Summary

Musk is trying to backtrack on his previous demands to shut down the government.

Elon Musk initially supported a government shutdown, criticizing Republicans who backed a continuing resolution and calling for no new bills until Donald Trump retakes office.

His posts on X encouraged GOP hardliners and contributed to chaos in Congress.

After a bipartisan spending bill failed to pass, Musk blamed Democrats, ignoring that 38 Republicans also voted against it.

Facing backlash for his earlier remarks, Musk is now deflecting responsibility as House Speaker Mike Johnson struggles to avoid a shutdown.

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    I mean, I wonder if dipshit really did think he had a clue at some point? I think imposter syndrome really SHOULD be a thing with more people, especially this motherfucker right here.

    Also - I just realized The Circus was cancelled. That seems awfully convenient. I’m supposing that Showtime is also another “liberal” outlet just chock full of “liberals”…

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    11 hours ago

    No he fucking doesn’t. He thinks he can do anything. Remorse is not a part of him. If he has any self-perception, he’s primarily using it to figure out the best way to manipulate as many people as possible in the most efficient way.

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    I wonder if Trump will scapegoat Elon for this and fire him before taking office to prove that he works alone.

    Firing Elon would deflate Musk’s stocks and net worth, maybe even knock him off the richest man slot. A lot of that wealth is speculative gains priced into the market under the assumption that Musk will be very influential in Trump 47, and that he will use that position to benefit his businesses.

    Trump wants to send the message that he, as president of the united states, has the power to dethrone the world’s richest man with a simple “you’re fired”. Trump wants to make sure that the world knows that he rules alone, and that he has more power than money can buy.

    Trump doesn’t need to get reelected again. He doesn’t need Elon manipulating the twitter algo anymore. Donny already won and got everything he wanted from Elon (assumption). Why should he keep playing with Musk if he’s just going to keep getting tied up in all this stupid drama?

    Seems very Trump-like to knock him down a peg for his hubris and let him come crawling back in a year or two. I think most of the world agrees that someone needs to do something about Musk’s ego. It would probably give him a popularity boost to start his new term.

    disclaimer: this is a prediction, not a recommendation or an approval of these tactics.

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      13 hours ago

      Hundred per cent, Donny is using Elon and will throw him under the bus at the first chance. You know what looks worse than a normal loser? A billionaire loser

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        using Elon and will throw him under the bus at the first chance

        I think you’re giving him far too much credit. Elon is there because DT lacks object permanence. Once elon dissapears for 10 minutes, or DT sees some advantage to throwing him under the bus, he’ll be gone. He doesn’t have the mental capacity to use someone, he’s like 2yo playing in the living room with toys.

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      11 hours ago

      i selfishly approve and with limited cognition recommend these tactics

      trump and elon are the two biggest divas on the planet and i hope the inevitable fallout between them hurts as many rich people (emotionally) as much as possible

      too much fucking pride in this country. be ashamed for once, fuckers.

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    Oh I can’t wait until we start seeing all of the Trump vs. Musk headlines. It’ll be catastrophically epic.

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      No trouble at all! Marco does a fantastic job and powders it with lambswool afterwards.

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    Republicans: Have a majority in the House

    House spending bill: Fails to pass

    How could Democrats do this??

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      See I’m not saying nothing horrible is gonna happen.

      I just saying Im not as scared as the doomers.

      They’re all so fucking hungry for power they’re gonna eat each other before we have to worry about eating the rich.

      Fingers crossed.

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        Musk has been positioning himself pretty well to be a single big bad. I’m hoping he can cause enough fracturing and dysfunction to kill Project 2025

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          He is an insufferable weakling who is probably gonna be a focal point of hate within the Republican party. Also he is a South African, regardless of all other factors he is a foreigner and I hope he gets the Mick treatment.

          I hate Musk far more than I hate bigotry, I encourage open bigotry and racism against the rich. At least then its useful.

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    Guarantee he hasn’t realized shit. In his mind, it was the best idea in the world when he had it, and now it’s the best idea in the world to walk it back. He’s so brilliant, he was right twice about the same thing.

    Whoever wrote this headline hasn’t met a true narcissist.

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      Not only that but he tweeted something around 100 times that day. Someone got their “special medicine” and went on a bender confident they knew everything. And now they’ve come down and they’re confident they still do but can’t admit they were off their gourd for a day. Like a typical narcissist yes.

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        If that’s true and he’s not a full-blown sociopath with resistance to the impact of his actions, we just have to wait is for him to need to dose up so high he never leaves his k-hole and we can get back to never talking about him ever again.

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          You basically have to deliberately try to OD on ketamine, and even then you’re unlikely to be successful if you’re snorting it, easier if you’re injecting it. It was created to be a safer alternative to morphine

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          It’s pretty hard to OD on K, if not impossible in most cases. So not likely. I share your desire to stop hearing about this asshole though.

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      He’s 2 steps ahead and we’re just tripping over each other while wallowing through his feces trying to compete up

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    This is already starting out so well and they haven’t even taken office. Have they started construction on the ceiling cutouts Elon will need to marionette the orange genius around with?

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    Trump is going to realize very quickly that musk is a massive liability and, worse than that is his mind, wants to run the show himself.

    The fallout between the two of them will be fun to watch. I predict musk will find out very quickly that “his” people on Twitter are actually Trump people.