Musk has joined key diplomatic calls and even attempted to broker peace with Iran.
That's a pretty clear violation of the Logan Act. Gettin' blue from holding my breath over here.
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I'm sure the judiciary is gonna take care of it.
When you are fucking the bosses wife, you get to do anything you want.
Please fire him. Preferably into the sun, but I'll accept simply out of any position in government.
Trapezoid Musk wants to steal the attention away from Trump. He will never allow that. I pray they will clash at each other
In a ring in vegas. I'd ppv that.
Yeah he has that kinda face
Republicans: "Billionaires are just better than everyone else and we should all get out of their way and hand them the keys to everything for the betterment of all mankind."
Republicans After Being Forced to Spend One (1) Week Around Elon Musk: "No, shit, wait, these guys are fucking idiots!"
Obviously, Musk wants to be the shadow president of the USA but I don't think it'll play out as he hopes.
Oh man I can't wait for this knot of over-torqued springs to explode apart into pieces. Too bad the shrapnel will probably kill us all.
Yeah, one part of the prediction and fears raised about the republicans is it gives them far too much credit to actually run a government.
They have held the house and the Senate before and then been crippled by infighting as with slim majoroties it only takes a few people to hold everyone hostage.
Some of Trumps nominations may not get through the Republican controlled Congress.
People seem to forget the republicans controlled all 3 parts of government in 2016 and didn't get far. Yes they managed some significant things but tax cuts and supreme Court nominations are the main successes.
This time Trump is making batshit crazy nominations which are likely to divide their own party in Congress.
Gaetz nomination is particularly bad as he's hated by a lot of Republican law makers. There are likely enough republicans who actually care about the legal system that his nomination will not get through. If it does get through then it'll be a sign of how bad things can be. But it's likely it will not get through and just sow seeds of discord between Trump and some of the republicans in Congress, poisoning more attempts to change things.
I predict one hell of a shit show over the next 2 years, but probably not from what they do - instead from what they fail to do and the recriminations that follow. All those Republican law makers telling themselves that Trump is diminished, less of a threat, and that they can control him are in for a hell of a ride.
Add in the congress critters from both houses need to run their own campaigns at some point, in many cases they can’t afford to just kiss the ring. This is especially true in the house where seats are up for grabs “soon” and the voter base is relatively small. If you’re a Representative and won your seat on a small margin, you clearly don’t have a mandate and need to act more moderate. Some senate seats are in the same boat (McCormick in PA, assuming the recount still favors him, is in this boat; he’s run three times now and barely beat out Casey this time, it’s a fair bet he doesn’t have solid footing for his first term and can only toe the party line so far). The only thing we should all bet on is at the end of the day everyone in politics is going to lookout for themselves first. It’s going to be a shitshow for at least the next two years, probably the full four and maybe beyond.
Too bad the shrapnel will probably kill us all.
I'm here for it.
He doesn't want to be co-president. He's a founder of the USA.
has joined key diplomatic calls and even attempted to broker peace with Iran.
I have to stop reading the news here. I can feel the aneurysm growing in my head.
Non American here but is that not against the law? He is no official representative...
Yes, specifically the Logan Act.
Likely, but who is going to do anything about it? My country is an embarrassment and proven that there are no laws for those under a certain status/value.
I'm no american either so no idea. There are quite some things where I as a European can only think either “wtf, how is that legal?” or “wtf, that makes no sense”.
Especially that the president can apparently choose any people with any qualifications (or a complete lack thereof) for any position whatsoever. even if they are completely unsuitable or even completely contrary to the purpose of the position.
A modern democracy should have certain safeguards in place. Or at least some fucking standards and requirements.
The 3 branches of government that are supposed to serve as a system of checks and balances on each other have been overtaken by greed and fear.
Only reason that's allowed is the Repuglican infatuation with the orange
I'm gonna call bullshit on this. For years now, I've been reading articles just like this one, and at the end of the day, nobody that could change anything did a fucking thing. It's just posturing and means nothing.
Pre-covid Musk quit Trumps presidential councils over "withdrawal of the Paris climate accord." If nothing else, theres a possibility, I guess...
Pre-covid Musk was still pretending to be a liberal.
Yeah, well...
Happened once, doesn't mean it's can't happen again. No matter how unlikely, this time.
Everybody hated everybody and I didn't like what Trump was doing, but I fucking did it anyway. Buy my book.
The more he acts up, the quicker trump will dump his ass. Fat Donnie is the dictator and wants all the attention, other people taking that away get dumped, bigly!
By Christmas the Department of Government Efficiency (they really should have used Excess for the E) will no longer be going to exist.
they really should have used Excess for the E
Holy shit, you're so right, it would've made so much more sense! But do you really think they know hard words like this? I'd be utterly flabbergasted if trump had used the word "holistic" in a sentence that would've made sense, but that won't happen.
He's pissing off everyone in the world.
All of the people swirling around in the sewage that is donvict's thugs are probably pissing off each other, because all of them are Karens, FFS.
Even annoying AF people get annoyed by other annoying assholes...
It’ll be the first time in his life he is not the boss. That’ll likely lead to a problem.
I forgot there were going to be potentially 3 CEOs in the Whitehouse. They're going to get under each other's skin like you wouldn't believe. We're still fucked but the infighting should be quite enjoyable.
As a European, I'm here with a bucket of popcorn in one hand, enjoying the shit show. I'm of course scared for what will happen, and the consequences will impact the entire planet, but since I have absolutely nothing I can do about it, the enjoyment will suffice.
All of Donnie’s boys sitting in the “work in the White House together” challenge like
Even funnier context is that this episode he was annoyed at Tesla. 🤣
Yep. Best to enjoy the circus and try to ignore you can't leave the show.
Are we going to see Trump Admin Churn before he even takes office!?
How many Scarumuccis will some of these douchebags last?
Money on we end up with a new time scale for shortest tenure by January 20th
It's going to be 4 years of basically watching all of these imbeciles gnaw at eachother while everyone else's quality of life just dies around them. Lovely.
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