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The decision by the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, this week to resign as head of the Liberal party has set in motion a leadership race against the backdrop of a looming general election, which will be held amid political turmoil triggered by Donald Trump’s “America first” economic nationalism. It has also given Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, an opportunity to inject himself into yet another country’s political turmoil.

Since Trudeau’s resignation on Monday, Musk has posted repeatedly about Canadian politics on X – the platform formerly known as Twitter he bought in 2022 for $44bn. He has praised clips of Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s Conservative party, while relishing in Trudeau’s downfall and engaging with rightwing Canadian influencers.

“Girl, you’re not the governor (sic) of Canada anymore, so doesn’t matter what you say,” Musk tweeted in response in the middle of the night on Tuesday.

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[-] buttfarts@lemy.lol 86 points 3 days ago

This guy is gonna be the whole world's problem until we collectively shun him into Russia or something.

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The problem (well one of them) with billionaires, is that you can't really "exile" them. They exist outside of national boundaries, and are sort of nations in and of themselves. This is why they don't bother following the laws of the nation they reside in.

I'm not sure it would even be possible to do this unless we could literally strip him of all of his wealth. Which I imagine would prove difficult (but I'm all for it).

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

The west sanctions oligarchs all of the time. The problem is they never sanction their own, because the rich own the politicians with the power to do it.

[-] poo@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

I basically just pray every day that someone assassinates him, that frowning bloated pale moron is a stain on humanity

[-] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

It’s almost like there really is a global elite causing tons of problems, and they’ve spent the last +8 years to dupe one side. That way, when it is true, the people on the left look crazy, and we continue an unnecessary class war while a bunch of selfish people destroy the human race so a line go brrr or whatever.

I fucking hate it here, and I have a reasonably good life. I’m tired. Everyone is lying and screaming at one another. And there’s no truth. This is all done for humans to jock for power rather than see each other as one species.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago
[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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