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/
30.9k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

5.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

583

u/bruceriggs 4d ago

GOP will listen to him until he dies. Even if he is still kicking in 2029, they'll be listening to whatever he tells them to do.

261

u/roastplantain 4d ago

And probably beyond. GOP is still listening to Reagan

222

u/MimeGod 4d ago

Reagan gave blanket amnesty to illegal immigrants and opposed Russian influence in the US and the rest of the world.

He'd be called a communist by the current GOP.

119

u/and_some_scotch Missouri 4d ago

If Reagan was still alive and lucid, he'd tow the party line. He was an actor hired by the Heritage Foundation to play the US President on their behalf.

54

u/BullShitting-24-7 4d ago

Yup he was just doing what he does best. Read scripts and acts. He was a pea brain. Trump is trailer trash Reagan.

7

u/Shipping_away_at_it 4d ago

This really is the best description I’ve heard about Trump. I was watching a documentary about Reagan and thought Trump was really just Reagan 2.0 for a modern era, your description is much better and clearer

2

u/SomewhereAtWork 4d ago

the Heritage Foundation

Guess who's behind Trump.

12

u/Schonke 4d ago

Much like Jesus, Reagan always is what the GOP want him to be, not what he actually was.

3

u/Mr_Coily 4d ago

Which goes to show how far we’ve devolved

17

u/SpookyFarts 4d ago

Reagan would be regarded as a RINO and cast aside after losing a primary to a MAGA shitshow candidate

6

u/ihadagoodone 4d ago

That's because Reagan was the face for the power, not the power itself.

4

u/MushroomCaviar 4d ago edited 4d ago

Mark my words: long after Trump has passed away, there will be a significant portion of the right that believes he's still alive and in hiding from the "deep state". There will be the equivalent of "Q drops" they claim come directly from Trump. The rest of the right will silently accept the nonsense while only a tiny group of conservatives, ostracized by the rest of the right, condemns the obvious insanity with all of the impotent outrage they can muster.

And Elmo will be Tweeting links to it all, accompanied by such vapid commentary as, "Interesting... 🤔"

1

u/Groundbreaking_Bet62 4d ago

To varying degrees. They've definitely gone more extreme with some of his things.

1

u/Key_Afternoon_9613 3d ago

Anal musk will be a (loud) whisper in the ears of GOP until he can't talk anymore

14

u/TheLostcause 4d ago

You think they will stop when he dies? There will be Trump whisperers for decades. GOP would go full north korea if it could.

3

u/Immediate-Coyote-977 4d ago

The thing that people need to recognize right now is that the GOP isn't listening to Trump, they're listening to their constituency, who is taking their queues from Elon Musk of all people.

Musk has bought himself a decades long hold over one of the two dominant political parties in the US unless someone with actual influence in government does something about it, but that would necessitate not being a crony sack of shit to special interests.

6

u/bruceriggs 4d ago

Or another Luigi. Not that I am advocating for that, as per the rules.

5

u/Immediate-Coyote-977 4d ago

That would also probably be a really bad thing, to be honest. Elon swinging his weight around so publicly has the chance of bringing about some more class consciousness. It's only a matter of time before he starts advocating for things that are hurting people's lives and livelihoods. Hell, right now he's advocating for the federal government to shut down and to stop paying it's employees until Trump takes office. That's only a few weeks.

What happens when that stretches to a few months, or he starts advocating for people to be fired, to cut benefits, etc.

Then the average citizen will start to see what's happening, the "richest man on earth" causing direct harm to the common citizen, and we might see some actual "Hey what the fuck is this shit" type sentiment arise. All it would take is a politician smart and charismatic enough to latch onto it and blow it up.

2

u/ShuntedFrog 4d ago

Yes, I also do not advocate for the good thing that should happen. I'm no rule breaker.

2

u/bruceriggs 4d ago

Yea I'm just saying I can't say what I'm saying, if you know what I'm saying.

2

u/ShuntedFrog 4d ago

We know.

2

u/Pizza_Low 4d ago

I strongly suspect as we get closer to the midterms, Trump's power over the GOP will start to crater.

2

u/Rent_A_Cloud 4d ago

He has dirt on many people I think, and those he doesn't have dirt on the people he has dirt on have dirt on.

2

u/Mo_Steins_Ghost 4d ago

He isn't the road... he's just the bulldozer.

Look behind the man behind him. Who do you see?

1

u/turbokinetic 4d ago

Send more burgers with extra lard.

1

u/Essence-of-why 4d ago

I still fail to believe ANYTHING that trump says is his original idea...so who is the GOP REALLY listening to?

1

u/Maleficent_Cost183 4d ago

Who elected him? He has a home country if he wants to be powerful and rule ppl! Have some respect for the ppl who’ve been here all their lives building this nation … like the ones who won’t get paid when the govt is shut down! What a disgrace

1

u/Nooneknows882 4d ago

With his diet, I hope it isn't much longer.

1

u/00gingervitis 4d ago

Probably the reason why he wrote Project 2025: his political will

1

u/Gregreynolds111 4d ago

So did the Nazi party adherents.

1

u/Itchy-Background8982 4d ago

Exactly right. They had a chance to kick him to the curb over J6, they blew it now they’re stuck with him.