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Trump’s niece says Musk now ‘owns’ ex-president: ‘He’s always been up for sale’
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Has musk even paid anything?
There was that time he said he'd donate to a pac, and then didn't.
Is this just because he owns Twitter and has a bunch of the same followers as trump? If so, does trump really think people would pick musk over him?
Genuinely this dynamic is really confusing to me.
I guess the only explanation I can think of is that Trump was always a stooge for the billionaires, and Elon has appointed himself their representative
You have forgotten about the currency that Trump usually deals in, something called "quid pro quo."
Sure, but what's the quid?
Genuinely, they don't really seem to have much in common beyond being ideologically fascist, and if that's what it is, that's what should be discussed
There's actually quite a lot that's blatantly out in the open right now. Here's Trump virtually saying outright that he trades government positions for political support.
That's just what the public knows. There's surely a lot more sinister quid pro quo behind the scenes.