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[–] whodrankarnoldpalmer@startrek.website 62 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m kind of shocked that relationship hasn’t already imploded

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Waiting for Congress. Either republicans sycophants will ratify everything Trump has done, or it’s all elons fault

[–] DaveyRocket@lemmy.world 49 points 4 months ago

Scarborough has terrible takes. He bloviates with the best of them and this seems like another off-the-cuff rambling in hopes of something he wishes were true based on the thinnest pretext.

Him and his wife kissed the ring after the election. Networks at work, keeping people calm. They want you to think this will blow over, don’t go protest, Trump will stop with all this Elon shit any minute now… just let the snowball grow and keep thinking it’ll get smaller as it rolls.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 38 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It would be funny if Trump threw him under the bus. It's not like he's not done that numerous times, sometimes multiple times to the same people.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 21 points 4 months ago

It's practically a sport for him.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 months ago

I think the biggest difference is that Elon has money. Most of the people Trump throws under the bus are people that served a useful function but then stopped fulfilling that function.

Elon's function is to have money. He bought Twitter and spent hundreds of millions of dollars to elect Trump and Republicans. He threatens to fund primary challengers for any Republican that doesn't fall in line.

I don't see that usefulness disappearing anytime soon, no matter how unpopular he is.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 38 points 4 months ago (1 children)

odds on muskrat taking the government down with him?

imagine the backdoors and other goodies planted by the interns during the blitzkrieg through government systems, and all the data that's been uploaded to xitter-controlled servers.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

Mutually assured destruction.

[–] JackDark@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

Harry Enten boiled down Donald Trump’s current favor with the American people to one word: “awful,” saying the only president he’s beating at this point in his presidency when it comes to approval ratings is himself during his first term.

LOL fucking savage!

[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 months ago

Straight out of the Prince by Machiavelli.

[–] BoobaAwooga@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 4 months ago

This is just not going to happen, it’s all speculation and if trump can put up with elons kid literally telling him to shut his mouth then Elon is here to stay

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

I love these people who think Musk is Trump's puppet when it's so clearly the other way around. Trump only cares about one thing: himself, especially his net worth, and he was riding real low on that account before so he sold his office to Musk, and if you think Musk isn't getting his money's worth you haven't been paying attention. 95% of what they're doing is just to flood the zone so you don't notice that the oligarchs are dismantling the parts of government to render it unable to tax or regulate them. That's what Musk is there for, and even if he's on the outs publicly, never doubt that he will continue to get what he paid for.

[–] grumuk@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

It would be funny if websites started using Elon's fat or bald pictures for articles

[–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's really a 4D chess period.

[–] Netrunner@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

It takes someone who can see a flat earth to follow along.