Subject: Re: Mad King Donald Threatens Musk
as you well know, its all theatrical talk so far. it even sounds like albaby is now saying CAN damage rather than WILL damage.

here are examples of what i do NOT consider real damage :
- trump attempting to return the tesla he supposedly bought (with cash up front i imagine, given his dislike of outstanding debt)
- changes in sentiment (with 1 downstream exception)
- threats of revoking current\future gov contracts
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here are examples of what i consider real damage, but possibly survivable :
- stop payments of gov contracts to musk companies (yes, even if this is a pause while fought in courts)
- cuts in the budget bill on the order of what musk promised at doge (~$2t)
- musk making large\equivalent donations to gop\MAGA opposition
- sentiment causing tesla to trade @ or below intrinsic value as a car mfg (~$40 and declining) rather than technofantasy