Summary
Elon Musk, having endorsed and campaigned for Donald Trump, is now acting as a “shadow president,” advising on policies and personnel, and joining Trump on calls with world leaders.
This unprecedented relationship between the world’s richest man and the leader of the free world raises concerns about the influence of wealth on government.
While both Trump and Musk have incentives to continue their partnership, their volatile personalities and differing expertise may lead to a breakup in the future.
“raises concerns”
Ok
A little regulatory capture never hurt anyone…right?
Nay, when Apartheid ended he saw no ground for his business(es) in South Africa. So he moved to America. More people there to work for nothing but his wealth and their ‘American Dream’!
Only until Trump throws him under the bus the first second it’s convenient to do so.
conservatives like this they consider it good
“leader of the free world”
Coming from someone outside the USA: lulz, you guys don’t know shit about freedom
First Lady Elon Musk.
Oh he’s gonna hate that. I’m in.
“Differing expertise?” They’re both experts at destroying profitable businesses, and…? Narcissism? Hatred?
An illegal immigrant in the White House? Consistency was never a strong point of the GOP.
why would he be considered illegal
Because he admitted to illegally staying here to start his business after running out his student visa? And that he knew this was entirely illegal the entire time?
ok good? thanks? question mark? sounds like he got it sorted out at some point? and he didn’t get deported because donald trump wasn’t the president? i like to talk like this?
The US presidency is no longer considered the leader of the free world… Not since 2016
The constant talk of Musk’s power in the new administration must irritate the fuck out of Trump. How terrible.
Wait wait wait… You might be on to something.
If we can just get the media to jerk off Musk and make Trump feel small and inconsequential…
Jerk off MORE you mean.
Ya know itd be a real fucken shame if this Saxon African bastard came down with a case of the dead.
“No one’s even bothering to try to kill Elmo.”
Keep having thoughts like that and you’ll be first in line for neuralink
This unprecedented relationship between the world’s richest man and the leader of the free world raises concerns about the influence of wealth on government.
Raises?! Where have y’all been?
This unprecedented relationship between the world’s richest man and the leader of the free world raises concerns about the influence of wealth on government.
The only change is that Liberals are apparently becoming aware of the power dynamic that has always existed — that democracy cannot exist with massive wealthy inequality and money equal to speech. I’m also positive that if Trump/MAGA fails to implement fascism (this time around), Liberals will believe the current system works, and completely ignore the reality that their system was almost destroyed by a small number of wealthy sociopaths.
Yeah it’s a bullshit take. There’s always been a bunch of money up every presidents ass. It’s just public. Very very public now.
You’d think they’d get the memo after several decades of “corporations get most of what they want, without objection” while “the people can’t even get basic healthcare or a minimum wage comparable to poorer countries”, yet here we are… Fascism is knocking down the door, financed by the wealthiest capitalism can muster, and they still have their heads firmly planted in the dirt, blaming the left for not voting, without evidence … when the millions of people who didn’t vote may very well be just as oblivious as Trump voters, don’t know how the government works, don’t know the danger they’re in, and don’t pay enough attention to care 99% of the time.
Peter Kafka writes.
Yup, sounds like he’d know.
