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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  15 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are we supposed to do about Elon Musk raiding the Treasury?

You know, the more I look at it?

If I were Trump, I'd give Musk free reign to break everything he can touch, piss off everyone he talks to, ruffle every feather he sees, and generally act like a magnum jackass until the whole country is at wit's end. Then I'd go "I alone can fix it" and cut him off entirely to twist in the fucking wind.

We're talking about a man who is entirely focused on how Forbes reports his wealth. He hides his tax returns because they report his wealth as less than he brags about. And he's resoundingly beaten every Democrat out there; the only opposition he has is other populist billionaires.

Elon Musk is doing whatever the fuck he wants because Trump is letting him. Trump has a get-out-of-jail-free card from the goddamn Supreme Court.

My only wonder is how bad trump thinks this needs to get before he casts Elon into the pit.