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[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 169 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

Trump better shape up and kiss the ring.

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 46 points 6 days ago

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

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 118 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I predicted this a while back: Having two thin-skinned megalomaniacs working together never works out in the long run. Trump and Elon are both too dysfunctional even to be able to work individually with patient people without it going off the rails. Having them working together with each other is doomed to explosive failure eventually.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 61 points 6 days ago

The funny part is Trump doesn't even take office for another month, the relationship might fall apart before he's even inaugurated and actually in power, let alone lasting "long term".

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 37 points 6 days ago

Did someone say murder-suicide?

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yessssss poke the thin skinned bears... Have them tear each other apart

Can we not insult bears with this comparison, even the weakest, dumbest, most cowardly bear is still leagues better than them. Except Koala but they arent even real bears so fuck em, Nazi punks of the bear world.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 57 points 5 days ago (2 children)

So we really did get our second African American President.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 16 points 5 days ago

First illegal immigrant President, too.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

wHeRe'S tHe BiRtH cERtIfIcAtE

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Something wrong with your eyes, Bizzle? It's right here. *hands over a fat wad of cash*

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 77 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 39 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Probably more considering that Trump's wealth is based on lies

[–] msage@programming.dev 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And Musk's isn't?

The whole Tesla bubble is all lies all the way. I don't follow other companies, but I would expect it to be the same.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

His is stock valuation, Trump's is home made real estate valuation.

[–] Etterra 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes, yes! I knew it would work. Seems like pretty much everybody got the same idea at the same time and it's working a treat. If you can't defeat your enemies, turn them against each other!

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Actually was more so dems understanding the situation were in

The “President Musk” messaging is by design, at least partially. This week, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter and another person briefed on it, at senior levels of different Democratic congressional offices, and also within the Democratic National Committee, discussions have been had about having party leaders and elected officials actively portray Musk as effectively Trump’s boss, and to do so during television appearances that the president-elect is likely to see. The idea is that it’s a cost-free opportunity to potentially drive a petty wedge between the notably mercurial and ego-obsessed Trump and his similarly emotive pal Musk, and to sow some chaos in the upper ranks of the Republican Party.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/president-musk-dems-troll-trump-elon-1235211922/

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Did the DNC just have a competent plan to attack the GOP?

No, just Musk.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 1 points 4 days ago

Pretty easy strategy to execute on when Elon's hovering around trying to micromanage.

Trump's transition people were leaking that they were sick of Elon like 3 days after the election.

This is the guy Tesla and SpaceX employees have accused of "seagull management" (flies in, shits all over everything).

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (9 children)

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.

[–] Etterra 7 points 5 days ago

That's why it says the oft misquoted "the love of money is the heart of all evil." That "love" is the key part of that equation.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 1 points 4 days ago

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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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago

Hopefully will kick out the orange man, then

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This dude is so fucking easy to manipulate.

Really, the exact trait that I want in a leader 🙄

[–] clashorcrashman@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If he's so easy to manipulate, then why don't you do it?

No seriously please, help us.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Its the ones comfortable with manipulating people that are precisely what we do not want help from

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago

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.

[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 50 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Why are they calling journalists? I thought all the news was fake.

Yeah, I thought journalist always called him. Him being a "ratings machine" and all.

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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 57 points 6 days ago

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.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 49 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Did it stop being president Putin, or is Trump just getting spitroasted by both of them simultaneously?

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 38 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I would like to return one mental image please

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[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 31 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

"I AM SPARTACUS!".
"NO YOU ARE NOT! I AM SPARTACUS!".
"NUH-UH!" "AM SO!"

"Bruh, what are these dorks going on about? Pass me another brew and fire up that J."

[–] zante@slrpnk.net 19 points 5 days ago

Trump is pretty vulnerable. He won’t complete his full term

[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

So which one gets into a horrible accident /assassination?

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

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 19 points 6 days ago (4 children)

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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[–] caboose2006@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Good..I hope they tear each other to pieces.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

maybe we'll be lucky and they'll be too busy tearing each other apart that they won't have time to tear this country apart.

[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Except Joe Biden is president of the United States…

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 days ago

President-elect Musk it is then

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 5 days ago

The narcissists are fiiiightiiiiing!

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

"I am an alpha male."

Guess the journalists will answer " Weird Flex, but OK"

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 6 days ago

Hear me out: put them in a ring and let the gladiator games begin. Let the ego flow. It's best for all of us.

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