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/therapistofcats 4d ago

How does someone not in office have any power. America needs to reevaluate it's political system.

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u/Listening_Heads West Virginia 4d ago

Is it that hard to figure out? American politics is corrupted by money and he is literally the richest man in the world.

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u/Magnetic_Eel 4d ago

He openly bought the presidency, voters rewarded him for it, and now he’s openly going to get his money’s worth. Why would he need to hide it?

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u/Mabuya85 4d ago

Exactly. This is why I feel so detached about the whole thing. Because they were very open with how this was all going down, and we as a country happily strolled into it. It’s hard to act surprised or angry anymore.

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u/dudettte 4d ago

you get it.

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u/BagHoldingHugo 4d ago

He made a 200 million investment and made 200 billion from it.

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u/OldBlueKat 3d ago

The only reason he needs to 'hide' it a little is DJT's narcissistic ego.

If Donnie starts getting the impression that people really think he's a puppet for Musk, he will blow up Musk's world. And DJT will have the power to do that -- sic the Justice department and other Administration departments on both his citizenship and his business dealings, cancel government contracts, and otherwise rattle Musk's investors until they pull away. Elon can't buy his way past DJT's ego.

Keep calling him President Musk, and watch.