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How long can the appalling Musk-Trump bromance go on?
Guardian ^

Posted on 01/31/2025 7:14:59 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET

Should the bromance come apart, it is likely do so with a bang heard. To say the relationship is symbiotic is an understatement. Trump has the political power; Musk has endless money.“

It’s clear that (Musk) has abused his proximity to the president,” one Trump ally told Politico. “The problem is the president doesn’t have any leverage over him.”

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Been on the back of my mind. 2 headstrong alpha males.

The good news is Elon cannot be POTUS but there's nothing to stop him from taking his show to the UK after his work is done on July 4 next year. Both men have an incentive to be joined at the hip for the time being.

At some point Trump is gonna have to kill Elon's golden goose-electric cars. Not kill but get rid of the subsidies. So tell me: how do you see this playing out?

1 posted on 01/31/2025 7:14:59 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

UK has bigger problems tha the US. He could run for the top job over there-something about being in the commonwealth.


2 posted on 01/31/2025 7:16:13 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Musk seems to be wearing on Trump, because his White House coordinator did not allow Musk to have an office near the Oval Office.

I hope Musk can reset himself and get to work. There is so much potential good that he can do if can get his impulses under control.


3 posted on 01/31/2025 7:17:12 AM PST by Jonty30 (If you ate your twin in the womb, your pronouns should be we/us.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Too comical! And Musk – with his Nazi salutes and his destructive streak (witness what he did to Twitter) – is ruthless.
4 posted on 01/31/2025 7:17:16 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

It’s clear that (Musk) has abused his proximity to the president,” one Trump ally told Politico.


when I reader that my eyes go to ONE TRUMP “ALLY”

and that says fake news and you got on the boat.


5 posted on 01/31/2025 7:19:22 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

It would be a great time to sell a big chunk of the Tesla Company.


6 posted on 01/31/2025 7:19:59 AM PST by Eli Kopter (Gentle elves set light to lead the Faroes on the starry way from age to age - U. of Faroe Islands)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Trump is going to realize that Musk is not there to help him or the people as he claims. No matter what he says... In the end Musk is only loyal to Musk... He only pursues what will benefit himself.


7 posted on 01/31/2025 7:22:09 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Total BS.

Simple question. Either they go on record with named sourced or it just make believe.

Either the source is lying, the source doesn’t know what it talking about, or the source doesn’t exist and is simply made up.

We seen stories in the dinosaur media where they simple made up the source. So unless we have an on the record source that can be cross checked and verified, all such “news” stories should be assumed to be political propaganda just like campaign ads


8 posted on 01/31/2025 7:22:30 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: Jonty30

I hope Musk can reset himself and get to work. There is so much potential good that he can do if can get his impulses under control.q


I would suggest the problem is fake news and the people who believe it.


9 posted on 01/31/2025 7:22:52 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Elon needs a choke chain leash and a custom fitted muzzle.
He’s starting to make public statements that could be heard as policy decisions.
Earlier this week, Elon “demanded” that America’s Lousiest Mayor, Mayor Bass of LA, resign or be recalled due to her failures connected to that inferno.
While I agree with Elon on this point, it is not his place to make such statements that the president may now need to react to. Stay in your lane, Elon.


10 posted on 01/31/2025 7:25:15 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Jonty30

That’s not true.


11 posted on 01/31/2025 7:25:52 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: PeterPrinciple

A bit of both, I think.

It’s factual that Musk bought a house almost next door to Trump and it’s also a fact that the White House coordinator gave him an office in a distant wing to the Oval Office.

I understand the media is trying to drive division and Trump is mature enough and has been around people long enough to handle somebody like Musk, who tends towards the obsessive.


12 posted on 01/31/2025 7:25:52 AM PST by Jonty30 (If you ate your twin in the womb, your pronouns should be we/us.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

How long can the appalling leftist propaganda go on?


13 posted on 01/31/2025 7:27:24 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
At some point Trump is gonna have to kill Elon's golden goose-electric cars. Not kill but get rid of the subsidies. So tell me: how do you see this playing out?

Musk has already said he favored dumping the subsidies, though he wants tariffs on the Chicoms BYD EVs etc. He is dominant in the U.S. and the relaxing of CAFE standards means that Tesla can continue to own the U.S. EV segment while the GM/Ford go with ICE/hybrid light trucks. He can pivit on this stuff.
14 posted on 01/31/2025 7:28:51 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Aah, POOR LEFT WING RAG IS WORRIED !!!


15 posted on 01/31/2025 7:29:22 AM PST by Pearfect (Ou can't beat the competition lock-e )
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To: dynoman

I hope it’s not true. I understand the office he got is actually quite nice. I’d rather be wrong than right, because when I’m right on these things then bad things happen.


16 posted on 01/31/2025 7:29:45 AM PST by Jonty30 (If you ate your twin in the womb, your pronouns should be we/us.)
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To: MNJohnnie

*Either they go on record with named sourced or it just make believe.*
It’s the Guardian-strictly the truth-lol.

Think foreign policy & strategy.
Let’s say this really works out over the next year. Trump’s point man in Calif., Rick Grenell capitalizes over all the state’s screwups and the voters give him a chance to throw out the rats. Elon moves to England and sets up his political empire-he’s still young.

By then Little Marco will be on his way to being the Emperor of Latin America.


17 posted on 01/31/2025 7:30:04 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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How long can Democrat Joe Biden be a weirdo? THAT'S the question that should be asked

How much can Democrat Nancy Pelosi drink?

How much can Democrat KJP lie before her pants explode with Fire?

One of the funniest and yet scariest moments at the White House

In 2022, The Easter Bunny has to grab Democrat Joe Biden TWICE and
THEN frantically waves its arms to get Biden's attention



18 posted on 01/31/2025 7:31:01 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Openurmind
No matter what he says... In the end Musk is only loyal to Musk... He only pursues what will benefit himself.

Elon Musk: Cellular Starlink Will Offer Free Emergency Service to All Phones

“By their deeds you will know them” - Jesus

19 posted on 01/31/2025 7:31:08 AM PST by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I think they’ll wander off into the desert, together, like Bogart and Rains in Casablanca.

The use of the made-up word, “bromance”, is juvenile, too.


20 posted on 01/31/2025 7:31:13 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty ( )
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