For Jared Golden, a Dem in a R+9 district, to be talking like this is actually remarkable. probably gets at some underlying unpopularity of Musk *even relative to Trump*
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This probably isn't the point, but Golden is uniquely knowledgeable the difference between a plurality and majority because of Maine's electoral system!
This is strategic. Everyone knows to hit Trump’s ego. A lot of the questions in the Oval Office in the last 2 or 3 days have been about Musk, not Trump. That’s got to grate.
Getting pretty f*cking annoying that congresspeople haven't figured out that Musk is taking over the VOTING SYSTEMS for Trump. Everything else is a distraction.
I wonder how the fat cat republican senators like that Musk has access to their SSN and financial details? I wonder how Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell would respond to a couple hundred thousand emails asking this question?
Heritage is running Trump! Heritage had a PLAN and it's backing and that of other RICH Conservatives got him elected. Musk, Vought, Patel, RFK et. al. are their vehicles and DJT is merely the "iconic face"!
the way they get amped up on amphetamines / coke / ketamine throughout the inauguration parties and then blast out to overplay the shit out of their hand in the first few weeks is delectable
It’s a trope. In the history of revolutions there’s frequently some asshole who isn’t technically the head of state or government, but is widely seen as having far too much power and influence by nefarious means, and the wrath is inflamed against him first, long before they turn on the state itself.
Republicans in Congress need to understand that Musk has their data too. And lots of friends in foreign governments that he does business with. That would be happy to have that data.
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It's seems strategic, he tacks right on most issues except labor and more recently guns, definitely not good on welfare & Poverty programs, foreign policy, and most other things including tariffs
Unfortunately, only one of these two can be impeached and removed from their position in the government (AFAIK), so it will have to come back to Trump one way or another.
This is a guy who sees Trump propose 10% universal tariffs and says “not enough Mr. President, it must increase by 5% each year” and even he’s resist lib posting about Elon
We're better off having Democrats in office than with Republicans so the unaffiliated leftists attacking Democrats who have to appeal to more rightwing electorates are a big part of why the Republicans now have so much political capital to all the crap they're doing.
I think even a lot of moderates and right wing people will hate the idea of a weird billionaire who is deeply compromised by the CCP stealing their personal data
I have a close relative who did all but vote for Trump, but multiple times post election, including back in December, volunteered unease at Musk's role in the government. Three days ago she was talking about deleting data on her phone, in a way that seemed contextualized by the Musk stuff.
In Germany liberals tried this divide and conquer strategy and hitler just killed all of the opposing politicians, all of the media criticizing members of the nazi party, and all of the members of the party being criticized at the same time. It was called night of the long knives....
Personality and presentation wise Elon Musk would last about three minutes walking around Maine’s CD2. His type of tech bro just is not generally accepted there.
‘Leon’ has Don’s approval to do everything he’s done so far.
If he was stepping on Don’s toes, Don would’ve fired him already; besides, ‘Leon’ is actually doing the Project’s bidding, cuz Don doesn’t know anything about Project 2025.
How do we know the decisions are without Trump's approval?
I feel we are operating with two separate presidents each just doing their own thing and that's what Trump has approved.
I will say this, if Elon is the tool we need to get movement, so be it. If MAGA wants to shift the blame to him, I’m all for it. LFG! But Trump is still the root cause of all the evil.
To be clear in Germany liberals tried this divide and conquer strategy and hitler just killed all of the opposing politicians, all of the media criticizing members of the nazi party, and all of the members of the party being criticized at the same time. It was called night of the long knives....
I will say anecdotally online, the vibe has shifted. All the bro comedians who spent the last 4 years bashing Biden are making fun of Musk. In very male spaces (video games), I have listened to people unprompted talk about how embarrassing it was to pretend to be good at a video game.
To be clear in Germany liberals tried this divide and conquer strategy and hitler just killed all of the opposing politicians, all of the media criticizing members of the nazi party, and all of the members of the party being criticized at the same time. It was called night of the long knives....
you’re talking about rogan people? last i checked in, months ago, they were still dickriding leon hard enough i thought they’d need saddles. if that’s changing it would be a pretty notable shift and something f47 would not take well.
At some point, Trump's inability to rein in Musk turns into a 25th Amendment question -- is the President simply non compos mentis, broadly unable to perform the job?
To be clear in Germany liberals tried this divide and conquer strategy and hitler just killed all of the opposing politicians, all of the media criticizing members of the nazi party, and all of the members of the party being criticized at the same time. It was called night of the long knives....
This guy isn’t a Democrat. He’s a Republican. Not MAGA. Not a right wing extremist, a Republican. No real Democrat would support Trump’s tariffs like this idiot
He's a Maine Democrat in the same way as Collins is a Maine Republican. He aligns with Democrats on a bunch of stuff, but the tariff stuff plays well in ME-02, which is largely manufacturing towns that were gutted by globalization a few decades ago.
this is interesting passive-aggressive strategy and i'm here for it. fan the feudal flames with trump's jealousy and thin skin, and bait his followers into it as well. get the pro-trumpsters to gang up against elon.
