Elon Musk Is Pissing Off Everyone on Trump’s Team
newrepublic.com
“He wants to be seen as having say in everything (even if he doesn’t),” one person in Trump’s orbit said.

Summary

“He wants to be seen as having say in everything (even if he doesn’t),” one person in Trump’s orbit said.

Elon Musk’s growing influence in Donald Trump’s orbit is reportedly irritating members of the former president’s inner circle.

Since his efforts helped secure Trump’s reelection, Musk has been highly visible at Mar-a-Lago, taking credit for Trump’s victory and acting as if he’s a “co-president.”

Musk has joined key diplomatic calls and even attempted to broker peace with Iran.

Despite his appointment to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, some close to Trump feel Musk’s overreach and need for attention may jeopardize his position, as Trump dislikes sharing the spotlight.

  • Kite@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Even ignoring the fact that he’s a billionaire and that’s what got him where he is, Musk’s personality seems to be such that he is innately annoying as fuck. He’ll always have yes-men around him because of his money, but I do wonder just how long everyone else in his current political circle are going to tolerate him. I’m hoping he’ll be his own annoying downfall.

  • EnderMB@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I had predicted this a while back, in that enabling Trump meant victory for the GOP, but the total erosion of Conservative values. This is clear in that any career politician will likely cede power to a bunch of nutjobs or meme lords with money.

    They can either shut up and let Trump do his thing (lol), or they can dig their heels in and fight his decisions from within, grinding government to a halt (also lol). Either way, it’s a win for most, because in the long term the right will bail after Trump and leave a party so weak that it probably won’t be able to fight off the memory of Trump. He’ll never endorse a candidate that’s not himself, especially if the GOP blocks him. His rabid fan base will either die out, or go third-party because the GOP is “too woke” or something.

    • a9cx34udP4ZZ0@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      because in the long term the right will bail after Trump and leave a party so weak that it probably won’t be able to fight off the memory of Trump

      Look at this optimist still assuming there’s going to be another election and that a republican party actually matters. The supreme court has already ruled he can’t be held liable for anything he does while president if it’s an “official act” - if you think he won’t try “officially” ending the public choosing the next president, you might be in for a rude awakening.

      • EnderMB@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        A lot of people favour less government intervention, fiscal responsibility, stronger laws, and strength in the free market. IMO at a base level this isn’t an inherently evil thing to believe/want.

        Obviously, most politicians don’t represent this, but for those that do they find the current party doesn’t represent them. Eight years of Trump is probably enough to destroy many careers.

  • cmhe@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Trumps administration will likely start out with a lot of power hungry egomaniac freaks, and then with its very high turnover, trump loyalists will be filtered through, like they did in their first term.

    Competence doesn’t really matter.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      I hope he pisses them off so much Trump strips him of his wealth… then maybe other rich people would see why this future is going to suck.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Hey, yeah. Trump is a vindictive shit against people he perceives as disloyal. Watch what happens to Mike Pence after the inauguration to see a preview of how badly Republicans are going to eat their own. Hopefully very badly.

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I really hope they throw him under the bus, and then later they can fire him and blame him for anything that goes wrong.

  • rational_lib@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Trump has promised a cabinet position to every insufferable asshole in the country who insists that everyone accept their own fringe views and talks over anyone who disagrees, while also knowing nothing about what they’re talking about. This is gonna be funny to watch, but painful to experience.

  • Zier@fedia.io
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    8 days ago

    The more he acts up, the quicker trump will dump his ass. Fat Donnie is the dictator and wants all the attention, other people taking that away get dumped, bigly!

    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      By Christmas the Department of Government Efficiency (they really should have used Excess for the E) will no longer be going to exist.

      • P1nkman@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        they really should have used Excess for the E

        Holy shit, you’re so right, it would’ve made so much more sense! But do you really think they know hard words like this? I’d be utterly flabbergasted if trump had used the word “holistic” in a sentence that would’ve made sense, but that won’t happen.

  • BassTurd@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I’m gonna call bullshit on this. For years now, I’ve been reading articles just like this one, and at the end of the day, nobody that could change anything did a fucking thing. It’s just posturing and means nothing.

    • FarFarAway@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Pre-covid Musk quit Trumps presidential councils over “withdrawal of the Paris climate accord.” If nothing else, theres a possibility, I guess…

    • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
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      8 days ago

      Everybody hated everybody and I didn’t like what Trump was doing, but I fucking did it anyway. Buy my book.

    • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      “nobody that could change anything did a fucking thing”

      Actually, things did happen. Many things happened. Your ignorance of them doesn’t mean they didn’t happen.

      In this case we have an incoming chaos presidency. Government by chaos doesn’t work well and tends to return to stasis not least because people tend to want to do their jobs. Musk will disappear onto his next ADHD and excessive wealth-fueled adventure, probably Vance will have Trump shuffled quietly to the side (or maybe out a window) and the infighting among cabinet members and political appointees will ensure that few of Trump’s “promises” are kept.

      There will be lots of damage, many people will suffer, and recovery will take a long time. But out of that things will change.

      • BassTurd@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        Yea, lots of things did happen, and most of them were bad. The people that I’m referring to that “could change” things are the republicans that could use their votes to stop tyranny, but none of them did.

        I hope that you’re correct that we will see change from this, but I don’t agree with you that Musk is going to fade into political irrelevance and that JD will sunset Trump.

  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    What, the autistic tech bro doesn’t fit in with the conservative old pedophile club?

    Just wait until one of their phones break or they need a printer set up, they’ll be begging him then.

    • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      That’s not fair. Musk is also a member of the conservative old pedophile club.

      Those kung fu lessons with ghislaine and the parties with Diddy must have had him buying a lot of horses for little girls.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Does he even know how to do that stuff? I got the impression he’s just a loudmouth dumbass who doesn’t know anything about anything. I know his fanbois think he’s some kind of UberEngineer, but…I have seen no evidence of that.