Elon Musk’s WARNING for America: ‘Tragic situation’ if things don’t change



Elon Musk may be a tech billionaire who’s trying to colonize Mars, but his political views are reminiscent of the common, hardworking American on Earth.

He made that clear in a recent podcast interview with Lex Fridman, where Fridman asked Musk what the philosophy behind his endorsement of former president Donald Trump is.

“People tend to take an endorsement as ‘Well, I agree with everything that person has ever done in their entire life, 100% wholeheartedly,’” Musk began. “That's not going to be true of anyone.”

It’s not the only reason Musk has endorsed Trump, but he was thoroughly impressed by Trump’s immediate reaction to the attempt on his life.

“Trump displayed courage under fire,” Musk told Fridman. “He’s just got shot, he’s got blood streaming down his face, and he’s fist-pumping, saying ‘Fight.’ You know, that’s impressive. You can’t feign bravery in a situation like that. Most people would have been ducking.”

Musk has noticed that while Trump is “strong and courageous,” Biden “has trouble climbing a flight of stairs.”

“I mean, who do you want dealing with some of the toughest people, you know, other world leaders who are pretty tough themselves?” he explained.

The billionaire is also in support of Trump’s policies, telling Fridman that “we want a secure border,” “safe and clean cities,” and to “at least slow down the spending.”

“We’re currently spending at a rate that is bankrupting the country. The interest payments on U.S. debt this year exceeded the entire Defense Department spending. If this continues, all of the federal government taxes will simply be paying the interest, and then you keep going down that road and you end up in the tragic situation that Argentina had back in the day,” he explained.

“I think we should not take American prosperity for granted,” he continued. “We’ve got to reduce the size of government, we’ve got to reduce the spending, and we’ve got to live within our means.”

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” is aligned with Musk’s sentiment.

“Elon Musk is still fighting the good fight, as usual,” Rubin comments.


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US economy tops projections, posts largest-ever GDP increase in third quarter just days before the election



The United States economy posted a record-breaking rebound in the third quarter and has gone a long way toward recovering from the devastation reaped by the coronavirus-related shutdowns, according to new data released by the Commerce Department.

From July through September, the U.S. gross domestic product grew by 7.4%, which equals an annualized rate of 33.1%, the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced in a news release on Thursday. It's the largest quarterly GDP gain ever recorded.

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The news, which comes just five days before the election, could provide a boost to President Donald Trump's re-election chances. The president will undoubtedly tout the new numbers as evidence that he has successfully led the country through difficult economic times.

Though economists largely expected the GDP to rebound at an unprecedented rate in the third quarter, Bloomberg News noted that the increase still managed to top economists' most recent prediction of a 32% increase, and blew away their forecast of an 18% increase from a few months ago.

The third-quarter gains were powered by major increases in consumer spending and business and residential investment, according to the BEA news release. The industries that benefitted most from increased consumer spending were health care, food services, motor vehicles, and clothing and footwear.

While the latest update is certainly good news for the economy, it should be noted that the third quarter gains followed the second quarter's 31.4% plunge, which was also a record-breaking number. The economy is still climbing out of the deep hole it plunged into in April and May as the pandemic thrust the nation into an economic standstill.

According to The Hill, about 10.7 million of the more than 20 million jobs lost during the pandemic have yet to be recovered. The nation's unemployment rate has improved to 7.9% over the last several months, but that figure is still more than double its pre-pandemic level.

"This is going to be seized upon by both ends of the political spectrum as either evidence of the strength of the post-lockdown economic rebound or a cursory warning that the gains could be short-lived," James McCann, senior global economist at Aberdeen Standard Investments, told CNBC.

"[But] the reality is that the GDP numbers demonstrate that the U.S. economy did indeed rebound strongly as lockdown measures were lifted," he added.

These numbers PROVE today's COVID-19 economy under Trump might fare BETTER than under Obama

These numbers PROVE today's COVID-19 economy under Trump might fare BETTER than under Obama

'That's how sick they are': Levin calls out the Left for cheerleading a recession despite another strong jobs report

Friday brought another strong jobs report, yet President Trump's detractors in the media appear too busy trying to conjure up a recession to notice it.

Friday night on the radio, LevinTV host Mark Levin discussed the day's strong jobs numbers alongside Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's comments that the U.S. isn't headed for a recession and put those up against the anti-Trump media's nonstop economic doomsday predictions.

According to a report from CNSNews, the most recent jobs report shows that a record number of 157,878,000 people were employed in August — the 21st record set under the Trump administration. The numbers, Levin added, were especially good for black and Hispanic workers.

"These numbers are incredible, and we should be celebrating them," Levin said. "The American economy, when let loose by a president and a Congress — a president slashing regulations, a president slashing taxes, creating a healthy, vibrant economic environment — has positive consequences for the American people."

Yet, Levin continued, many in the anti-Trump media aren't celebrating the new jobs numbers; instead, they're cheerleading for a recession, which the chairman of the Federal Reserve  says isn't likely.

"The media on all platforms — all platforms, every platform — has been shouting the word 'recession' for a month," Levin pointed out. "But they won't give Trump any credit. They won't give capitalism any credit. Instead, on and on and on about the wage gap; on and on about the rich and the poor; on and on with the Marxist pablum that is regurgitated by the Democrats who want to be the nominee for president, that is regurgitated by the drama queens and the drama kings who call themselves journalists and anchormen and hosts."

"People in Hollywood urging, pushing, hoping for a recession even though it would create hardship for tens of millions of people," Levin remarked, "because they want Trump to take a fall. That's how sick they are."

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