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    Oooooooo, President Elon is gonna be pissed at poor man Trump and cut off his funding.

    Trump better shape up and kiss the ring.

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      Yeah, how dare Trump talk to his superior, Elon Musk, like that?? It’s unconscionable!

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    It would be helpful to constantly remind Donnie that Musk is about 100 times richer than him, too.

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    Sounds like he might be easy to manipulate by the media.

    Did you hear that Trump is just following orders from the religious right, that Christian nationalists are the true president? All his anti abortion and anti socialism stuff is just following orders from his master.

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    I would think Trump pretending to be fabulously wealthy but being exposed as a populist grifter, and Elon being the richest guy in the world, would hang in the air like Trump’s stench.

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    I predict this will be an ongoing but toxic thing, like a really bad relationship between two people who just won’t break up.

    They’ve essentially married themselves to each others’ power… But also, they literally need entire media platforms to stroke their egos.

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    What, junior assistent deputy backup “president” Donald Trump is furious that President Elon Musk outranks him and gives him orders? He cannot be mad at President Elon Musk, President Elon Musk could order a nuclear strike on his house, does lowly Donald Trump not know that? He should thank his President Elon Musk for bringing him with him to the white house, Elon Musk’s new residence!

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    I had this discussion with people IRL recently, wondering who the real power behind the throne was, because when they let him do interviews on his own, it’s clear the orange figurehead is too far gone with dementia to be this organized and focused on the transition. I hope that the real power behind the throne is Leon, because he’s so stupid. Dangerous, yes, but not as insidiously dangerous as somebody smart.

    In any case, I want this to be true. It’s exactly what I would’ve predicted, so I’ll keep calling him President Musk.

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        He has always been an idiot but he isnt able to focus much anymore. Its hard to tell though since he was always running at half cylinder and is now running at a third.

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        Somebody did an analysis of his speech, and found that his vocabulary has markedly decreased in recent years. That’s one of the signal early indicators of dementia. Even back in 2016, he was noticeably more articulate. Since then, several other symptoms of dementia have shown up: Memory issues, doctors concerned enough to do cognitive assessments, losing the ability to process metaphors, impulsivity, uncharacteristic swearing, and losing track of the passage of time.

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    Now would be a good time for a reminder that there is no such thing as a moral billionaire. Scientifically, sane people retire to lives of luxury with their families long before they reach that level of wealth. The only reason to seek such wealth is out of a sick desire to control other human beings. Religiously, scripture says that there are no wealthy people in paradise. In the end, they all burn. Scientifically or religiously, you do not become a billionaire unless there is something broken in your soul.

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      I went to a religious school and the rationalizing the needle’s eye story was pretty hilarious. I think the message is pretty blindingly clear and doesn’t require a whole lot of interpretation but holy cow do Christians work to make it mean something completely different.

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    So which one gets into a horrible accident /assassination?

    Either one has the willingness and lack of foresight to take out the other

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    He sucked at running twitter, but he’s the GOAT at running the Whites Only House. Three cheers for President Musk