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Macron calls Musk ‘an oversubsidized guy,’ prompting retort

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Macron calls Musk ‘an oversubsidized guy,’ prompting retort

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news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday cited state support for Elon Musk’s Starlink as an argument for public investment in European industry, provoking a response from the world’s richest man after calling him “oversubsidised.”

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if we had to suffer the term “welfare queen” for decades “baron von oversubsidy” should stick for at least a minute
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  I’d rather go with Subsidy Karen.
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  Can’t we just call musk a welfare queen?

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