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'I Don't Care!' Elon Musk destroys CNBC reporter in live interview
Since becoming the CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk has faced a multitude of criticisms from left-wing activists who believe his own tweets, or simply the tweets he allows on Twitter, are problematic.
But he doesn’t care.
This was made extremely clear in a live interview on CNBC. Musk sat down with one of CNBC's reporters and did not hold back.
“You know, do your tweets hurt the company? Are there Tesla owners who say, ‘I don’t agree with his political position.’?” the reporter asked, saying these hypothetical Tesla owners would know so much about his political position “because he shares so much of it.”
“Or,” the reporter continued, “are there advertisers on Twitter that Linda Ocarina will come and say, ‘You gotta stop man,’ or you know, ‘I can’t get these ads because of some of the things you tweet’?”
Elon at first responded with silence, pausing for what seemed to be an extremely tense moment.
He then broke his long silence by bringing up a scene from the film "The Princess Bride."
It’s the scene “where [Inigo Montoya] confronts the person who killed his father. He says, ‘Offer me money, offer me power, I don’t care,’” Elon said.
The reporter was a little taken aback, responding, “So, you just don’t care. You want to share what you have to say.”
“I’ll say what I want to say, and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it,” Elon said firmly.
Dave Rubin comments on the interview, impressed by Elon’s unwavering position on the matter.
“If he was woke, if he was a woke leftist like most of the CEOs are or at least pretend to be, he would never be getting asked this question, right?" Rubin asks.
“So, if he was for chopping kids' genitals off, if he was for teaching neo-racism in schools,” he continues, “that wouldn’t be thought of as controversial and there would be no need for a CNBC host to ask him those things.”
Rubin believes Musk is “widening the lane that we can speak of things in, and that is pretty good.”
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Elon Musk makes 'The Princess Bride' reference, says he doesn't care if he loses money for speaking his mind
Billionaire business magnate Elon Musk said during an interview that he does not care about the potential negative business consequences of publicly disseminating his views on Twitter.
While interviewing Musk, CNBC's David Faber noted that Musk recently tweeted about George Soros.
"Soros reminds me of Magneto," Musk wrote, adding in another tweet that Soros "wants to erode the very fabric of civilization" and "hates humanity."
\u201c@krassenstein You assume they are good intentions. They are not. He wants to erode the very fabric of civilization. Soros hates humanity.\u201d— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1684202551
Faber asked Musk why he would share his opinion when Tesla buyers and Twitter advertisers may disagree.
Musk mentioned freedom of speech.
Faber pressed the issue, noting that such comments place Musk in the thick of the nation's "partisan divide" and make him a "lightning rod for criticism." Faber also noted that some people have accused Musk of being an anti-Semite, though the media figure quickly added that he does not believe that to be true of Musk.
Musk rejected the charges of anti-Semitism and suggested that he's "like a pro-Semite, if anything."
Tesla CEO Elon Musk: I'll say what I want to say, and if we lose money, so be itwww.youtube.com
Faber mentioned the possibility that Musk's tweets could hurt business interests, suggesting that Tesla owners may disagree with Musk's political views, and Twitter could be unable to get some advertisers due to Musk's tweets.
At that point, Musk sat silently for more than 10 seconds, apparently mulling over how he would respond. After the lengthy silence, Musk made a reference to the popular 1987 film "The Princess Bride" in order to explain his thinking on the issue.
He referred to a scene in the film where a character confronts the man who killed his father.
In the movie, the character Inigo Montoya bests the other man in a sword fight and then tells the man to offer him money, promise him power, and offer him everything he asks for. The other man agrees, but then makes a move against Montoya who stabs him and declares that he wants his father back.
"Offer me money. Offer me power. I don't care," Musk said.
Musk explained that he will say what he wants, and if the result is a loss of money, "so be it."
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