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BumRushDaShow

(144,186 posts) Tue Dec 17, 2024, 06:22 PM Dec 17

Elizabeth Warren Urges Trump To Place Guardrails On Top Ally Elon Musk

Source: Huff Post

Dec 17, 2024, 01:01 PM EST

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday called on Donald Trump to place guardrails around billionaire Elon Musk, who has maintained a near-constant presence in the president-elect’s inner circle since his victory in November’s election.

In a letter addressed to Trump, Warren emphasized the need for Musk “to resolve his conflicts of interest if he wishes to continue serving as a top adviser to [Trump] and [his] transition team.” Despite his role in Trump’s orbit, it’s unclear if Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is subject to any ethics rules. Musk has seen his net worth explode since Trump’s victory.

Warren argued that the billionaire should share more details about his role and follow the same guidelines laid out in the Trump Vance 2025 Transition Team Ethics Plan, which stipulates that members of the presidential transition team have to “avoid both actual and apparent conflicts of interest.”

Doing so, Warren said, would reassure the American public. “Putting Mr. Musk in a position to influence billions of dollars of government contracts and regulatory enforcement without a stringent conflict of interest agreement in place is an invitation for corruption on a scale not seen in our lifetimes,” Warren wrote.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-musk-conflict-of-interest_n_676191e6e4b061ac46a04e57

Link to Senator Elizabeth Warren LETTER (PDF) - https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_trump_transition_reelonmuskconflictsofinterest.pdf

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Elizabeth Warren Urges Trump To Place Guardrails On Top Ally Elon Musk (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 17 OP

Good luck with that. Srkdqltr Dec 17 #1

Exactly. littlemissmartypants Dec 17 #10

Countdown to his Truth Social post about "Pocahontas" Prairie Gates Dec 17 #2

Elon responded. AI "art" posted at 3:31 CT, showing Warren in Native American garb. Elon being childish as usual. highplainsdem Dec 17 #4

Well there's the way to guarantee the opposite. intrepidity Dec 17 #3

Is this a joke? Mike Nelson Dec 17 #5

I get it lonely bird Dec 17 #6

lol so innocent awesomerwb1 Dec 17 #7

Does anybody else wonder if this was what Putin demanded of him? mahina Dec 17 #8

Warren Quote. multigraincracker Dec 17 #9

Well... LeftInTX Wednesday #15

Elon's "DOGE" isn't an even actual department. It's cosplay. There's no reason it should have anywhere near the fucking Karasu Dec 17 #11

No need. LudwigPastorius Dec 17 #12

Yes, there will likely be a falling out, but without guardrails, Elon can do a LOT of damage in the meantime. Karasu Wednesday #14

LOL. I posted almost the same thing earlier. usonian Wednesday #16

Elon ignores guardrails. usonian Dec 17 #13

Srkdqltr

(7,773 posts)

1. Good luck with that.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 06:29 PM

Dec 17

littlemissmartypants

(25,890 posts)

10. Exactly.

Reply to Srkdqltr (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 08:15 PM

Dec 17

Pretty naive.

Every day is opposite day with President Psychopath. He will be sure to get right on this and by that I mean, do the opposite.

I don't know what reality I'm living in anymore.

I'm starting to believe that there isn't a single soul of any persuasion in congress, that is in touch with the reality of our current situation.

Prairie Gates

(3,568 posts)

2. Countdown to his Truth Social post about "Pocahontas"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 06:31 PM

Dec 17

Honestly, why bother asking him anything?

highplainsdem

(52,832 posts)

4. Elon responded. AI "art" posted at 3:31 CT, showing Warren in Native American garb. Elon being childish as usual.

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 06:49 PM

Dec 17

intrepidity

(7,926 posts)

3. Well there's the way to guarantee the opposite.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 06:42 PM

Dec 17

She should have instead praised him and encouraged him to stay the course.

Mike Nelson

(10,365 posts)

5. Is this a joke?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 06:49 PM

Dec 17

... he will find the biggest FOX to guard the henhouse.

lonely bird

(1,968 posts)

6. I get it

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 07:01 PM

Dec 17

But that is meaningless. Trump has no guardrails. All he cares about is himself. A guy like Musk knows how to manipulate a failure like Trump.

awesomerwb1

(4,604 posts)

7. lol so innocent

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 07:03 PM

Dec 17

mahina

(19,042 posts)

8. Does anybody else wonder if this was what Putin demanded of him?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 07:05 PM

Dec 17

multigraincracker

(34,304 posts)

9. Warren Quote.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 07:10 PM

Dec 17

“If you don’t have a seat at the table, you are probably on the menu”.

Just saw this on Jeopardy.

LeftInTX

(30,580 posts)

15. Well...

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #9)

Wed Dec 18, 2024, 01:45 AM

Wednesday

Karasu

(368 posts)

11. Elon's "DOGE" isn't an even actual department. It's cosplay. There's no reason it should have anywhere near the fucking

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 09:46 PM

Dec 17

level of power these fascists want to give it.

LudwigPastorius

(11,065 posts)

12. No need.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 11:49 PM

Dec 17

It's just a matter of time before there's a falling out.

Leon gets more favorable press, is younger, richer, and smarter (but, so is everybody) than Trump. Trump's insecure ego will lead to him "firing" Musk eventually.