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This is why liberals got it ass backwards. Trump is the harm reduction candidate, because he is incapable of ignoring what people say about him. Joe Biden doesn’t care that he’s called Genocide Joe. Harris doesn’t give a shit what we actually think.

But Trump, Trump is glued to the television. He’s as much a consumer of the spectacle as he is a part of it. He’s not even in office yet and posters seem to have killed DOGE. All it takes is a little tactical nudge to the ego.

An overly ambitious eunuch has made numerous enemies within the imperial court, with some saying that even the Great Khan of the Western Horde no longer views him favorably.

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Regardless of how true this particular story is, there’s no reason to believe that Trump and Musk can work together. Neither of them is particularly good at working with anyone. Trump is the president for the next four years whether anyone likes it or not, so at some point in the not too distant future, Musk is going to get bounced, ghosted, scapegoated, etc. and most people will memory hole this whole thing.

I could be wrong, but I would be shocked if Musk stays in Trump’s inner circle for more than a few months, and would not be shocked if he were out much sooner.

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I’ll be surprised if they make it to the end of January without falling out

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it seems very likely they will have a large falling out at some point. two machiavellian ghouls like this just aren’t really compatible

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machiavellian

That implies a lot of strategic capability that neither of them possess

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An opposition party worth its weight would take advantage of this but I am SURE democrats won’t

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What do the Dems have to do with an opposition party? This is a strange non sequitur.

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This is where the Dems try to poach Musk for themselves

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Elon: “I don’t like Donald anymore, he was mean to me”

Democrats: “Welcome to the resistance Mr Musk, all is forgiven!”

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Musk has or will buy the Washington Dems. Meh.

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it occurs to me that this is essentially a return of Andrew jackson’s kitchen cabinet but with a tenfold vengeance.

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do you think we’ll get any duels?

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God I would pay good money to see some political blood sport like those days

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