Summary
“He wants to be seen as having say in everything (even if he doesn’t),” one person in Trump’s orbit said.
Elon Musk’s growing influence in Donald Trump’s orbit is reportedly irritating members of the former president’s inner circle.
Since his efforts helped secure Trump’s reelection, Musk has been highly visible at Mar-a-Lago, taking credit for Trump’s victory and acting as if he’s a “co-president.”
Musk has joined key diplomatic calls and even attempted to broker peace with Iran.
Despite his appointment to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, some close to Trump feel Musk’s overreach and need for attention may jeopardize his position, as Trump dislikes sharing the spotlight.
Oh man I can’t wait for this knot of over-torqued springs to explode apart into pieces. Too bad the shrapnel will probably kill us all.
Republicans: “Billionaires are just better than everyone else and we should all get out of their way and hand them the keys to everything for the betterment of all mankind.”
Republicans After Being Forced to Spend One (1) Week Around Elon Musk: “No, shit, wait, these guys are fucking idiots!”
I really hope they throw him under the bus, and then later they can fire him and blame him for anything that goes wrong.
I hope he causes havoc until that instant.
If he runs the US Government anything like he runs Tesla and Twitter, yeah that’s on brand.
Please fire him. Preferably into the sun, but I’ll accept simply out of any position in government.
Trump has promised a cabinet position to every insufferable asshole in the country who insists that everyone accept their own fringe views and talks over anyone who disagrees, while also knowing nothing about what they’re talking about. This is gonna be funny to watch, but painful to experience.
I had predicted this a while back, in that enabling Trump meant victory for the GOP, but the total erosion of Conservative values. This is clear in that any career politician will likely cede power to a bunch of nutjobs or meme lords with money.
They can either shut up and let Trump do his thing (lol), or they can dig their heels in and fight his decisions from within, grinding government to a halt (also lol). Either way, it’s a win for most, because in the long term the right will bail after Trump and leave a party so weak that it probably won’t be able to fight off the memory of Trump. He’ll never endorse a candidate that’s not himself, especially if the GOP blocks him. His rabid fan base will either die out, or go third-party because the GOP is “too woke” or something.
because in the long term the right will bail after Trump and leave a party so weak that it probably won’t be able to fight off the memory of Trump
Look at this optimist still assuming there’s going to be another election and that a republican party actually matters. The supreme court has already ruled he can’t be held liable for anything he does while president if it’s an “official act” - if you think he won’t try “officially” ending the public choosing the next president, you might be in for a rude awakening.
Elon Musk Is Pissing Off Everyone
ftfy
A less endearing Dwight Schrute
Assistant to the regional dictator
Hoping this results in real negative consequences for once in musk’s life.
Chance of him learning for said negative experience: 0%
Hey, yeah. Trump is a vindictive shit against people he perceives as disloyal. Watch what happens to Mike Pence after the inauguration to see a preview of how badly Republicans are going to eat their own. Hopefully very badly.
Is he (or ANYONE else for that matter) really under the impression that he had any effect on the election one way or the other? That’s the biggest sign of arrogance right there.
Except in this case he did. Hundreds of millions of dollars of influence.
When senators get bought off on issues for a couple thousand bucks at most, his contribution unfortunately did indeed sway minds that mattered.
The courts are under that impression. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/31/elon-musk-court-hearing-voter-lottery
He literally bought twitter and made it right wing extreme.
It’s going to be 4 years of basically watching all of these imbeciles gnaw at eachother while everyone else’s quality of life just dies around them. Lovely.
Even ignoring the fact that he’s a billionaire and that’s what got him where he is, Musk’s personality seems to be such that he is innately annoying as fuck. He’ll always have yes-men around him because of his money, but I do wonder just how long everyone else in his current political circle are going to tolerate him. I’m hoping he’ll be his own annoying downfall.
I forgot there were going to be potentially 3 CEOs in the Whitehouse. They’re going to get under each other’s skin like you wouldn’t believe. We’re still fucked but the infighting should be quite enjoyable.
All of Donnie’s boys sitting in the “work in the White House together” challenge like
Even funnier context is that this episode he was annoyed at Tesla. 🤣
Nah this gif is from Season 11, Episode 5 “Mac and Dennis move to the suburbs”
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4359300/
The Tesla episode is Season 16, Episode 8 “Dennis takes a mental health day”
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt28056422/
Both absolutely hilarious episodes and the second one specifically a testament to how good of a show IASIP is when 16 seasons in they can blend modern day to day issues with something like the insanity of Dennis’s character
Musk has joined key diplomatic calls and even attempted to broker peace with Iran.
That’s a pretty clear violation of the Logan Act. Gettin’ blue from holding my breath over here.
Historically the Logan act has been interpreted to not include the Presiden-Elect and their incoming administration.
If the things mentioned this is the most “normal”.
Is it possible to be part of an administration if you’ve only been named as part of a department that doesn’t exist?
He’s a genius billionaire, so we should always listen to what he says, no matter how stupid it is.
/s
Yeah. Like that shitty sub he built
At least unlike the cave divers, when he calls people in Trump’s team a pedo this time when they ignore him, he might actually be right
