I think these takes are simplistic. There's something about this relationship -- I'm not precisely sure what (tho suspect it may pertain to Stephen Miller's role as interlocutor, who plays a big role in creating a false reality for Trump), but something abt this relationship is different.
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Calling it now: Musk takes too much attention from Trump, who tells him to sit in the corner and color. Musk can't handle it and lashes out at him in the media, revealing some arguably classified information. Trump threatens charges and it's MAGA civil war.
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Bannon didn't get the boot due to media suggestions of Bannon running the presidency as some now say. Bannon dished to Michael Wolfe with some ugly stuff and whoops he was gone!
All these psychologists warning US/us …
And here we are
I think something is making it work out this way this time. That’s the mystery to me. Maybe Trump is just too unfocused now to notice.
Obvious, I know. But these are not complicated men.
Elon, unfortunately, isn't going anywhere
It is expected that Musk would threaten to primary any US Senator/House member via dollars? Not to mention doxxing and/or death threats from Musk followers.
It'll last for as long as Trump sees Musk being useful and will end when that ends.
1/2 of Tesla’s stock price is Musk’s proximity to Trump; Tesla’s in trouble as Chinese EVs outsell T's in Asia. SpaceX relies on Federal contracts which Trump can get canceled just by letting DoJ honestly probe Musk’s business history.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/28/elon-musk-will-be-most-indebted-ceo-in-america-if-twitter-deal-closes.html
Musk himself doesn't seem to think his place at Trump's side is particularly secure, to judge from his recent and epically weird tweets.
Trump has the upper hand, he just doesn’t realize it yet.
And this time around, Trump is actually paying his campaign debts.
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-aides-concern-musk-takeover/
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https://archive.ph/8EADr
They both benefit from this current arrangement, and Trump finally has a successor.
for decades he tried to get noticed by the actually really wealthy elite in New York City
They all just laughed at him
Even during and after his first term, no actually wealthy person would give him the time of day
Elon is probably his hero like Putin is his hero.
Put Miller on Team Musk. It would be cold comfort to someday see Musk kick the creep off the Starship.
They also play in completely different areas, so may just continue individually.
https://bsky.app/profile/tiredengineer.bsky.social/post/3lhjv5ddgps2l
perhaps they did! but also we have a separate problem.
There's a very real possibility Trump doesn't see Musk as stealing the spotlight the same way folks on here do.
And there is bound to be a monetary link hidden from view.
I know these are broad and not new ideas. But due to the lack of any sort of negative leaks to the press, T & E are both happy
elon bought the election for maga
once they control the levers they won't need trump
I think what would cause him to freak is if Susan Wiles told him to sit down.
Which raises the interesting question: Who took the muskite to quit or be fired? Who did he resign to?
that is the key missing piece.
Trump didn’t want to go to jail ✅
Trump wanted to be Emperor ✅
Trump wanted to play golf & not do the work of POTUS ✅
Trump could deliver something the Musks of the world wanted-destroy USA, harvest data, privatise govt work ✅
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he's just ceding all day-to-day and he will rant and rave about celebrities and call it working on the Kennedy Center.
Feel free to speculate. :-)
What can we toy with today?
trump- I wanna conquer something.. Canada? Greenland? Gaza!!
Musk- I may be able to crash all kinds of US companies- maybe buy up 2-3M acres of fertile land …
What else to do with an extra $200 BILLION?
just has trump has never uttered one critical word about putin...same with musk
The offerers ( P2025) get theirs: dismantle the democratic state & hold it for the far right. Musky gets the power & attention he craves. I'm watching dynamic between EM & P2025 crew.
As conspiratorial as that sounds.
With Musk he got all three.
Trump is a mob boss.
Musk is the ultimate earning capo who can also fix things.
Meanwhile one son wears a garbage bag and flies to Greenland and the other is dumber than a bag of rocks.