this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2024
294 points (96.8% liked)

politics

19244 readers
1760 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Summary

Democratic strategist Chai Komanduri claims Elon Musk has “taken over” MAGA and the Republican Party, likening it to how Trump originally took control of the GOP.

Musk, a former Biden supporter, shifted to Republicans over disagreements on free speech, immigration, and public health.

Now a close Trump ally, Musk has donated $75 million to pro-Trump groups and will co-lead the “Department of Government Efficiency” to reduce government waste.

His rising influence in GOP politics is seen as positioning him as a potential MAGA successor.

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Elon may be easier to beat than Trump

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I hate it when journalists do someone's propaganda work for them. Musk could [not] care less about the issues. He thinks he can get more money out of a Trump presidency. Maybe some power too. Using his infrastructure and wealth to boost GOP issues was just his buy-in.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I hate you. But you're right.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I dunno. I am sure musk thinks all of his ideas are amazing, just like trump. I am not sure it is about getting more money, just about enabling him to make his "amazing" ideas happen. The money enables that, but I think he has reached the point where money isn't whats blocking him. And power... trump wants it because it makes him feel important. Musk I think wants power to simply be able to do whatever he wants to make his ideas happen. Of course his mental state has been shifting. He could have developed a taste for more wealth and power or something. But I am still betting not.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Either way. It's definitely not about free speech and immigration.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

No doubt there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Saban & co$ did it way before for the democrats.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Musk and other bad-news big tech dweebs want to end the concept of countries altogether.

If they get good enough AI and drones on their side, they might legitimately be able to take down a major military.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

The military is not going to fall to a bunch of drones unless we spend an entire decade ignoring an arms build up.

But yeah they're ancaps because they know they'd be the new kings.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Just start referring to him as president musk. That’ll go over well with trump.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Nah, refer to Musk as President Former Husband to Pop Star Grimes.

Get a nice two for one deal right there.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thankfully Elon will never be a MAGA successor, and is ineligible to run for president. Let’s deport this felon immigrant back to where he came from.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thankfully Elon will never be a MAGA successor, and is ineligible to run for president.

You're also ineligible to be president if you've engaged in an insurrection against the United States, and look how that turned out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, that is a political and hard thing to “prove” in court, but the no foreign-born presidents thing is pretty clear.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Suppose South Africa is declared a US territory.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

~~Reduce~~ increase, or in the best case, have no effect. Either way he's richer

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds like david miscavige and scientology. Out with the old cult leader and in with the new.

load more comments
view more: next ›