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[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 169 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oooooooo, President Elon is gonna be pissed at poor man Trump and cut off his funding.

Trump better shape up and kiss the ring.

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, how dare Trump talk to his superior, Elon Musk, like that?? It’s unconscionable!

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 114 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I predicted this a while back: Having two thin-skinned megalomaniacs working together never works out in the long run. Trump and Elon are both too dysfunctional even to be able to work individually with patient people without it going off the rails. Having them working together with each other is doomed to explosive failure eventually.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 63 points 2 weeks ago

The funny part is Trump doesn't even take office for another month, the relationship might fall apart before he's even inaugurated and actually in power, let alone lasting "long term".

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

Did someone say murder-suicide?

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yessssss poke the thin skinned bears... Have them tear each other apart

[–] vaultdweller013 10 points 2 weeks ago

Can we not insult bears with this comparison, even the weakest, dumbest, most cowardly bear is still leagues better than them. Except Koala but they arent even real bears so fuck em, Nazi punks of the bear world.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 77 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It would be helpful to constantly remind Donnie that Musk is about 100 times richer than him, too.

[–] Kecessa 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably more considering that Trump's wealth is based on lies

[–] msage@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And Musk's isn't?

The whole Tesla bubble is all lies all the way. I don't follow other companies, but I would expect it to be the same.

[–] Kecessa 5 points 2 weeks ago

His is stock valuation, Trump's is home made real estate valuation.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 57 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So we really did get our second African American President.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 17 points 2 weeks ago

First illegal immigrant President, too.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

wHeRe'S tHe BiRtH cERtIfIcAtE

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Something wrong with your eyes, Bizzle? It's right here. *hands over a fat wad of cash*

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 55 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like he might be easy to manipulate by the media.

Did you hear that Trump is just following orders from the religious right, that Christian nationalists are the true president? All his anti abortion and anti socialism stuff is just following orders from his master.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did it stop being president Putin, or is Trump just getting spitroasted by both of them simultaneously?

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would like to return one mental image please

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[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 49 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why are they calling journalists? I thought all the news was fake.

Yeah, I thought journalist always called him. Him being a "ratings machine" and all.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This dude is so fucking easy to manipulate.

Really, the exact trait that I want in a leader 🙄

[–] clashorcrashman@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If he's so easy to manipulate, then why don't you do it?

No seriously please, help us.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Its the ones comfortable with manipulating people that are precisely what we do not want help from

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago

I would think Trump pretending to be fabulously wealthy but being exposed as a populist grifter, and Elon being the richest guy in the world, would hang in the air like Trump's stench.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I predict this will be an ongoing but toxic thing, like a really bad relationship between two people who just won’t break up.

They’ve essentially married themselves to each others’ power… But also, they literally need entire media platforms to stroke their egos.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Now would be a good time for a reminder that there is no such thing as a moral billionaire. Scientifically, sane people retire to lives of luxury with their families long before they reach that level of wealth. The only reason to seek such wealth is out of a sick desire to control other human beings. Religiously, scripture says that there are no wealthy people in paradise. In the end, they all burn. Scientifically or religiously, you do not become a billionaire unless there is something broken in your soul.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 7 points 2 weeks ago

That's why it says the oft misquoted "the love of money is the heart of all evil." That "love" is the key part of that equation.

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[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What, junior assistent deputy backup "president" Donald Trump is furious that President Elon Musk outranks him and gives him orders? He cannot be mad at President Elon Musk, President Elon Musk could order a nuclear strike on his house, does lowly Donald Trump not know that? He should thank his President Elon Musk for bringing him with him to the white house, Elon Musk's new residence!

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, yes! I knew it would work. Seems like pretty much everybody got the same idea at the same time and it's working a treat. If you can't defeat your enemies, turn them against each other!

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Actually was more so dems understanding the situation were in

The “President Musk” messaging is by design, at least partially. This week, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter and another person briefed on it, at senior levels of different Democratic congressional offices, and also within the Democratic National Committee, discussions have been had about having party leaders and elected officials actively portray Musk as effectively Trump’s boss, and to do so during television appearances that the president-elect is likely to see. The idea is that it’s a cost-free opportunity to potentially drive a petty wedge between the notably mercurial and ego-obsessed Trump and his similarly emotive pal Musk, and to sow some chaos in the upper ranks of the Republican Party.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/president-musk-dems-troll-trump-elon-1235211922/

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did the DNC just have a competent plan to attack the GOP?

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 16 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I had this discussion with people IRL recently, wondering who the real power behind the throne was, because when they let him do interviews on his own, it's clear the orange figurehead is too far gone with dementia to be this organized and focused on the transition. I hope that the real power behind the throne is Leon, because he's so stupid. Dangerous, yes, but not as insidiously dangerous as somebody smart.

In any case, I want this to be true. It's exactly what I would've predicted, so I'll keep calling him President Musk.

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[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Except Joe Biden is president of the United States…

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

President-elect Musk it is then

[–] No1@aussie.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"I AM SPARTACUS!".
"NO YOU ARE NOT! I AM SPARTACUS!".
"NUH-UH!" "AM SO!"

"Bruh, what are these dorks going on about? Pass me another brew and fire up that J."

[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

So which one gets into a horrible accident /assassination?

Either one has the willingness and lack of foresight to take out the other

Guess the journalists will answer " Weird Flex, but OK"

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He sucked at running twitter, but he's the GOAT at running the Whites Only House. Three cheers for President Musk

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hopefully will kick out the orange man, then

[–] caboose2006@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good..I hope they tear each other to pieces.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

maybe we'll be lucky and they'll be too busy tearing each other apart that they won't have time to tear this country apart.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Hear me out: put them in a ring and let the gladiator games begin. Let the ego flow. It's best for all of us.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago

The narcissists are fiiiightiiiiing!

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

"I am an alpha male."

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Nooo fuckin way I’m doing the Abramson thing again

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