The Daily Populous Friday December 20th, 2024 night edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by indig0sixalpha

Musk has been threatening Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, about the spending bill, even as the prospect of a government shutdown looms. “Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!” the SpaceX CEO and Department of Government Efficiency co-lead posted on Wednesday.

“It’s not Donald Trump asking for this, it’s very clearly President Elon Musk asking for this,” Representative Dan Goldman said Wednesday on The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell. “The fact that Donald Trump has been completely AWOL during these negotiations to the point where only after Elon Musk publicly tweets about his displeasure about this budget deal, all of a sudden, Donald Trump, chief of staff to Elon Musk, comes trotting in and blows up the deal.”

There’s no telling just yet how much of a rift this has caused between the two men, as Musk seems to be a long-term fixture in Trump’s inner circle. But if this kind of public one-upping continues, who knows how long this bromance will last.

Either_Bed_9262 on December 19th, 2024 at 20:40 UTC »

People need to keep up with the "President Musk" talk. It sounds like such a petulant idea, but we're talking about a narcissist who was most triggered during the debates by the suggestion that his rallies are boring. He can't handle being slighted. And notice, Musk hasn't pushed back on the claims. He also has a massive ego, and he's loving the attention.

Eventually, they're going to clash. We might as well speed up the process.

Purple_Bit_2975 on December 19th, 2024 at 20:32 UTC »

Trump is a PINO. President in name only.

Edit: if you like it, start using it. Normalize it.

TheParadoxigm on December 19th, 2024 at 20:17 UTC »

Good. Let's lean into it.