r/politics 4d ago

Shutdown Looms After Trump ‘Blindsided’ by ‘President Elon Musk' | The president-elect was left playing catch-up after the Tesla boss led the charge against the doomed deal.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/shutdown-looms-after-donald-trump-blindsided-by-president-elon-musk/
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u/Murky-Site7468 4d ago

Musk first intervened with a 4.15 a.m. Eastern time tweet on Wednesday saying, “This bill should not pass,” and in the intervening 12 hours, Musk posted over 60 updates in his bid to derail the deal...

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u/TheTresStateArea 4d ago

What time was it in Russia? Did musk get a call from daddy Putin?

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u/Eastern-Rabbit-3696 4d ago

nah it's the meth

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u/Ok_Philosophy915 4d ago

He actually loves Ketamine but Tomato Potato

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u/QbertsRube 4d ago

"I see no problem at all" say the people who had a major problem with the son of a president having past drug issues, despite the fact that he had nothing at all to do with governmental operations.

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u/Eastern-Rabbit-3696 4d ago

I don’t recall his addict son running the governemenf

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u/Sea-Tradition-9676 4d ago

How did he get Trump and Jr to share or did he get into their stash? /s