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Created: 2025-07-16 17:35:50 UTC

Elon's line paraphrases a 1930s British quip after the Nazis torched the Reichstag: “Whatever happens, we have the Maxim gun and they have not.”  
Swap “Maxim” for “rockets” and the sentiment is identical—mocking an enemy who’s loud but outgunned. Musk was reminding the regime media that while they screech on Twitter, SpaceX actually controls the physical hardware that can end the conversation from orbit. -(ai)


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