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Bob Widner retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: ELON MUSK FINALLY RESPONDS AFTER GINA HINOJOSA THREATENED TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST HIS TESLA OPERATIONS IN TEXAS.
🗣️ “Gina is nothing more than a puppet of Barack Obama and Kamala Harris. Democratic Party power brokers put her in that position to advance their own political interests. But here’s the reality: they need me far more than I need them. If they don’t want me in Texas, I’m prepared to pack up and relocate to Florida without hesitation.
I can already see what she’s planning. She will attempt to interfere with Cybertruck manufacturing by hiding behind increased taxation, but everyone understands the real motivation. Her political allies in the deep state want to punish me for standing behind Donald Trump during the election.
This confrontation goes beyond my businesses. Their real objective is Trump, and they believe targeting me is another way to get to him. What they seem to have forgotten is that the President still possesses veto powers.
I’m certainly not intimidated by Gina Hinojosa. Whenever she makes these threats, I simply find them amusing. Any reckless decision she makes will ultimately damage Texas, its economy and its residents much more than it will affect my companies.
Let’s see whether Gina genuinely intends to protect the interests of Texans or whether she is willing to undermine everything the state has accomplished simply because of political hostility.”
I’m genuinely trying to understand the direction American politics is heading. Why does the situation between Gina Hinojosa and Elon Musk seem to be escalating, and what exactly is the bigger picture here?
Is this another consequence of the growing divide between Democrats and Republicans, or are there legitimate policy concerns behind it? I’m also curious about the growing role of women in American politics and how Democratic leaders are approaching these confrontations.
Is this simply how political disagreements are handled in America today, or are we witnessing a bigger shift in the country’s political climate? There’s so much to unpack here.
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The video is from a Fox News interview where Elon Musk discussed waste in the US government and DOGE reforms. It is unrelated to Gina Hinojosa or Tesla in Texas. Musk's only recent comment on Giga Texas was about winding down Cybertruck production. youtube.com/watch?v=6mvK5f… x.com/elonmusk/statu…
Bob Widner retweeted
"When he goes to the NFL, whichever team is smart enough to draft him, he's going to do the same thing in the NFL that he's done in college and high school." 👀
Rhett Lashlee with high praise for his QB Kevin Jennings 👏
Bob Widner retweeted
Soccer player got a scholarship to play kicker for @SMUFB a week before the game 🔥
Bob Widner retweeted
Today is my last day as White House Chief of Staff.
Serving President Trump in the White House has been the honor of a lifetime. I’m so proud to have been a part of what we’ve accomplished together from securing our border and cutting taxes to strengthening our economy and putting America First.
More than anything, I’m grateful for the extraordinary people I’ve had the privilege of working alongside. While my role may be changing, my commitment to the President and the mission never will.
Bob Widner retweeted
MUSTANGS SWEEP THE TAR HEELS 🧹🔥
No. 5 @SMUVolleyball takes down No. 20 North Carolina in straight sets at Moody Coliseum
#NCAAWVB
Bob Widner retweeted
Exactly 😂
Tesla has no government contracts and President Trump ended federal incentives for electric vehicles.
SpaceX contracts with the government are BOTH the best product AND the lowest price! Moreover government revenue will be less than 10% of SpaceX revenue this quarter and less then 5% a year from now.
Happy to cancel any that the government doesn’t want. Just say the word!
Bob Widner retweeted
At last there will be one network with good signal everywhere!
Starlink Mobile is building the first fully-integrated US nationwide satellite and terrestrial network that will keep people connected on their phones no matter where they are. Our 5G base stations will leverage @Qualcomm chips to accelerate deployment, starting in 2027 🛰️📱
Bob Widner retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: Florida Governor-elect Byron Donalds just WALKED OUT to a PACKED HOUSE and dropped this line
"Before I say anything — I want to thank my LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST." 🙏🏻
THERE HE IS!
Byron Donalds has just become SUPER IMPORTANT on the national stage as Democrats surge in other races nationwide.
Bob Widner retweeted
An employee who worked closely with Elon Musk for four years revealed that he had seen Elon working in the office countless times at 1, 2, even 3 a.m.
Elon works every waking hour. He doesn’t go out for lunch or dinner. He mostly has his food brought into meetings and eats while the meeting continues.
As the richest person on the planet, he could be anywhere in the world, relaxing on a yacht and enjoying his wealth. Instead, he keeps showing up at the office, working late, and giving his precious time to building a better future for humanity.
