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posted by n1 on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the kings-of-debt dept.

CNN reports:

A full-page ad in the Sunday editions of the Washington Post and The New York Times urged Tesla CEO Elon Musk to "dump Trump."

The ads were paid for by a startup investor named Doug Derwin. The longtime Silicon Valley resident told CNNMoney he shelled out $400,000 to run ads in the Times and the Post, as well as the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Jose Mercury News.

It's the latest step in Derwin's $1 million bid to convince Musk he's failing environmentalists. He calls it "Elon Dump Trump."

Derwin said he didn't want to launch the campaign at first. Back in January, he was eagerly awaiting the arrival of his Tesla (TSLA) Model S electric car.

But as his Tesla was about to be delivered, Derwin said he caught wind of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's decision to walk away from Trump's business advisory council, which Kalanick served on with Musk. Kalanick had previously defended his working relationship with President Trump, but public pressure mounted in the wake of the president's immigration order.

That's a lot of money allocated to deprive Trump of ostensibly good advice.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Tuesday April 25 2017, @06:48AM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 25 2017, @06:48AM (#499168) Journal

    What's wrong with being a prop for the president's photo-ops?

    1. Waste of time. Musk didn't get where he is by, e.g., posting on SN.
    2. Creates an image of support/endorsement. As it can turn either way, being wrong can't be excluded.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @08:33AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @08:33AM (#499192)

    wooooosh!
    Dude, when has anyone ever considered being someone's prop a good thing?

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday April 25 2017, @09:26AM (1 child)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 25 2017, @09:26AM (#499200) Journal

      Dude, when has anyone ever considered being someone's prop a good thing?

      I don't know... when nothing else as a job is available?

      Besides, after seeing how "selfies with celebs" and the "planking" took off, I can't say I'll be surprised to hear about a "propping craze". Can you?

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @01:05PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @01:05PM (#499262)

        propping craze

        mad props, you might say