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riversedge

(73,728 posts)
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 05:58 PM Dec 19

Trump Is Pretty Defensive About 'President Elon Musk' Jabs ....




Trump Is Pretty Defensive About ‘President Elon Musk’ Jabs

te he. Trumpy's ego hit again!!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-pretty-defensive-about-president-elon-musk-jabs/?via=desktop&source=1
Trump Is Pretty Defensive About ‘President Elon Musk’ Jabs
P***ING CONTEST
Liam Archacki

Breaking News Intern
Published 12.19.24 5:38PM EST
Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Donald Trump is firing back after some Democratic lawmakers alleged that “President Elon Musk” was the one responsible for killing a bipartisan spending bill. Musk had aggressively campaigned against the stop-gap compromise in a slew of Wednesday X posts beginning as early as 4 a.m., but Trump, who made his opposition known around 12 hours later, is claiming victory after the bill failed to pass. “As soon as President Trump released his official stance on the CR [continuing resolution], Republicans on Capitol Hill echoed his point of view. President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. Full stop,” his spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to The Hill. After support for the bill fell apart, Democratic lawmakers took it as a chance to question Trump’s hold over his party. Some argued that the world’s richest man, whom Trump has tapped to head his thus-unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, was the one who actually turned the tides against the bill. Now, as the government now faces the impending threat of a shutdown, Trump has pitched a new spending resolution that he is urging Congress to pass. twitter via @thedailybeast
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Trump Is Pretty Defensive About 'President Elon Musk' Jabs .... (Original Post) riversedge Dec 19 OP
Musk feels that he has bought his way into the WH. keithbvadu2 Dec 19 #1
Members of Congress are calling Musk President and many online media are allegorical oracle Dec 19 #2
Thats why I've been using the #PresidentMusk tag to social media posts Callie1979 Dec 19 #3
If Trump is "the leader, full stop" then why misanthrope Dec 19 #4
I'm going to write to Musk at MaraLago spapeggy Dec 19 #5
I'm not convinced that Trump gives a shit about symbolic insults Prairie Gates Dec 19 #6
trump is going to get mad at these cartoons and jokes LetMyPeopleVote Dec 19 #7
The last thing this country needs is a President that can be baited by a Tweet. Midnight Writer Dec 19 #8
Master and servant. LetMyPeopleVote Dec 19 #9

allegorical oracle

(3,613 posts)
2. Members of Congress are calling Musk President and many online media are
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 06:16 PM
Dec 19

emphasizing Musk's influence on the HIll. The meme is catching on.

Callie1979

(405 posts)
3. Thats why I've been using the #PresidentMusk tag to social media posts
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 06:16 PM
Dec 19

and telling my friends to do the same. Maybe it'll spread & we all KNOW how much he hates anyone else getting the attention much less the CREDIT

misanthrope

(8,312 posts)
4. If Trump is "the leader, full stop" then why
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 06:24 PM
Dec 19

was Musk's threat to Congress that they would face his revenge, not Trump's? Musk said that "he" would "primary" every last one of them. He didn't say Trump would harm them, Musk said that he himself would. That makes it obvious he sees himself as the one with the power.

Midnight Writer

(23,247 posts)
8. The last thing this country needs is a President that can be baited by a Tweet.
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 06:52 PM
Dec 19

Paraphrasing a very smart, capable woman who could have saved us all from this mess.

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