Trump / Musk (other than DOGE) Omnibus Thread

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When do the burnings at the stake commence?

Meanwhile, Musk is spending his time spinning half truths and distortion to blame the fires in California on DEI policy and Dems.
 
ChapelHillSooner said:
I am at a loss for words. I just don’t know how to express how crazy and scary this is.

Some will argue that he is just distracting or trolling us but now that MAGA and Fox seem all in on these ideas, I think he just might be serious. I think this is a narcissist nearing the end of his life and wanting to fulfill some sort of legacy.
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Even if he is just trolling or running his mouth it's just incredibly stupid diplomacy and politics. How anyone thinks this is likely to get him what he wants (whatever that actually is) is baffling. Denmark isn't going to give us Greenland because Trump is threatening to "just take it" on social media. All he's done with Canada is to anger and alienate them, not frighten or bully them into doing our bidding. Just more of his "bull in a china shop" tactics that almost never actually works.
 
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Republicans claim we are morally bankrupt yet it is them that are in fact morally bankrupt.

Where is the media to state that being in our national interest does not make it morally acceptable to invade an ally?

It was in fact in Germany’s national interest to invade Poland. That doesn’t make it right.
 


Surprised Nicolas Cage GIF

“… Musk told political strategist Mark Penn in an interview broadcast on X that the $2 trillion figure was a “best-case outcome” and that he thought there was only a “good shot” at cutting half that.

… Penn also asked whether Musk had “identified some cuts that you’re really looking at, that you think will be successful.” Musk didn’t name any specific cuts, though he said generally that it’s a “very target-rich environment for saving money.” “
 


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“So many life lessons to be learned from speedrunning video games on max difficulty,” Musk wrote on his social-media platform X on Nov. 20, before going on to announce that he’d just cleared the highest tier of a section of the game called “The Pit” in under two minutes. He included a video clip of the milestone.

Such an accomplishment requires more than just expertise in monster slashing. It takes dozens of hours just to reach the highest tier, which is level 150. The Pit was only added to the game in May and the latest season kicked off on Oct. 7, resetting all players’ progression to level 1. That suggests Musk made his way to the top level in 45 days or less.

Musk oversees six companies, including brain-computer startup Neuralink, tunneling startup The Boring Company and artificial-intelligence startup xAI. He’s a prolific poster on the social-media platform X, which he bought in 2022. He is now helping oversee a sweeping revamp of the federal government as co-head of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

His vast array of commitments have left everyone wondering: How on Earth did he find the time to do it? …”

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Same guy who says working from home is immoral.
 
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“… Investors and analysts have questioned Musk’s ability to balance running all of his companies.

The issue is particularly thorny now that Tesla is preparing to appeal a Delaware judge’s decision to throw out a 2018 pay package, which granted Musk billions of dollars in Tesla stock. Among the questions in the dispute is whether the large pay package was necessary to keep Musk focused on running Tesla, a public company now valued at $1.3 trillion.

Speaking at The Wall Street Journal CEO Council in 2023, Musk said he tries to focus just on one company per day. …”

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He also squeezes in time for 100+ Twitter posts a day. Honestly, I can relate.
 
ChapelHillSooner said:
Republicans claim we are morally bankrupt yet it is them that are in fact morally bankrupt.

Where is the media to state that being in our national interest does not make it morally acceptable to invade an ally?

It was in fact in Germany’s national interest to invade Poland. That doesn’t make it right.
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The media has become incapacitated by two things: (1) its takeover by billionaires, many of whom are right-leaning to begin, and all of whom have a strong interest in currying favor with the Trump regime, and (2) its inability to determine how to respond to Trump's incessant bluster. On the second one, I'm not at all apologizing for them. It's their job to figure this out. But I do have some sympathy. When he says shit like this about Canada and Greenland, do you take him seriously? Do you take it as a joke? Do you attribute it to trolling? Is it best to just ignore it?

Trump has dumbed down the level of our political discourse to such a level that intelligent people, which includes most reporters, are simply unable to respond effectively. It's like trying to reason with a toddler having a tantrum because his binky is in the wash. Again, I'm not giving the press a pass. They have to figure this out. But godalmighty I just can't get past the absolute idiocy of the people who voted for this scumbag. What were you idiots thinking?
 
nycfan said:


Surprised Nicolas Cage GIF

“… Musk told political strategist Mark Penn in an interview broadcast on X that the $2 trillion figure was a “best-case outcome” and that he thought there was only a “good shot” at cutting half that.

… Penn also asked whether Musk had “identified some cuts that you’re really looking at, that you think will be successful.” Musk didn’t name any specific cuts, though he said generally that it’s a “very target-rich environment for saving money.” “
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Of course Mark Penn has slithered up next to him. What a ho, that guy.
 
lawtig02 said:
The media has become incapacitated by two things: (1) its takeover by billionaires, many of whom are right-leaning to begin, and all of whom have a strong interest in currying favor with the Trump regime, and (2) its inability to determine how to respond to Trump's incessant bluster. On the second one, I'm not at all apologizing for them. It's their job to figure this out. But I do have some sympathy. When he says shit like this about Canada and Greenland, do you take him seriously? Do you take it as a joke? Do you attribute it to trolling? Is it best to just ignore it?

Trump has dumbed down the level of our political discourse to such a level that intelligent people, which includes most reporters, are simply unable to respond effectively. It's like trying to reason with a toddler having a tantrum because his binky is in the wash. Again, I'm not giving the press a pass. They have to figure this out. But godalmighty I just can't get past the absolute idiocy of the people who voted for this scumbag. What were you idiots thinking?
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I’ve noticed this in primary care
A lot of the questions I get are almost too dumb to answer effectively and am certainly not prepared to answer in the moment bc I never would have thought of it being a possible question
 
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