Smart to make Musk the focus. Polling says he's considerably more unpopular than Trump. Instead of going after Trump directly, Dems should hang Musk around his neck like an anchor to drag him down.
To be clear in Germany liberals tried this divide and conquer strategy and hitler just killed all of the opposing politicians, all of the media criticizing members of the nazi party, and all of the members of the party being criticized at the same time. It was called night of the long knives....
How many more billions has he got than anyone else? They can totally give tax cuts to everyone below that and just tax him specifically. We can get away with only eating one rich person. By eat I mean tax.
I wrote Lindsey Graham a lengthy email about Musk. I figure I can’t change his mind about anything else, but allowing an unelected bandit of data thieves to take over our government? He should be in Trump’s ear every day and get him away from Musk’s orbit.
To be clear in Germany liberals tried this divide and conquer strategy and hitler just killed all of the opposing politicians, all of the media criticizing members of the nazi party, and all of the members of the party being criticized at the same time. It was called night of the long knives....
He had the courage to pull back from his previous statements about the 2nd amendment after the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.
Because of that stance, he had to fight hard to keep his seat in this most recent election.
I can appreciate moderates in this polarized political climate.
Musk has a constituency of supporters that could fit into a narrow-body airliner, and he's doing all he can to diminish it.
What's interesting is at which point Trump-Musk-convergence goes so far that DJT can't dump Musk any more and mutter something about "a fine person who went a bit too far"?
My theory is that the Felon only ran again to stay out of jail and was more than happy to hand everything over to the Muskrat and let him run rampant. The Felon has zero interest in actually doing any work.
I’m in a very safe R district and have called and spoken to staff for the last two days and their phone is ringing off the hook with people concerned about Musk.
Same, and the staffer i talked to today said "she couldn't say for sure but didn't think the representative would support this" regarding what musk is up to. I told her that when the social security checks stop, it ain't gonna be just the "crazy lefties" mad at him.
Lol. You set this Nazi madman on the country and now you want to shame him into getting control of his real boss? Good luck, moron. Republicans are so transparent.
The best thing that could happen would be for Leon to start getting all the attention, even if it's negative. Hair Furor can't handle not being in the spotlight. He'd put a stop to Musk's mania.
FDIC here... our doc repository is "temporarily unavailable." That's the head of the snake. All of our sensitive info is in there. (is what they wrote)
Someone reddit posted they came into their office. They want to get rid of the FDIC so people lose their life savings. Why is this allowed to continue?
Our federal Constitution is a living document. It is only real when it is in effect. Donald John Trump, by enabling his crony Elon Reeve Musk, is preventing the Constitution from being even minimally in effect. This negates the existence of all offices under the Constitution, including the …
… including the Presidency. This is beyond an impeachable offense. Impeachment is a procedure for when the Constitution is in effect. Trump has forfeited the Presidency. The Presidency now only exists for whichever eligible person will restore the Constitution under which the Presidency exists.
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weirdo billionaire.”
Would be interesting to get their response to: “But that’s what Trump wants.”
But seriously, Trump approves everything Elon is doing, other than stealing his limelight.
Unless it gets used to show Trump is a dupe.
If he was stepping on Don’s toes, Don would’ve fired him already; besides, ‘Leon’ is actually doing the Project’s bidding, cuz Don doesn’t know anything about Project 2025.
He said so…..
But anyways they’re a huge bloc and would carry a lot of weight but they hurt their back recently and the doctor said not to carry things.
I feel we are operating with two separate presidents each just doing their own thing and that's what Trump has approved.
Second part- makes the assumption that Musk is doing things that aren’t directly ordered by Trump. That’s a lie.
By his inaction, we can judge.
Make no mistake… muskrat is driving the car!
Trump is locked in the Kompromat.
First Putin, now Musk.
I think I saw this movie in the 80s.
And Donnie is so ignorant and thick-skulled, he thinks the other guy who inherited his wealth and then got lucky is ALSO a genius. Like him. 🤣
So he had to let him in.
And now he can't get him out.
Party association is relatively geo-dependent.
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Fine line for a congresman to walk, i guess.
He's still a fucking feckless Coward tho.
That being said I wouldn’t mind seeing him go. And Trump got next They both gotta go.
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Because of that stance, he had to fight hard to keep his seat in this most recent election.
I can appreciate moderates in this polarized political climate.
What's interesting is at which point Trump-Musk-convergence goes so far that DJT can't dump Musk any more and mutter something about "a fine person who went a bit too far"?
Just let the old guy play through.
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