I think the conclusion of the Dept of Governmental Efficiency will be that instead of a president the country should have a board of self-proclaimed high-IQ engineers who are willing to work for free to decide everything.



"Epshteyn responded by telling Musk that he didn't know what he was talking about."

I can just picture Musk clenching his fists and jumping up and down like a toddler.

I can definitely see him staying in Mar-a-Lago, golfing by day, bloviating by night, while his clowns pretend to run the government. Why, he can even ollow Putin's example of pretending to be working in the Kremlin while actually relaxing at one of his many villas and hide-aways.

The clash of monster egos is on. Sit back & watch who wins.

Fight, fight, fight.

These people can't help it. They are snakes in a pit fighting over small pickings.

There's less time and energy for doing.

Unless they're drug addicts, which is possible.

When the shootouts will begin.

Musk is joined at the hip with Trump, afraid to leave his side for fear someone else will usurp his position of influence. Elon bought Trump for $100+M, just like he acquired Twitter, only for a lot less money. He wants his ROI.

The Alcohol/Cocaine Addled brain of WBush, and the Alzheimers/Dementia brain of Ronald Reagan.

He loves the conflict, anger, turmoil. He feeds off of it and loves to control and manipulate others.
It ensures no one is as powerful as he is.

One hope we apparently have is that despite Trump's best efforts to weed out anyone who will oppose his plans, there will still be people--in particular high-dollar donors--attempting to talk him out of certain plans.

Some of the plans I hope he can get talked out of, based on who his donors are:

1. Tariffs
2. 30% cut to federal spending
3. Betrayal of Ukraine (not very likely)

Some of his key donors come from the investor class and Wall Street. I can't imagine they want to see Trump emulate the Argentinian economic model.

finally, Musk. You can count on it that they both will eventually be gone. It is just a matter of time.

Musk will destroy Trump on Xitter

He'll be like someone's little brother tagging along 6 ft behind on the sidewalk. He still thinks 119 mil bought him a place at the table. He really hasn't been paying attention. There is no loyalty from this bunch.

As was posted above, Trump loves to pit his advisers and employees against each other. The people he picks are already equipped with sharp elbows and a predisposition to fight. People in Trump's inner circle repeatedly cycle in and out. It is like 10 people all trying to get in the door at once.

this time is no different and probably a lot worse.

he lives for chaos. when there is chaos, he feels he controls things.

it's really a truly fucked up way to live.

Pissing off both Trump's advisors and JV (who is sitting somewhere trying to figure out why he has no role). The only way Elon survives this is if he actually figured out a way to rig the election and has the receipts. Otherwise, I see his time in the White House severely limited.

Hate to be a broken record but if DOJ and states had not slow walked all these cases the trump team would all have been in prison where they belong.

Especially the entire inner circle starting with mango Mussolini

Trump does not share well with others, neither does Musk. This is the real world Thunderdome, there is no room for "equals" and both these players require absolute subservience. At this point, the powers of the Presidency trump Musk's wealth (and Musks wealth is absolutely beholden to the US Govt to operate.) Transactional Trump will demand something very valuable from Musk and public acquiescence or I predict an ugly breakup. But they may try and paint a smiley face on it.

that will end up forcing him to go away.

He had to apologize to his white supremacists because his wife is not white.