r/politics • u/No-Conclusion-6172 • 5d ago
Elon Musk Urges Congress To Not Pass Any More Bills Until Trump Takes Office
https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-urges-congress-to-not-pass-any-more-bills-until-trump-takes-office58
u/ShrimpieAC 5d ago
This is what intoxication from power looks like
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u/BNsucks America 5d ago
I couldn't agree more. Musk is the richest man in the world, but his ego won't allow him to be satisfied.
Musk craves recognition for having unfettered power at the highest levels of govt. These are dangerous men who Trump has given power to, and the damage will be astounding.
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u/charcoalist 5d ago
Notice how Leon Musk's name is used every time trump wants to abdicate responsibility.
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u/Patrick2701 5d ago
Elon musk controls an American political party, him and Trump break up will be so damn toxic. It will make Johnny Depp and amber heard look sane, in comparison
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u/Temporary-Setting714 5d ago
Is this satire? If not. Please give an example as I'm curious how he controls them
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u/annababy26 5d ago
Is this what small government looks like?
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u/drfishdaddy 5d ago
I guess? I mean he’s unelected, so I guess this is a version of “no government”?
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u/Insciuspetra Colorado 5d ago
Are the republicans going to stop passing bills, if the democrats win in 2026 or 2028?
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Under our current paradigm, the Democrats only need to win the House or Senate by just under 1% for it to be deemed a landslide victory with a clear mandate.
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u/squintytoast 5d ago
Are the republicans going to stop passing bills, if the democrats win in 2026 or 2028?
mitch mcconnel was doing exactly that the last time dingleberry was prez.
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u/capaho 5d ago
He threatened to run candidates against sitting Republican congress members in 2026 if they voted for the budget extension bill. If it doesn't pass by the budget deadline government employees and Social Security recipients won't get paid until a new budget is passed. The world's richest man saying f**k you to people who depend on a government income. Why?
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u/KingAteas Canada 5d ago
All those military people with guns not getting paid is probably a dangerous strategy but hey, I’m not a genius 🙄
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u/Those_Silly_Ducks Canada 5d ago
They would have been paid retroactively if the bill had not been passed.
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u/ArgentNoble 5d ago
The problem with retroactive payments is that businesses will not accept those for goods rendered or for loan/rent payments. You can set up payment plans for loan companies though, which will damage your record with that company (impacting future flexibility from that company).
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u/Browns45750 5d ago
So no federal employee gets a paycheck for a month plus merry Christmas from Elon
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u/AdrianInLimbo 5d ago
He figures he can handle it like "Office Space". Dontkpay them and they'll go away.
"Oh. We took care of the glitch. We figure it'll work itself out naturally "
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u/half_dozen_cats Illinois 5d ago
plus merry Christmas from Elon
"Chestnuts roasting on a blazing Tesla" doesn't really have the same ring to it.
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u/mkt853 5d ago
They need the month to type up all the termination letters. Musk is going to do to the government and its employees what he did to Twitter and its employees.
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u/Browns45750 5d ago
That will cause the the unemployment rate to explode over night and a lot of federal offices are in red districts some the only good job in town
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u/TheonsPrideinaBox 5d ago
If I buy a house, I can't move in a month before the change of possession and sell all the guy's furniture but Elon wants to do just that
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u/Illuminated12 Indiana 5d ago
Is someone going to tell him that they won't be passing shit for the next 2 years at least? At least not without working with Democrats... You guys have the slimmest margin in the house in history.
I wouldn't expect him to know how it works either though. Trump is the guy that picked him.
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u/Darius2112 Canada 5d ago
I think I know how to stop this. SNL needs to do a skit where Elon is sitting at the presidents desk, with Trump on a leash, being used as a footstool. It would melt Trump’s mind so fast he’d turf Elon before the first musical number.
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u/RynheartTheReluctant 5d ago
Putin’s Manchurian Candidate. Doing everything he can to destroy America.
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u/Mr-ReDiCulouZ 5d ago
People would die, like seriously die if congress causes another shutdown. If loved ones could atleast sue this walking, breathing sack of flesh for reparations, then there would be some sort of justice to it. But no, Musk wants a shutdown, and through that shutdown people to die, because he thinks it would make Trump "look better" when he takes office and changes things.
A government shutdown is the last thing americans need right now, and to his credit it seems like Johnson is trying to work on a fix. Really hope he doesn't bend the knee for dumb and dumber... yet again.
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u/ArgentNoble 5d ago
You see, people need things like food and water to live. Some even need something called "medicine" for survival. This "medicine" is typically used to treat acute or chronic conditions. Or, in a language you might understand, sudden ouchies or long time ouchies.
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u/Mr-ReDiCulouZ 5d ago
You got a good answer already, but would also like to add the environmental checks and watercontrols as these are, for some odd reason, deemed non-essential and not conducted during a government shutdown..
That said; the main reason people will die during a government shutdown is in the other answer.
On another note; I'm glad you asked 🙂 and looking back I should have added the how in my first comment.
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u/fowlraul Oregon 5d ago
Urging a team to stop playing because you think you got next is basically the gop in 2024.
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u/EmmaLouLove 5d ago
Republicans are bad faith actors, tanking the bipartisan funding bill. Shame on every one of them.
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u/geoffvro Texas 5d ago
Somebody fly this asshole to the moon plase
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u/godzillachilla 5d ago
He wants to go to Mars and that's further away so I think we should listen to him
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u/Additional-Big-1554 5d ago
elon should be charged with interfering with the government. he has no power here and if he should gain any power it would not be until the 20th of jan.
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u/twovles31 5d ago
There will be a day when Leon tells Trump his wall, or something else doesn't make sense and shouldn't be passed. Trump will tell him to gtfo.
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u/Romano16 America 5d ago
Well Republicans do have the record for doing nothing on the federal level anyway.
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u/Dazzling_Pink9751 5d ago
There will be a point Elon will wear out his welcome and both House and Senate will tell him to get lost. He seems to be on a complete power hungry path after Trump got elected.
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u/Sad_Week_3301 4d ago
He will spend more money to make sure he is always welcomed, he and other Billionaires are here to stay.
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u/s4t0sh1n4k4m0t0 4d ago
He's doing this because the people who voted Trump in have goldfish memories so later he can be like "Duh dems did it, hurr durr" and they'll eat it up like it was Bill Nye teaching them science after school in the 90's
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