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If we are already getting anonymous "holy shit this guy is annoying" stories I'm not sure Elon Musk makes it to Inauguration Day in Trump's inner circle. He might be on a 2016 Transition Chair Chris Christie arc www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

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I keep assuming that Trump will push Elon out because there can be only one obnoxious, blustering idiot in charge of the world… and Trump isn’t going to let ANYONE get in his way

Gosh, I wonder how he has time to be CEO of multiple companies. Too bad he’d still win a no-confidence vote at his public companies.

The other day I was telling my friends that at some point, either Musk is going to realize he doesn't like falling in line for someone he thinks is beneath him, or Trump will get sick of him running his mouth and replace him. Looks like we're on track for the latter.

I think you are dramatically underestimating the power of money. Elon is the wealthiest person on the planet and can be deployed in so many ways. The fun part will be watching as both he and Trump think they are each manipulating the other. 😉

Audrey@parickards.bsky.social

Lawrence O’Donnell: It is very clear that if Susie Wiles is going to run an orderly White House, her biggest problem after Donald Trump = Elon Musk. For the 1st time in history, during a phone call between a president-elect and president of another country, a rich businessman jumped on the call.

For what and to whom? No one of consequence gives a shit when Trump does illegal stuff. He very likely leaked or allowed to be leaked highly classified documents. He attempted a coup. What is Musk going to tell the public that rises to a level that would actually move the needle?

They're both petulant manbabies who take no responsibility for their entirely predicable fuckups and expect praise for everything. Watching the inevitable falling out will be delicious. I don't think two people have deserved each other this much since Bolton was NSA.

Lol what's he going to do? Sabotage Trump's re-election? Cry on Twitter? Trump never pays anything back he doesn't have to and is loyal to no one. Elon will learn soon enough that he's outlived his usefulness.

Doesn’t matter. Here in New York before he ever even mentioned the idea of getting into politics, he was *infamous* for never paying his contractors and getting sued all the time. Didn’t matter who it was.

Wtf is he going to do if Trump fires him though? Make enemies with the most vindictive man in the country? Come crawling back to the Democrats (he's played his hand and his contracts are getting cancelled as soon as they have a viable alternative lined up if they make it back to the executive)?

All the more reason for Donnie to get rid of him asap. HE'S the big boy round these parts! Not Elon! Hopefully we'll go right back to Trump mocking Musk and them eventually feuding with each other. Divide their deranged fanboys into warring camps.

It's gonna be hard to get rid of him. We all know the kind- someone we said hi to once and now he's inviting himself to eat lunch with you everyday until you finally have to call the cops because he's now planning your wedding to HIM! This will be interesting to say the least 😜😂

People keep saying “how about Russia?” but that’s not indebtedness, something else is going on. Whether it’s flattery/manipulation by Putin or he just admires & wishes he were him or some actual kind of coercion, that’s not the same as “This guy did something to help me and now I owe him.”

Donald Trump (not the president, says the 14th amendment) is definitely indebted to several people. Two-and-some-change billion dollars in literal debt, plus Putin's constant meddling on his behalf. That he isn't "indebted" to anyone is an obviously dumb/discrediting thing for someone to say.

There is no room in Trump’s orbit for another malignant narcissist taking credit for anything OR getting equal or more attention from the press. If the press really wants to be patriotic, just continually cover Musk like you did “Joe Biden’s too old!” Musk will be gone in less than a week.

We are witnessing & living through the most extensive grift in history since Putin. Trump will keep Elon close, as he favors positively associating with the richest people on the planet, despots with assets.

Trump family crypto: Give me government printed dollars in exchange for my crypto that I just created out of thin air. Why doesn’t Trump have to FIRST tax or borrow Trump Coins before he can create Trump Coins? You know, like how our poor little currency creating gov does?