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BumRushDaShow

(153,877 posts)
Fri May 2, 2025, 06:40 AM May 2

Trump Says 'Internet People' Like Musk 'All Hated Me' and 'Now They're Kissing My Ass'

Source: MEDIAite

May 1st, 2025, 10:23 pm


President Donald Trump bragged on Thursday that “internet people” like billionaire Elon Musk were now all “kissing” his “ass,” despite most of them opposing him during his first term in the White House.

“Progress never comes from those satisfied with the failures of a broken system. It comes from those who wanna fix the broken system, and you’ll make the bigger money, you’ll make more success by acting that way,” Trump advised graduates during a commencement speech at the University of Alabama. “The other way may be more secure, but if you wanna go to the top, you’re just never gonna do it unless you break the system.”

He continued:

You have to break the system a little bit and follow your own instincts, but if your vision is right, nothing will hold you down. Nothing. You have to have the right vision. If you look at some of these internet people, I know so many of them, Elon is so terrific, but I know now all of them. You know, they all hated me in my first term, and now they’re kissing my ass.


As the graduates in the audience clapped, Trump added, “It’s true. All of them. It’s true.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-says-internet-people-like-musk-all-hated-me-and-now-theyre-kissing-my-ass/
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Trump Says 'Internet People' Like Musk 'All Hated Me' and 'Now They're Kissing My Ass' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow May 2 OP
Telling young graduates to break everything. Get people to kiss your ass. Irish_Dem May 2 #1
Did he crib the commencement speech from Glass Onion? forgotmylogin May 2 #23
Disgusting. I feel the need to point out this wasn't the main commencement ceremony Iris May 2 #2
Words of wisdom from Mafia Don... sop May 2 #3
Put me down as still hating. twodogsbarking May 2 #4
He owns the current corrupt "system" Blue Dotty May 2 #5
They still hate you Don. TurboDem May 2 #6
Hey donnie two-dolls, what do you have to say about Leghorn21 May 2 #7
"donnie two-dolls" BumRushDaShow May 2 #8
I've resurrected a term I used a few years ago EYESORE 9001 May 2 #9
... BumRushDaShow May 2 #10
So, how did the "Internet People" rig the 2024 election? Kid Berwyn May 2 #11
He's getting played liked a flabby drum Marthe48 May 2 #12
Dear felon Don azureblue May 2 #13
Yes, he's always angry, but this is anger with a hefty dose of rage! PortTack May 2 #14
The words of a malignant narcissist stollen May 2 #15
Break the system means break the law. ToxMarz May 2 #16
What he has wrong is that they still hate him, republianmushroom May 2 #17
"...they're kissing my ass." So klassy!! Grins May 2 #18
He is almost certainly parroting Elon when he talks about breaking the system a little to fix things andym May 2 #19
They still hate you Quanto Magnus May 2 #20
More accurate to say that they are tonguing his asshole. cstanleytech May 2 #21
If Krasnov says Musk is kissing his ass you can be sure it is the other way around and Donny is puckering up Botany May 2 #22
Nice talk for a President. twodogsbarking May 2 #24
eloon musk in the background, jumping up and down, happily shouting: orleans May 2 #25
Well, Trump does know ass kissing. DJ Synikus Makisimus May 2 #26
BTW, FYI, effer, a Hella Lot More people Hate You than them! electric_blue68 May 2 #27
Not this internet person mdbl May 2 #28
This is twice in the last few weeks he's said Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2 #29
We still hate you. camartinwv May 3 #30
Reminds me of his speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree rickford66 May 3 #31

Irish_Dem

(70,399 posts)
1. Telling young graduates to break everything. Get people to kiss your ass.
Fri May 2, 2025, 06:55 AM
May 2

Don't follow the law.

Nice advice. Not.

Iris

(16,422 posts)
2. Disgusting. I feel the need to point out this wasn't the main commencement ceremony
Fri May 2, 2025, 07:05 AM
May 2

according to previous reports

Blue Dotty

(124 posts)
5. He owns the current corrupt "system"
Fri May 2, 2025, 07:50 AM
May 2

I hope they take that part of his advice to heart, and tear his system down.

