Steve HermanFeb 14, 2025
"The organizers of this very conference have banned lawmakers representing populist parties on both the left and the right from participating in these conversations," says US Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference, apparently referencing the German far-right AfD party.
Show threadSteve HermanFeb 14, 2025
"...if American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg scolding you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk," VP Vance tells the Munich Security Conference.
Show threadErik Jonker
@w7voa ...there is a small difference in power. Musk is the richest man in the world , has SpaceX, Tesla, X , Thunberg had only her character.
Feb 14, 2025 at 2:00pmWeb
Show threadTL JordanFeb 14, 2025
@ErikJonker @w7voa She also didn't have root access to U.S. government computer systems. She didn't shutdown U.S. government funding or fire scores of federal workers. It's not an apt comparison. MAGA relishes whataboutism, but Vance is not very good at it.
Show threadRefurio AnachroFeb 14, 2025

Musk is the richest man in the world, […] Thunberg had only her character.

Having character clearly puts the advantage on her side.

@ErikJonker @w7voa

Show threadPeter ValkemaFeb 15, 2025
@ErikJonker @w7voa Greta is still here, and still *has* 1000000 times the character of these assholes.