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There so much to unpack in Trump World.
He "hires the best people" and then talks about how stupid they are.
That's because stupid people hired the best person for the job of President.
I think it’s this:
“I just hired the best person to do something”
Scenario A: this person did a bigly good job at it. Something was my idea and I get all the credit.
Scenario B: this person did a massively horrible job at the something. Something failed because of this person and I’m awesome so I’m asking them to leave.
In both cases, the something usually turns out to be a massively stupid idea to begin with, but Trump gets to claim a win either way. This is how one fails upwardly their entire life.
It does not matter to Musk. He got all the personal and sensitive information he needs to train AI for his new company.
I feel like Musk wants the world to end and be Mr House from Fallout. If that happens, I wish I could be Ghoul and take revenge on him.
It's this shit that gives me hope.
Not the protests.
Not the community building.
The fact that the "in-chargers" are so mindless that they don't know not to eat each other.
The tariff hadn't been seen by oligarchs. Although, Musk is the big winner here. He has stolen millions of government and confidential data to train AI and surveil people.
Trump a few weeks ago: "Tesla cars are the best!"
Trump now: "Tesla cars are shit!"
🤷
I wish I could remember what we bet on how long their bromance would last.
Two entities like these simply cannot coexist.
2 malignant narcissist cannot exist in close proximity
A fight between two of the biggest narcissistic men on the planet.
It's going to take a looooot of popcorns.
I'm already out of popcorn!
Ah, so Trump and Musk have fallen out? Musk remains the richest man in the world. If he turns against Trump, it would be interesting what would happen.
Probably the same symbolic back and forth "will he won't he" that Bezos and Trump play.
Musk needs to pull the evidence for Trump now. Put it out there for all to see.
Will he tho? Doubtful or Musk loses everything the government gives him.
Gee, would the guy who lost $50 billion by destroying the most popular app in history do something stupid out of vindictiveness?
Let's find out!
How does anyone still have this take?
He got to stomp the life out of a tool that was allowing the chaffe to organize, and the published list of his outside investors for the transaction is full of states and princes ganting to strip away the ability of the low-borns to fight back in any meaningful way.
He didn't lose a fucking cent on Twitter.
I feel like them turning on each other was inevitable. It was just a matter of when. Still the cracks started forming earlier than I expected, I wonder if trump will eventually take away a lot of teslas subsidies since it seems like the maga crowd also hates him
Yeah fascism consumes until there is nothing left but eventual self-consumption. Here's to hoping we stop lining elon's pockets with taxpayer money through tesla