Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)

[ZenMode]

Yeah, that’s pretty much the same thing.

Yep, they're just making it sound pretty with political speak.

 

[nycfan]

He’s too rich to have a conflict of interest is a new one.

 

[nycfan]

 

[StrangePackage]

He’s too rich to have a conflict of interest is a new one.

Our press is absolutely complicit in what's happening.

A real journalist would have eviscerated him for a claim like that.

 

[lawtig02]

Maybe Trump’s supporters should have listened to what Trump said on the campaign trail like all of us Trump detractors did. Or is that just TDS, calla?

 

[lawtig02]

Our press is absolutely complicit in what's happening.

A real journalist would have eviscerated him for a claim like that.

Sununu’s a smart guy. There’s no way he actually believes bullshit like that.

 

[Centerpiece]

Sununu’s a smart guy. There’s no way he actually believes bullshit like that.

So he's just doing the trump thing? Talking BS out his ass - knowing full well it's BS, but it might play well in the clubhouse, or might gain some leverage somewhere?

 

[Healing]

So he's just doing the trump thing? Talking BS out his ass - knowing full well it's BS, but it might play well in the clubhouse, or might gain some leverage somewhere?

He realizes Musk is now, or will soon be, the kingmaker. Musk could “invest” $5-10 billion per year to manipulate elections and not change his lifestyle one iota.

 

[lawtig02]

The notion that Trump is too rich to be bought and therefore not susceptible to corruption has been bouncing around since the trip down the escalator. Trying that line outside of the RW bubble feels new though.

That line only has the potential to work on people who have know clue whatsoever how very rich people operate.

 

[Healing]

That line only has the potential to work on people who have know clue whatsoever how very rich people operate.

Most people don’t understand the sociopath mindset of “more is never enough”.

 

[lawtig02]

Most people don’t understand the sociopath mindset of “more is never enough”.

That and, “I’m not being bought if I’m also getting something from the deal.”

 

[altmin]

He’s too rich to have a conflict of interest is a new one.

Remember when Sununu was seen as a "good" Republican?

 

[Mulberry Heel]

MAGAs may not be the sharpest knives in the drawer, but some are beginning to realize they got snookered

'Are you selling us out?': Trump's new comments met with immediate backlash from MAGA base

Donald Trump on Saturday was hit with outrage from his own base, after the president elect sided with billionaire Elon Musk over other MAGA personalities. Laura Loomer is among those far-right influencers who have picked a fight with Musk over certain immigration visas, which he says are...

www.rawstory.com

But most won't, and even those that do would still have gladly voted for him last month. Most of these people are MAGAts for life, and not even realizing that Dear Leader has conned them yet again would change their votes. If they can't have the substance of his promises and threats - like deporting all illegal immigrants - they'll gladly settle for the rhetoric and verbal abuse and insults of people and groups they hate.

 

[Zoo_View]

Our press is absolutely complicit in what's happening.

A real journalist would have eviscerated him for a claim like that.

TV shows like Bash’s on CNN and elsewhere are not journalism - they’re entertainment.

“Guests” like Sununu are valued by the shows because they are comfortably recognizable by many……shows like Bash’s are similar to the slew of bowl games currently happening - they’re TV content.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

Bluesky

bsky.app

 

[nycfan]

Fun game to wonder who he is using an alternate identity to winge about.

 

[nycfan]

true, LOL




(Or not — still could be a super-dedicated Elon slurper, or a social media John Barron)

 

[heelinhell]

Our press is absolutely complicit in what's happening.

A real journalist would have eviscerated him for a claim like that.

Our press is absolutely complicit in what's happening.

A real journalist would have eviscerated him for a claim like that.

Yep

A real journalist would have said, "That is an absurd statement. The man spent over 200 million to elect Trump and you would have me believe he had no personal financial interest in electing Trump as president ? Either you are as dumb as a box of rocks... or you are being disingenuous which I find insulting both to the viewers and to me."

 

[gtyellowjacket]

Yep

A real journalist would have said, "That is an absurd statement. The man spent over 200 million to elect Trump and you would have me believe he had no personal financial interest in electing Trump as president ? Either you are as dumb as a box of rocks... or you are being disingenuous which I find insulting both to the viewers and to me."

I think I would have responded to that real journalist that $200 million is 05% of elon's wealth. If you had $1 million and donated $500 to get somebody elected, that's about the same thing. Would you have me believe that every millionaire that donated $500 to a president's campaign had a personal financial interest?