Trump / Musk (other than DOGE) Omnibus Thread

[uncgriff]

Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government​

Some federal workers are ‘getting getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government

Musk’s DOGE wants to cut tens of thousands of federal workers, and now it’s aiming at people he thinks are too rich.

fortune.com

Nobody on planet earth has benefited more from the United States government than this racist POS South African and now he is in charge of dismantling said government

 

[dukeman92]

Yet, their silence here is deafening.

Maybe it's not actually about fiscal restraint and efficiency....

They agree with everything their marmalade messiah says.

 

[heelslegup]

We should not be involved with Gitmo. But if we must, then IMO the only persons incarcerated there should be US politicians guilty of sedition

 

[altmin]

Well good news is my wife is hitting the roof at me because I never bothered to call Tillis and tell him to vote against RFK Jr, like the barely paid intern who I talked to would take my message straight to Senator SHit Bag and he would have changed his vote.

I fucking hate Trump times.

 

[altmin]

We should not be involved with Gitmo. But if we must, then IMO the only persons incarcerated there should be US politicians guilty of sedition

That's going to be 100% Democrats soon as the coup takes hold.

 

[altmin]

They are not intended for overseas deployment. They are for use in American cities.

true

 

[aGDevil2k]

Remember when they lost their shit about mega gulp sodas in NYC?

 

[BlooVooDoo]

They are not intended for overseas deployment. They are for use in American cities.

Why would the State Department need a few hundred armored Cybertrucks for transportation in and around US cities?

 

[hedge]

I have no issue with a third party reviewing the Cybertruck contract (or other Musk contracts) to determine if it is worth the money the US is paying.

Not shocking that you see no problem in the fact that Musk is the third party...

 

[EyeballKid]

Why would the State Department need a few hundred armored Cybertrucks for transportation in and around US cities?

Tesla Cybertruck, the official bulletproof SUV of the MAGA anti-Woke Special Forces. Knocking heads and making the libs cry in a town near you.

 

[Ramrouser]

Not shocking that you see no problem in the fact that Musk is the third party...

I meant a non Musk third party. Look, I don't own a Tesla nor do I own any stock in the company. If the Cybertruck is not suitable for the army then cancel the contract.

I see a lot of the Cybertruck's around town now. It's the 2025 version of the 2010's Hummer.

 

[superrific]

Why would the State Department need a few hundred armored Cybertrucks for transportation in and around US cities?

They aren't for transportation. I don't know, I'm just talking out of my ass here, but it seems to me that there is no purpose for one of those things except to affix a turret and patrol city streets like Bane did in Gotham.

 

[Duke Mu]

Trump and Musk flat don't care. Trump has gotten away with veiled and open corruption. They are doubling down without accountability.

 

[Duke Mu]

They aren't for transportation. I don't know, I'm just talking out of my ass here, but it seems to me that there is no purpose for one of those things except to affix a turret and patrol city streets like Bane did in Gotham.

There's a comic book movie reason for this. Count on it being corrupt.

 

[finesse]

They aren't for transportation. I don't know, I'm just talking out of my ass here, but it seems to me that there is no purpose for one of those things except to affix a turret and patrol city streets like Bane did in Gotham.

I don't know what they are intended to do but I hope it doesn't involve getting anything in or out of the front of the bed in a hurry.

 

[nycfan]

 

[ChapelHillSooner]

“Leave other countries to their own business.”

But only after we annex Canada and Greenland, invade Panama, and commit genocide in Gaza.

 

[nycfan]

 

[CFordUNC]

I know they don’t need a moron like me to tell them this, but I hope that all of our NATO and European allies are operating from this point forward with the understanding that they are going to need to go it alone as it pertains to common defense. The United States is essentially a NATO member in name only. The United States is very clearly preferring to align itself with an axis that includes Russia and China at the expense of call of our democratically inclined allies. As much as it sucks to say this, at this point, NATO members would be fools to share any intelligence with the United States. They would be better served faxing it directly to Vladimir Putin.

 

[Healing]

I know they don’t need a moron like me to tell them this, but I hope that all of our NATO and European allies are operating from this point forward with the understanding that they are going to need to go it alone as it pertains to common defense. The United States is essentially a NATO member in name only. The United States is very clearly preferring to align itself with an axis that includes Russia and China at the expense of call of our democratically inclined allies. As much as it sucks to say this, at this point, NATO members would be fools to share any intelligence with the United States. They would be better served faxing it directly to Vladimir Putin.

I think they're likely going a step further, and planning for a world order with the US as an overt enemy. That's not to say it'll happen, but the US can't be looked at as a good actor anymore, and the contingencies are undoubtedly afoot.