Elon Musk Is Pissing Off Everyone on Trumpā€™s Team
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ā€œHe wants to be seen as having say in everything (even if he doesnā€™t),ā€ one person in Trumpā€™s orbit said.

Summary

ā€œHe wants to be seen as having say in everything (even if he doesnā€™t),ā€ one person in Trumpā€™s orbit said.

Elon Muskā€™s growing influence in Donald Trumpā€™s orbit is reportedly irritating members of the former presidentā€™s inner circle.

Since his efforts helped secure Trumpā€™s reelection, Musk has been highly visible at Mar-a-Lago, taking credit for Trumpā€™s victory and acting as if heā€™s a ā€œco-president.ā€

Musk has joined key diplomatic calls and even attempted to broker peace with Iran.

Despite his appointment to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, some close to Trump feel Muskā€™s overreach and need for attention may jeopardize his position, as Trump dislikes sharing the spotlight.

  • EnderMB@lemmy.world
    8Ā·
    4 hours ago

    I had predicted this a while back, in that enabling Trump meant victory for the GOP, but the total erosion of Conservative values. This is clear in that any career politician will likely cede power to a bunch of nutjobs or meme lords with money.

    They can either shut up and let Trump do his thing (lol), or they can dig their heels in and fight his decisions from within, grinding government to a halt (also lol). Either way, itā€™s a win for most, because in the long term the right will bail after Trump and leave a party so weak that it probably wonā€™t be able to fight off the memory of Trump. Heā€™ll never endorse a candidate thatā€™s not himself, especially if the GOP blocks him. His rabid fan base will either die out, or go third-party because the GOP is ā€œtoo wokeā€ or something.

      • EnderMB@lemmy.world
        2Ā·
        11 minutes ago

        A lot of people favour less government intervention, fiscal responsibility, stronger laws, and strength in the free market. IMO at a base level this isnā€™t an inherently evil thing to believe/want.

        Obviously, most politicians donā€™t represent this, but for those that do they find the current party doesnā€™t represent them. Eight years of Trump is probably enough to destroy many careers.