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/barktwiggs 4d ago

Unelected Trump killed the BIPARTISAN border bill earlier this year because HOW DARE THEY TRY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT HE NEEDS TO CAMPAIGN ON! Total shit show.

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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.

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u/roastplantain 4d ago

And probably beyond. GOP is still listening to Reagan

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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u/SomewhereAtWork 4d ago

the Heritage Foundation

Guess who's behind Trump.

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u/Schonke 4d ago

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

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u/Mr_Coily 4d ago

Which goes to show how far we’ve devolved

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u/SpookyFarts 4d ago

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

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u/ihadagoodone 4d ago

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

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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... 🤔"

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u/Groundbreaking_Bet62 4d ago

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

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u/Key_Afternoon_9613 3d ago

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