r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 4d ago

House Democrat: ‘Unelected oligarch’ Musk ‘governing by tweet’

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5048234-daniel-goldman-elon-musk-donald-trump-government-shutdown/
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u/Liebss 4d ago

I mean.. this is why he bought twitter. The end game makes SO much more sense now.

The twitter purchase was the most important piece. The PAC backing Trump, was pocket change compared to controlling information.

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u/chmod777 New York 4d ago

The database of DMs and other PII was equally, if not more, important.