By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-19 19:19:47 | Updated at 2024-12-28 01:32:36
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Musk Posted. Republicans Listened.
The Atlantic ^ | 12/19/24 | Russell Berman
Posted on 12/19/2024 9:55:34 AM PST by DallasBiff
Elon Musk was born a South African, so he’s ineligible to serve as either president or vice president of the United States. But he is swiftly showing, by dint of his enormous wealth and growing influence with the person Americans actually elected as president, that neither of those titles are necessary to dominate Washington.
Over the course of a few hours yesterday, Musk may have singlehandedly tanked a carefully negotiated bipartisan compromise to fund the government for the next three months and provide billions of dollars in aid for disaster relief and farmers. The deal was the work of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who, like Musk, is (er, has been) a close ally of President-Elect Donald Trump. To secure support from Democrats—who still hold the Senate for another few weeks—Johnson agreed to add a host of unrelated provisions, including a long-sought but politically dicey pay raise for lawmakers.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: mds; musk; obama; russellberman; tds; theatlantic; trump
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It's funny, all the sudden the radical liberal democrat media says Elon can't be elected president, but were silent when there were questions about Obama's birth place.
1 posted on 12/19/2024 9:55:34 AM PST by DallasBiff
To: DallasBiff
And didn’t you know the massive government spending bill was all about helping farmers?
2 posted on 12/19/2024 9:58:17 AM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
To: DallasBiff
Leave it to the Atlantic to even get the first sentence wrong.
(Although I admit to holding a minority view here, but it’s true. History is replete with non NBC presidents.)
3 posted on 12/19/2024 9:59:50 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)
To: DallasBiff
Except that Musk without the support of millions of Americans would be far, far less influential. Musk is merely a conduit of information to the masses and the masses are simply fed up with the in-your-face corruption of DC. That’s the “power” that is deliberately ommited in this screed.
4 posted on 12/19/2024 10:04:30 AM PST by Obadiah
To: DallasBiff
Elon Musk could very easily test those waters and when the argument presents itself, sue for discovery of Obama’s original birth certificate. Obama’s grandma was in Kenya when he was born there and she was proud to admit seeing her gay baby grandson.
5 posted on 12/19/2024 10:04:57 AM PST by Racketeer
To: DallasBiff
Dems and their media) have received their meme marching orders: Musk is running the Trump administration. Trump is to weak to stop him, blah blah blah, etc.
It's funny to read their posts on X. They look and sound so deranged...
6 posted on 12/19/2024 10:08:15 AM PST by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
To: DallasBiff
Notice how the Atlantic’s take is “Not funding farmers and disaster relief “ while ignoring the attack on free speech, the porkulus inserted into a bill that still spends more than we have?
7 posted on 12/19/2024 10:14:40 AM PST by lucky american (Had enough yet?)
To: DallasBiff
I have noticed a trend. Mark my words.
The narrative of the coming Trump administration will be Musk is actually President dictating policy, not Trump.
To: DallasBiff
9 posted on 12/19/2024 10:18:56 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
To: DallasBiff
The line item veto would be a step in the right direction. When a bill that is pork laden arrives at the president‘s desk, he could just delete the pork and approve the rest.
All bills should be evaluated by this standard: does it help, or does it do harm? Followed by who does it help and who does it harm?
10 posted on 12/19/2024 10:21:07 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
To: DallasBiff
Presidents have had “Special Advisors” since at least FDR. The DC clown show said not a word about it. This is garbage from clowns more interested in regaining political power then doing the will of the US Voters.
11 posted on 12/19/2024 10:22:04 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
To: DallasBiff
Most Americans are cheering Musk on.
12 posted on 12/19/2024 10:31:56 AM PST by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
To: lucky american
Notice how the Atlantic’s take is “Not funding farmers and disaster relief.."
Bingo! No one objects to such a provision. However, the other 1500 pages of bloat and pork and castration of
Republican goals is what needs to be addressed.
Musk is right in pointing out that giving the Democrat/Communist Party everything it wants is not the desired
result of 'negotiation.'
13 posted on 12/19/2024 10:40:59 AM PST by Thommas (The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
14 posted on 12/19/2024 10:52:09 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: yesthatjallen
The left like to make the rules and then howl when folks don’t follow their rules.
One key trick to defeating them is to make our own rules and ignore theirs.
Anything that disrupts the Deep State and the Uniparty is a good thing.
Musk is today’s shiny object.
Wait until the mass deportations of illegal aliens start.
The left will have a new shiny object.
15 posted on 12/19/2024 10:53:27 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
To: marktwain
Most Americans are cheering Musk on.
If there was any question before, Elon Musk is certainly now the most influential "influencer" in America. Probably in the world. He is having a huge impact on the course of America and the world.
16 posted on 12/19/2024 10:53:37 AM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
To: DallasBiff
Trump introduced himself in 2016 as “counter puncher”.
Musk, however, likes to throw the first punch.
I’d say what we have here is a pretty formidable dynamic duo.
17 posted on 12/19/2024 10:57:06 AM PST by Biblebelter
To: yesthatjallen
Well, it’s not the first time the ‘President’ was born in Africa. . . (evil grin)
18 posted on 12/19/2024 10:58:32 AM PST by Salgak (This is a Triumph. I'm making a note here, Huge Success! It's hard to overstate, my satisfaction. )
To: DallasBiff
Musk is just saying what 77 million voters voted for
if he goes against MAGA
that would be news
19 posted on 12/19/2024 11:04:31 AM PST by joshua c
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