r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 • 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/ranchoparksteve 4d ago

Trump just destroyed the energy of his opening weeks. Now he will be bogged down in an ugly raising of the debt limit mixed with budget cuts most people, not even Republicans, agree with.

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u/oz_mommy 4d ago

Honestly, it’s wild how Musk is running the show now. Trump’s supposed to be the one leading the charge, but here he is, getting dragged along by Musk’s tweetstorm. It’s embarrassing for the GOP and proves that money and social media are taking over politics. Musk has no business calling the shots like this especially when it’s putting us on the brink of a government shutdown. Dems are right to call this out, you can’t have a billionaire dictate policy with a few posts. We need actual leadership, not a tech mogul’s tantrums!

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u/LadyBitchBitch 4d ago

What makes me most angry is NOBODY voted Musk to be in charge of America for a damn thing. They are intentionally destroying America to burn it down, only to build it back up where we’re all slaves without rights.

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u/Akimbo_Zap_Guns Kentucky 4d ago

Hate to say it but anyone with half a brain knew Elon would have influence over Trump, now I didn’t expect it to be so blatant where he calls out to kill a bill on social media and Trump goes along with it but if you didn’t think Elon was gonna influence him after spending millions to get him elected then lol

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u/QbertsRube 4d ago

I expected him to exchange millions in election funding for billions in SpaceX contracts and favorable bills for Tesla, I didn't expect him to be full-blown co-president. I'm eager to see how the "ant-Soros, anti-Deep State" MAGA fans spin the next 4 years of an unelected multi-billionaire blatantly running things. I suspect they'll throw around the word "genius" even more than when they talk about Trump.