Summary
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s joint interview with Sean Hannity reinforced concerns about Musk’s influence in Trump’s administration.
During the White House discussion, Musk dominated the conversation. Hannity cut Trump off to follow up on Musk’s remarks, mirroring a similar dynamic at a recent press conference where Musk spoke significantly more than Trump.
Musk defended his actions to dismantle parts of the federal bureaucracy, arguing it was necessary to restore democracy.
His prominent role raises questions about his power in the administration, especially given his substantial financial contributions to Trump’s campaign.
Sush. Go away. You’re not the president.
I’m so glad he can’t run for president.
I dunno the ussc might rule that since there’s no enforcement mechanism explicitly tied to the limitation in the constitution, it is one of those laws that Republicans can ignore. Like they did with the 14th
Damn you’re right, I forgot it was a techbro fascist takeover.
“I’d like to also just send a message—like, because, as the president said, like, this—there’s a lot of rich people out there,” Musk said. “They should be caring more about the country because—the reason they should be caring about—more about country is: America falls, what do you think is going to happen to your business?”
“What do—what do you think—do you think you’re be going to be okay if—if the ship of America sinks? Of course not. Like, what—what I’m doing here, what the president is doing is it’s just long-term thinking. The ship of America must be strong. The ship of America cannot sink. If it sinks, we all sink with it.”
Okay, sure. But let me ask this: if Biden had had a second term rather than Trump, would ship America have sunk? I don’t think so. I can maybe see some areas where someone who favors Republican policies would say “American might be weaker”, but it seems pretty wildly unreasonable to get from there to “sunk”. Trying to claim some sort of imminent, existential crisis seems pretty unreasonable for pretty much anyone.
I haven’t paid much attention to Trump’s people speaking to the press recently, but I saw a video the other day from one of his advisor crowd, and he was doing the whole “America has to be saved” thing too, and it was pretty over-the-top.
Forget Biden. Bernie Fucking Sanders could have been elected to 2 consecutive terms starting in 2016 and the US would still , right now, be a highly capitalist society with fabulously wealthy corporations, and basically the same number of billionaires. Americans just might have more affordable healthcare and education, that’s all.
When Trump attempted to join in on the answer, Hannity seemed more eager to follow up on Musk’s response, explicitly cutting the president off.
“Sean, you’re a—” Trump started, pointing at the Fox News host.
“This is important,” Hannity responded to Trump, raising his hand to stop him.
Trump must still be reeling from that one
Man I’m really hoping trump’s narcissism gets to him
The sycophantic media must be so sick of desperately trying to sanewash whatever salad issues from Trump’s face that Musk, however dishonest and wrong, is like a swimming pool bar after 40 years in the desert.
