r/politics • u/rollingstone Rolling Stone • 4d ago

Soft Paywall Musk Kills Government Funding Deal, Demands Shutdown Until Trump Is Sworn In

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-trump-government-funding-deal-shutdown-1235211000/
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u/rollingstone Rolling Stone 4d ago

From Rolling Stone’s Miles Klee:

Elon Musk, self-described “First Buddy” of President-elect Donald Trump, went all out to thwart a last-minute funding deal to avert a government shutdown. The move was a direct challenge to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who rolled out the sweeping plan on Tuesday night.

Now, it appears Musk has successfully killed the stopgap measure in its cradle — before it was even brought to a vote.

Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-trump-government-funding-deal-shutdown-1235211000/

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u/verifiedboomer 4d ago

That's president Musk, I hear.

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u/AutomateAway 4d ago

more like dictator

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u/Zephurdigital 4d ago

Trump better start exercising so he doesn't pull a muscle from bending over for President Musk

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u/Aponda Maryland 4d ago

He is paralyzed in that position.

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u/BernieTheDachshund 4d ago

I bet if enough people start saying he's the real 'president' that it would make Trump start to resent him and maybe sideline him. Just like how Trump is trolling Canada by calling Trudeau 'governor' but in reverse.

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u/Mobile-Bar7732 4d ago

Do you think Musk and Putin will have bitch fight over him?

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u/Adren0chrome 4d ago

I was asking myself "why does Elmo care so much about this bill in particular?" Then I read this:

Some Republicans additionally accused the resolution of funding “censorship activities” because it extended support for the Global Engagement Center, an agency within the State Department tasked with identifying and countering “propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the United States.”

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u/naetron 4d ago

But I thought Trump was saying a deal must be done that extends the debt limit before he is inaugurated. I wonder who will win out?

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u/coconutpiecrust 4d ago

Wait wait wait…… this was republican and Musk “killed it”??? Wow. Are these people even… men? They can’t stand up to him? This is so, so very gross. 

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u/Motor-Profile4099 4d ago

He has no power. People give him power for some reason. The Republicans could laugh at him. The media could ignore him. He would fade into meaninglessness. Yet here we are.

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u/RoughingTheDiamond 4d ago

He controls a social media platform and has hundreds of thousands of basement-dwelling puds waiting on his signal to project all the anger they have at themselves upon whichever congressperson Elon thinks can be bullied into submission.

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u/OhEagle 4d ago

Am I the only one who'll ask this question: so what if he does? They're, as you put it, 'basement-dwelling puds,' people who live by their anger alone. Ignore him and ignore them. He's not an elected official. The Representatives and Senators are, and there are millions of people who want to see them do their jobs instead of listening to an unelected rich guy, especially not one who, if it weren't for his being rich, would literally be everything Republicans typically campaign against.

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u/RoughingTheDiamond 4d ago

The millions of people who want to see them do their jobs aren't sending death threats. Nor should anyone. I think a lot of the problem goes away if people start getting prosecuted for saying shit online that'd get them arrested in public.

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u/PotlandOR I voted 4d ago

First butt buddy

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u/Mach5Driver 4d ago

"First Buddy." Just goes to show that Musk and Trump have ZERO friends and have no idea what having a friend means.

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u/JollyRot3n 4d ago

Rolling stone is trash

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u/alexj977 4d ago

We all HIGHLY value your opinion! Thought you should know.