Reminding everyone that the bill contains a change to the constitution and the balance of powers between the branches of government.
If this passes the executive branch can no longer be bound by the judicial.
It’s a dictatorship the second the house passes this, then the only way Trump will ever leave office is when he dies.
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A little late there champ. You enabled the (other) fascists already, not sure there is coming back.
Do it you coward
Man… Just shut the fuck up already and go away…
I’m all for him hurting the GOP and Trump’s image, but he is the absolute furthest fucking thing from what a political leader needs to be… He’s just doing this because he’s an attention whore who’s pissed that everyone hates him. He needs needs to be forced into the cave of mundanity and nothingness like the dispicable little troll he is.
I mean, if he pushes hard enough, he might get deported.
Hopefully not before having all his holdings and assets seized…
Sure thing, trump admin seizes everything and auctions it sadly the public is informed a bit late and everything gets in the hands of trumps yes sayer army for cheap.
Musk could have been a superhero. He could have just made EVs and not done a Nazi salute … things would probably be fine.
No. He had to tamper in politics and likely give Trump the win. Musk was too dumb to realize he would get thrown to the side the minute he said anything but “yes” to “Great Leader” … now he is thrown to the side and is too dumb to realize it’s over for him. He is hated on all sides.
He can kiss Trumps ass or fade in to obscurity. Those are his options.
Not really. Musk was a snake oil salesman for years. The people who believed in him were foolish to do so, all of that long before his salute and his budget concerns. We should also remember that fascists don’t have a long game. They really are as ridiculous as they appear. There was no possibility for Trump or Musk to maintain a positive image, except through brute force threats.
While it is true he has been crappy and not really that smart pretty much from the onset, the world would have been happy to continue perpetuating the myth of Musk as the real world Tony Stark.
People wanted that narrative, certain people profited immensely off the myth, and there wasn’t much practical downside apart from it being really unjustified for these folks to get so rich, but we accept that downside constantly.
I honestly think he’s still team Trump and always was, he just dropped the mask and is now trying desperately to put it back on to save his stock.
He’s always been team Elon, and team Elon also likes to be contrarian and ‘edgy’, so that aligned with being pro Trump. He also wants to ditch government spending and regulation, which aligns to a claimed GOP principle (though they love spending so it’s a lie). So now he’s faced with the reality that everyone else already knew, the Republicans spend like crazy, even less responsibly than Democrats.
He basically wants a party to represent the perspective of ‘screw poor people’ as it’s one and only tenant.
None of those people are on anyone else’s team. They’ll set up alliances where they can mutually profit, but the second any of those profits slip to one side, they’re unceremoniously ousted.
Nazi salute…? You mean not called a man trying to help a bunch of kids trapped in a cave a pedophile, right? Or a thousand other insane things way before a fucking salute, right?
Hell if he wasn’t at a rally for the orange dictator I would say he could make EVs and get away with a salute here and there.
Am I the only one here who predicts that Elon will jump out of the window soon?
Trump’s great friend and inspiration has already sent his oligarchs flying for less.
It’s likely
He still has immense personal wealth, and he can sway politics with these mountains of money . Time will tell.
It is too late Elon you enabled and funded this nonsense.
Let’s be clear about what is upsetting Musk. He is in favour of the tax cuts to the rich. He just thinks that the poor should SUFFER MORE to make the tax cuts happen. He wants to keep all of the stuff that will benefit him, and cut all the stuff that keeps everyday Americans alive. Please don’t spin this as some kind of redemption arc for Musk. If anything, he upset that Trump isn’t even shittier.
I wonder why he’s not just joining the Libertarians.
Because they don’t have numbers
Smells like the fascists want a new party.
Kayfabe nonsense or a narcissistic delusion, either way it’s an absurd fantasy
No no, it’s better than that, SOME of the fascists want a new party. I like those odds.
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We all gave that word a pass when we accepted it as part of the title of that one tv show.
No no, please, do a Nader, be a Bull Moose.
This’ll be great!
He’d draw what, a 90/10, 80/20 split of Rep to Dem voters, as well as the truly brain dead of the independents?
Please Musk.
Absolutely do this thing that if it worked would guarantee your failure, and would make it much easier to radicalize the Dem party after their most corporate of corporate donors leave them for you.
Don’t back out! This isn’t Twitter again, put your back into it!
The most likely outcome is nothing.
The second most likely outcome is a fracturing of Trump’s opposition, further weakening their ability to impede him.
If they weren’t such incompetent idiots I’d suspect it was a ploy to create a controlled opposition.
The second most likely outcome is a fracturing of Trump’s opposition, further weakening their ability to impede him.
Why would MAGA follow Elon Musk? Better question. Who would even follow Elon Musk? He’s hated by one side for being a literal Nazi and the other side for for going against Trump. I guess he still had his tech bro and crypto toadies but those people aren’t really a reliable voter base.
Who would even follow Elon Musk?
Candidates looking for funding.
Wanted: Nazi Toadie to run for political office.
Requirements: Must have 12 years experience writing AI prompts and understand how to use X.
Experience giving blowjobs to a malformed penis a plus.
Compensation depends on how corrupt you are.
MAGA are not Trump’s opposition. Corporate Dems would happily take Musk’s money though.
No, but they are a reliable source of funding
Why do you think that? Do you think Republicans can’t get mad enough at each other’s words and actions that voter turnout for them wont drop or that some may get pissed and actually vote against someone the hate?
If you go numerically the majority of people who like Musk are Republicans, not Democrats. His views aren’t going to suddenly flip and make more people left of MAGA like him.
It seems more likely it would fracture MAGA to me. Let them fight each other. We could definitely use the stalling of shit if there is anything left to save in 2029. The 2026 elections and reactions to by the current legislature before 2027 will play a huge role in figuring out if anything will be salvageable.
I can’t see a significant percentage of Trump’s MAGA supporters abandoning him in favor of Musk. But I can see Musk being a divisive figure among the non-MAGA Republicans, with some refusing to work with him while others are happy to take his money.
You only need ~5% of Republicans to not vote or hate Trump enough to say maybe unknown candidate will be better and vote for them.
Can he get 1 in 20 Republicans to think Trump and co are bad? Not sure, but when your enemies want to fight each other, let them
There is growing complaints in MAGA about Trump. They didn’t want wars and they don’t like the Big Beautiful Bill. MTG of all people has taken those stances.
The Democrats are the controlled opposition. Look how strongly they resist actual progressives versus how strongly they resist Trump.
Do it. I dare ya.
He may do some good on accident.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Not if it’s still running.
Best he could do is get them to pass a continuing resolution. But, he really just wants them to cut the shit out of federal spending. We aren’t going to be able to do that fully. We might cut some spots, but it’ll never be enough. We have to raise taxes.
Honestly I’m finding their falling outs funnier each time it’s happened. What is this, number 3?
