Elon and Trump make the worst possible argument for nuclear power I have ever heard:

“Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed but now they are full cities again,” the multibillionaire owner of Tesla, SpaceX and X said.

“That’s great, that’s great,” Mr Trump responded.

“It is not as scary as people think, basically,” Mr Musk added.

They joked about nuclear power facing a “branding problem”.

“We will have to rebrand it,” the former president told Mr Musk. “We will name it after you or something.”

  • @apfelwoiSchoppen
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    28 days ago

    He should be strapped to a spacex rocket and sent to the sun. It isn’t as scary as you think.

    • @JeeBaiChow
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      3128 days ago

      Tell trump it’s ok to go at night, when the sun is cool.

      • @HootinNHollerin
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        328 days ago

        He’ll be blind from staring so he won’t feel much

    • @[email protected]
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      528 days ago

      The SpaceX rocket unfortunately isn’t powerful enough to launch anything into the sun, but yes.

      • @[email protected]
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        27 days ago

        Doesn’t need to reach the sun.

        Even exploding on launch is enough.

        That said, such an explosion would that be more or less scary than the sun?

      • @P00ptart
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        128 days ago

        I’m sure we could modify it to make it possible. Even if we miss… 🤷🏼‍♂️