Huge respect for Elon. The dedication he puts into building a better future deserve far more recognition.
i sometimes wonder where we'd be if Steve Jobs were still here and the obvious truth is that he would've contributed significantly to the current evolution of intelligence & technology for everyone, but especially so for our country and his own companies like Apple.
the same is true of Elon and I'm saying this because there are a lot of ppl trying to tear Elon down, but in reality he is doing more than anyone to make the world better for humanity—enabling free speech via X (and nearly losing everything to do it), electric cars (& robots soon) to cut our dependence on gas & reduce air pollution via Tesla, supplying internet everywhere even 3rd world countries via Starlink, space & multiplanetary exploration via SpaceX, advancing intelligence via SpaceXSI, drastically improving the lives of people with disabilities via Neuralink, all while employing hundreds of thousands of ppl in our country. regardless of your politics, anyone can agree these are very good net positives for the world.
i've had the honor of working for him these past four years and can confirm I've personally seen him countless times working at 1-2-even 3am, meeting with us to understand core problems from first principles and enabling us to make improvements all around. I learned in 4 years what would've taken me a decade, along with the ability to adapt extremely quickly while optimizing for maximum usefulness & product experience. I am grateful because I've seen him work firsthand when he could be on a super yacht, but instead he is working harder than ever to solve existential problems for all of us. Elon is our modern day Thomas Edison—America and all of humanity should be proud.
thank you, E. ❤️🇺🇸
Bob Widner retweeted
🤣 SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON DOES HIS BEST TRUMP IMPRESSION—RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PRESIDENT!
Johnson reveals Trump calls him at 1 AM and 5 AM, joking that the president NEVER SLEEPS!
“SLEEP IS FOR SISSIES!”
Then Johnson starts impersonating Trump's late-night calls before catching himself:
“I'M NOT GOING TO DO THE IMPRESSION IN FRONT OF YOU!”
He closes with a heartfelt tribute:
“WE'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE A PRESIDENT LIKE THIS AGAIN. GOD BLESS HIM!” 🇺🇸
🤝 Paid partnership
Bob Widner retweeted
Elon Musk on his grandfather in World War 2:
"My grandfather was in World War II for almost six years. All his friends got killed.
He's the only one of his friends to survive. And he was severely traumatized.
He really just couldn't even talk afterwards.
Most of that time was in East Africa, North Africa, Italy.
The only reason he's even alive frankly is because towards the end of the war they gave an aptitude test because he was just a corporal.
He didn't graduate high school so he wasn't eligible for officer school. And they plucked him out probably right before he died and sent him to work for British intelligence in London which is where he met my grandmother.
So he was one of the people fighting to stop the Nazis along with millions of others.
So let's not forget that the vast majority of the West fought and died to stop Nazism."
Bob Widner retweeted
Tesla is celebrating Halloween this year by having a Cybercab autonomously drive around Austin with skeletons inside haha 🎃
Bob Widner retweeted
🚨 NOW: Sec. Marco Rubio is asked if he's scared Democrats will take Congress and make his job more difficult, and his response is PURE GOLD
"It WILL NOT influence or change the president's directives in terms of what he was elected to do. The President was elected to execute the foreign policy of the United States. THAT is a function of the EXECUTIVE branch." 🇺🇸🇺🇸
"The central role belongs to the executive branch. It's something I learned when I was in the legislative branch, and it's something I know now."
Trump was elected for 4 years and that's something our enemies like IRAN seem to FORGET.
They can try to game the midterms and harm Republicans all they want...America First is in the executive for 2+ more years and nothing can change that!
GO VOTE RED ANYWAY. Leave NOTHING to chance
Bob Widner retweeted
Robert and I are thrilled that our gift of over 2 million shares of SpaceX stock will be distributed to children’s Trump accounts in December!
Our initial gift (shares transferring to escrow as we speak) will go to 11 to 17-year-olds who live in zip codes with median family income (MFI) of $57,000 or less, and to those who live in zip codes with too few residents for an MFI to be reported in the census. These families should receive a notice by Monday.
In a few weeks, an additional gift will be finalized for eligible 11 to 17-year-old children in military families serving overseas, children in foster care, and more children whose MFI is $90,000 or less living in counties near our home in the great state of Texas.
Thank you to the incredible team @SpaceX, @Treasury, @IRS, @DellFdn, @GreaterHorizons, @InvestAmerica24, and the legal firms of Morgan Lewis and Gibson Dunn for working over the past few months to make this happen.
We are deeply grateful for the groundbreaking work that Brad Gerstner @altcap and @MichaelDell have done for the long-term financial security for millions of kids.
God Bless America!
Bob Widner retweeted
A dramatic draw gives SMU its first regular-season title as a member of the ACC! ⚽️🏆 See photos of the Mustangs men's soccer team vs. Louisville tonight | #PonyUp
📸: Chitose Suzuki / The Dallas Morning News
More here: dallasnews.com/sports/smu-mu…
