For most public policy wonks, the messy political divorce of Elon Musk and Donald Trump, given the Felon in Chief’s being on bad terms with a substantial portion of his first term team, is not surprising.
Many saw it as a good possibility shortly after Trump let Musk create DOGE.
Suffice it say, House Democrats like Arizona’s Yassamin Ansari are having a field day making fun of the situation with Musk telling Trump he would not be President if it was not for him and Trump striking back by threatening to pull back Musk’s Government contracts and Musk responding by calling for Trump’s impeachment and telling Republicans he will remember to fund their opponents if they vote for their budget and tax bill, renamed “Well, We’re All Going to Die Act” by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.
Musk also revealed what most suspected. Trump’s name is in the Epstein Files.
Juan Ciscomani and David Schweikert, Arizona Republican Representatives in Purple Districts, must be crapping their pants about now.
In another post, a smiling Ansari said:
“We are watching the messiest breakup in my entire life unfold right now on Twitter between Donald Trump and Elon Musk…In the last few hours, we have seen these two narcissists. Elon Musk was essentially the Co-President. Came into our government and completely gutted entire federal agencies…Today they have a massive breakup on social media…Some of his (Trump’s) supporters are going after Elon, saying he should be deported…It’s not really funny but I think it’s like the craziest thing ever…And I don’t think Twitter has ever been as funny as it has today…At the end of the day, it is so important that we hold both of them accountable for everything that they’ve done and are doing that is killing people. That is hurting people that will destroy livelihoods…I don’t appreciate this notion of bringing him into the fold now…”
Ruben Gallego posted:
While watching MAGA world destroy each other is very amusing to see with the puppet master potentially making his marionette a lame duck President in a matter of a couple of hours by making Republican Congress members think about the sudden emptiness of their political donation accounts, do not forget that Mr. Musk is opposing Mr. Trump and his Republican allies for apparently five reasons, none of them because of a sudden wish to help the people. This the same man who, through his DOGE cuts, has allowed many people, including children to die when they did not get the medicines or food from American Global Aid.
Musks reasons to jump the MAGA ship are:
- The “Well, We’re All Going to Die Act” does not go far enough in Musk’s estimation at cutting spending. Remember Mr. Musk is a staunch eugenicist. He thinks that anyone not of value to him or his tech and rich buddies should not be benefit from government programs. They should just wither away as cheaply as possible and die.
- He is undoubtedly upset that the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit is going to be phased out and threaten Tesla’s bottom line. To actually be fair to Trump the Climate Change Denier, he has been saying he was going to do that for years.
- Musk was upset that Trump withdrew his preferred choice for NASA Administrator.
- Trump and his team decided that Musk’s Starlink Satellite System would not be allowed to help guide the air traffic control system.
- He is probably worried that Republicans will cave and take out that provision in their budget and tax bill that denies states the ability to regulate the emerging AI industry for the next ten years. Mr. Musk does not want the people he thinks are unworthy of existing interfering in his affairs.
It is also important to remember that while this political theater/MAGA Civil War is entertaining, we still have an American Duce Wannabe and his minions that are:
- Sending their ICE operatives to arrest innocent people who come to legally check in with the immigration authorities in cities like Phoenix and Chicago.
- Instigating a travel ban on predominantly non White-Christian majority countries in Africa, the Middle East, and South America under the pretense of reacting to the Boulder Attack against a Jewish Congregation last weekend. The problem with that is the attacker was Egyptian and Trump did not include Egypt in his list of banned countries.
- Trying to circumvent the courts by including in their budget and tax bill a provision that allows Trump’s Government to ignore judge’s rulings.
- Attempting to legalize silencers, defund Planned Parenthood, cut national weather forecasting, reduce funding for FEMA’s disaster relief programs, and take away appropriations for biomedical research in the same legislation.
- Take away health insurance from over ten million people and Food Security from millions more.
People need to keep things in proper perspective and not take their eyes off what is potentially more important to them, their family, and their neighbors.
Like Representative Ansari said in a post accompanying her video:
“Now would be a great time to call your Reps and Senator and tell them to vote NO on the Republican reconciliation bill!”
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