With the government closed, who's gonna set up the staging, send out the invites, work security, cook the meals, pay the bands, etc etc ???

… the return they get for that investment will be phenomenal…

Her event planner is swimming in bux from the last inauguration bombast. It'll be a cinch

the world would they agree to eliminate the debt ceiling?"

Duh! Maybe because they aren't really on a crusade against more government spending? They are on a crusade to give even more and bigger tax cuts to billionaires.

Musk wants a shutdown. This is so similar to what he did at twitter. Eliminate large amounts of fed activity and leave some services considered really essential behind. Then never restart any of them.

Then they can carry out their plan to spend like drunken sailors on tax cuts and enriching their cronies, without constraint. Later, they can point to the debt and demand the elimination of any remaining programs for the rest of us.

eliminated allowing debt to explode unchecked. It won't work. Democrats will not agree to it now.

His cultists believe Trump can do no wrong. Musk is far smarter than Trump. As long as Musk fakes fawning over Trump he can do whatever he wants.

Beyond that? I cannot write what I want to write.

Don't be fooled by his obscene wealth.

He is a salesman just like Trump is but he handles his “brand” meaning himself better than Trump does.

minus the tanker truck. Contents, only.

That'd be a first.

Trump needs to break with Musk before Musk breaks Trump.
I suggest Trump's day one activities include arresting Musk for seditious activities. It's more important for him to neuter Musk than anything else on his agenda right now, and Musk has had a lot of meetings with foreign leaders that could be used to charge him with conveying defense information to them.
It might be a railroad job, but that's what Trump is all about. False charges, shame trial, and long prison sentence is just what Trump needs to do to block Musk's takeover of the US government.
Anyone who thinks that Musk is a serious threat just needs to listen to what Musk is saying. He's talking like he already runs the show.

Does he have the goods on him, like Putin does?

He who has the gold makes the rules.

they seem to have lost confidence in j d vance and sent musk to keep an eye n their investments.

If/when the McFelon shuffles off this mortal coil, Vance won't be able to keep the scam going. He lacks Trump's salesmanship & ability to sway the masses.

which is to say a not very well behaved human overall and an octogenarian autocrat who is basically a poorly behaved 8 year old boy which is to say even worse...

I don't know exactly what kind of boy rfk jr is but he's one too