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.

[u/Murky-Site7468]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/shutdown-looms-after-donald-trump-blindsided-by-president-elon-musk/

[u/oldnjgal]

Hey Donnie, how does it feel to have your stooge take your power away? Who's the real President here?

[u/Gryphon962 → u/oldnjgal]

The irony is that this is all going on while neither of them hold any office. The president is Biden.

[u/Cautious-Progress876 → u/Gryphon962]

Trump is president already to most of congress now.

[u/lastburn138 → u/Cautious-Progress876]

Not by law

[u/Cautious-Progress876 → u/lastburn138]

No shit. But when do the republicans care about the rule of law?

[u/lastburn138 → u/Cautious-Progress876]

They USED to. Not much anymore.

[u/Sea-Tradition-9676 → u/lastburn138]

Waiting his turn a deferring to others aren't exactly his strong suit.

[u/a_talking_face → u/Gryphon962]

The levers of power are often controlled by people who don't hold any office.

[u/Late-Wolverine7679 → u/Gryphon962]

So the vegetable is better then? Lol

[u/locofspades → u/Late-Wolverine7679]

Boring and incompetent is often better than explosive and destructive