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Obscenities were apparently hurled as Mr Bessent ridiculed Doge’s work and Mr Musk dismissed the Treasury secretary as a “Soros agent”.

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The Elon/Trump fallout saga is going to be awesome

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[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 46 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Obscenities were apparently hurled as Mr Bessent ridiculed Doge’s work and Mr Musk dismissed the Treasury secretary as a “Soros agent”.

my-hero really needs to get new material. Calling people Soros agents only work when you're among chuds

[–] miz@hexbear.net 49 points 2 days ago (1 children)

evil billionaire complains about the malign influence of evil billionaire

[–] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 2 days ago

I think it was meant to be anti Semitic

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

[Scott Bessent] joined Soros Fund Management (SFM) in 1991 and was a partner there throughout the 1990s, eventually becoming head of the London office. In 1992, Bessent was a leading member of the team whose bet on the Black Wednesday collapse of the British pound garnered over $1 billion for the firm. His bet against the Japanese yen in 2013 brought additional profit.

He absolutely meant it in an antisemitic way though, there's no other reason to use that as an insult (maybe for anticapitalist reasons I guess, but to specificy Soros specifically would be sus, also we're talking Elon here)

[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Oh I just assumed he just defaults to it as an insult whenever he's flustered, like when he called some hecklers in a crowd Soros agents

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Why not both? He then probably felt really smug about saying it to an actual former Soros associate this time.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago

theyrethesamepicuture.png

He's an antisemite, so of course he accuses hecklers of being Jewish subversives trying to undermine him, a right and proper white man!

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

If we got to see an unrestrained fight on the White House lawn… I wouldn’t say it was all worth it, but it would go a long way.

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

The new flag poles are just the base frame of a permanent cage match arena.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i need someone to get top-roped through the resolute desk

[–] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago

Maybe this is why they got the tiny desk. It's a prop that's meant to be broken at some point.

[–] Civility@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] miz@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago

I know this is a hard day for you and I'm here for you if you need to talk

[–] sourquincelog@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago

Feels like they were performing for the emperor's amusement

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 19 points 2 days ago

The adults are back in charge

[–] gaystyleJoker@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago

tell me when Travis Scott shows up and takes 3 minutes to get to the argument

[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The guy who bankrolled trump bought out one of the biggest social media sites to turn it into a right wing propaganda hellscape is a soros agent.

[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

I guess there's not actual video of it, I can only find new people talking over images and quoting witnesses.