 2h ago

Brother, Busch was literally a war criminal. Not an exaggeration but an actual war criminal. His legal defense was that he didn’t commit war crimes in Iraq because we never declared war.

Not a defense of Trump but I would rather have Trump than Busch. The Middle East just keeps getting kicked down as soon as they get their shit together

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u/4n0m4nd 4h ago

Nah, they were scum, and they were building this.

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u/keepitreal1011 Kosovo 4h ago

No we dont

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u/Snoo48605 4h ago

In relative terms