Leghorn21

(13,890 posts)
7. Hey donnie two-dolls, what do you have to say about
Fri May 2, 2025, 08:05 AM
May 2

SERVICE
HONOR
DUTY
RESPECT
INTEGRITY


just asking questions, you worthless fuck

azureblue

(2,438 posts)
13. Dear felon Don
Fri May 2, 2025, 10:01 AM
May 2

As people of Italian persuasion say, When you piss of people, you gotta watch your back...

PortTack

(35,640 posts)
14. Yes, he's always angry, but this is anger with a hefty dose of rage!
Fri May 2, 2025, 10:34 AM
May 2

He really is failing badly and he knows it ….so comes the rage.

180 law suits so far, he’s won 5
Millions protest weekly against him and his failed regime
Poll numbers the lowest of any sitting president ever
An aging addled brain easily manipulated
No doubt failing health

I love this for him! May he soon be consumed by his self hatred.

stollen

(839 posts)
15. The words of a malignant narcissist
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:02 AM
May 2

in addition to his need to control the planet. Trump continues to pile onto what psychologists and psychiatrists have told us since before he was elected the 1st time: the man has a serious mental illness.

For God's sake, if you personally know anyone like this, head for the hills.

ToxMarz

(2,440 posts)
16. Break the system means break the law.
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:32 AM
May 2

And if you get away with it, it's very lucrative. And if you're very rich people will disreagrd how you got rich, just admire your business acumin. And if they don't you can probably buy you're way out of trouble.

Also, "breaking the system/law" only works if everyone else is playing by the rules. If everyone was "breaking the system" then they start to form criminal organizations to consolidate power and compete. Then turf wars........ Pretty soon the majority that didn't win in the consolidation and are under their thumb begin to champion Govt regulation and enforcement and a fair playing field. A SYSTEM so to speak (which is what we are supposed to be trying to do now).

republianmushroom

(20,132 posts)
17. What he has wrong is that they still hate him,
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:37 AM
May 2

what he has right is that many are kissing his ass now.

But that day we are waiting for happens there will be a great party.

Grins

(8,430 posts)
18. "...they're kissing my ass." So klassy!!
Fri May 2, 2025, 11:39 AM
May 2

At a university event, no less.

From the “traditional family values” crowd who want to censure speech and media over vulgar content: (Sound of crickets…)

andym

(5,984 posts)
19. He is almost certainly parroting Elon when he talks about breaking the system a little to fix things
Fri May 2, 2025, 12:09 PM
May 2

Elon is one of Trump's many influencers.

Botany

(74,332 posts)
22. If Krasnov says Musk is kissing his ass you can be sure it is the other way around and Donny is puckering up
Fri May 2, 2025, 01:34 PM
May 2

Is this like when he said other countries are calling him up and kissing his ass for trade deals
when the exact # of countries calling him for trade deals was zero? Except for Canada’s P.M.
who called Krasnov up and told him to cut the crap after which Canada and European countries
started to sell off treasury bills or bonds and Donny backed off in a heartbeat.

How to tell Donny is lying? His lips are moving.

orleans

(36,070 posts)
25. eloon musk in the background, jumping up and down, happily shouting:
Fri May 2, 2025, 04:50 PM
May 2

YES! YES! IT'S TRUE! AND I WANT TO KISS YOUR ASS AGAIN--RIGHT NOW!!!!!

DJ Synikus Makisimus

(1,074 posts)
26. Well, Trump does know ass kissing.
Fri May 2, 2025, 06:33 PM
May 2

Most people think that Vlad Putin speaks with fork-ed tongue. Actually, one of those is Trump's. I don't have to tell you how it got there, do I?

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(16,109 posts)
29. This is twice in the last few weeks he's said
Fri May 2, 2025, 07:59 PM
May 2

'so and so is kissing my ass' or words to that effect . In the last 250 years of American politics I don't think any president used that phrase. I would love to ignore him but to do so would be foolish.

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