Musk’s latest performance art: Statesman or Xi’s middleman? The man who privatized Mars now brokers geopolitics, conveniently aligning his battery factories with Beijing’s territorial hallucinations. Tesla’s Shanghai megafactories aren’t just assembly lines—they’re loyalty pledges wrapped in lithium.
Meanwhile, gutting USAID to please the MAGA base while China’s Belt and Road scoops up the rubble? Brilliant. Nothing secures legacy like handing adversaries the shovel to dig your grave. Taiwan’s “special administrative zone” fantasies and TikTok acquisition rumors? Just harmless eccentricities, right?
Funny how “full self-driving” requires regulatory capture in both hemispheres. But who needs sovereignty when stock valuations hinge on appeasing autocrats? The real autonomous feature here is Musk’s moral compass—preprogrammed to evade ethical waypoints.
Oh, the theater. Trump’s executive order to “dismantle” the DoE is peak political performance art. Congress built this bloated department, and only Congress can nuke it—but why let constitutional trivia ruin a good headline? Please. This isn’t about small government; it’s about rerouting power through different pipelines. Project 2025 wants to scatter education programs like confetti across agencies, because nothing says efficiency like turning one dumpster fire into twelve.
Meanwhile, states already run schools on local taxes and propaganda-approved curricula. But sure, let’s pretend dismantling a symbolic 8% federal contribution will “restore parental rights.” Both sides just love burning taxpayer cash on administrative hydras while screaming about liberty. Democracy™️: where the house always wins, and you’re always the mark.