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Elon Musk Declares Himself President, Shuts Down Government

prospect.org Elon Musk Declares Himself President, Shuts Down Government

And Donald Trump, for now, is fine with it.

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Keep focusing on Musk.

Trump will lose his shit that he's not the one in the spot light.

Trump will throw him out.
- Musk is forgetting one of the most important rules of fascism. You can't become god emperor while the previous god emperor is still alive.
  
  You can’t become god emperor while the previous god emperor is still alive.
  
  Musk easily has enough money to make that happen.
- If we're very lucky they'll destroy each other.
  
  What is it about this timeline that makes you think we're lucky?
Biden still being the actual president during this is entirely lost.
- For real, Biden should tell him to sit down Young Muskifucker. But he's probably just gonna let it slide as a sneak preview.
  
  Biden is the oligarchies old guy. He ain't gonna do shit, just like he hasn't done shit as fascism seized power. Trump/MAGA/Musk is the oligarchies NEW guy. The oligarchy IS fascism.
  
  Or, an official act blue shell
- I know, right?
We are literally living in some dystopian film. Xelon is the evil that we all need to defeat.
- We need a better nickname than Xelon. He needs to be referred to as setting way dumber than that
  
  I just call him "Schmuck".
  
  He has an obsession with the letter "X", so that's why I started calling him Xelon. It's Xelon Xusk if we're being formal. We need to Space X him out to Mars as soon as possible.
Oh no, this isn’t the onion community.
The general media narrative: the qons all voted for "populism", because of "economic anxiety".

Meanwhile, we are watching two billionaires having a hissy over who's going to be the boss in January....Clearly, these two have the concerns of the "forgotten man" foremost in their thoughts and actions.... 🙄
Any normal President wouldn't threaten Congress in this way. He's acting as Supreme Ruler right now.
Read the article, that title is shit and neither of those things happened. He just posted on twitter a lot.
- The title means that Musk acted as if he's the president and dictated to Republicans to not pass the legislation that needs to pass. It doesn't mean he literally declared himself president. That would be stupid.
  
  I'll be honest, I was not gonna be surprised if he had done that.
- Well yeah. I don't think they were trying to be too serious with this one.
- If conservatives can write sensationalist titles....
  
  love and war, etc.
Okay the madnes of Trump's second term will cause untold suffering, but it sure will be interesting to watch.
- "I might get murdered in my sleep for being queer or hunted down and jailed for my political beliefs, but at least I'll be entertained!"
  
  Nobody can stop this train. You may as well learn to laugh at the absurdity of it all.
  
  I literally changed my voter registration because this election made me remember my address and party affiliation are public record in my state.
President Musk must have great leverage over office assistant Trump to last this long.
Being reported as Onion-level satire, however (despite the click-bait headline), American Prospect has a solid history and track record.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-american-prospect/
- Failed Fact Checks
  
  None in the Last 5 years
  
  I want to marry this rag.
The article doesn't show any evidence of Musk 'declaring himself President', and he didn't (and can't) shut down the government either.

What the fuck is this headline?
- He convinced Trump to stop it while also threatening GOP lawmakers with primary money if they supported the original bill.
  
  Musk directly caused this more than any one other person.
  
  Did Musk declare himself President? No. Did he shut down the government? No.
  
  If I convinced my friend to ask that girl out he's interested in, would it be accurate to say I asked her out? Also no.
  
  My statement stands. The headline is bullshit, ragebait bullshit I might add.
Ah so he wants AnCap

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