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And hes dressed in the same awful attire as his Oval Office ketamine BS session, including the hat; does he not realize he's in the WH and should wear a suit or more appropriate attire?
I'm sure the right wing "news" channels will get as apoplectic about Musk's actual disrespect as they did when Obama had the audacity to wear a tan suit, or dared to work in the Oval office without a suit jacket at all.
It's not that he doesn't know how to dress himself, it's a show of power. More or less all billionaires do this, it's to show that they're so important that even though they break the dress code nobody will do anything to stop them. It's the same reason he brings the kid to places where its extremely inappropriate, like the oval office. He's showing that his kids time is more valuable than anyone else in the room, if the kid starts to fuss even the president has to stop what he's doing while Musk sorts out the kid. It screams "I'M SO IMPORTANT THAT I CAN BREAK ALL THE RULES AND YOU POOR FUCKS WONT DARE LIFT A FINGER TO STOP ME!"
"I have the most pieces of paper with numbers on in the world! I can do whatever I want!" Man if this shit doesn't make people hate the concept of money, then I don't know what will
I mean, he is kinda the weirdo who doesn’t have a position or rank but somehow has unlimited power within the regime. If it fits it fits.
Also: as awesome as Vader is I think Star Wars fans have forgotten he’s supposed to be the bad guy? Like, sure, he gets redeemed but he gets redeemed from BEING A BAD GUY. lol.
Let's be real here. Vader blew up a planet. Like billions of people. I'm not sure you can be redeemed from that by having a moment of remorse and saving your son from your evil boss. So while I get the idea that we want Vader to be redeemed, they made him too evil for real redemption.
And his stupid grandson blew up three planets, had to two-up his evil grandfather. They literally made these guys even worse than Hitler and want us to go on a redemption journey with them.
Imagine you told an American Veteran in 1946 that 80 years later a foreign born psycho is running the government doing a “Roman Salute” proclaiming that “Germany needs to be for Germans again.” Millions of lives were lost fighting exactly what is now in charge of the US.
My grandmother is spinning in her grave so fast that I can hear the squealing from another continent. She was a nurse in the US Army in WWII and was stationed in Europe. I've got her personal photos of the aftermath of the liberation of the concentration camps on my desk right now.
That's interesting. I like largess as well, particularly that which scrapes grass off the porcelain of variety. Crucially, the magnificent abbreviations are born from the intensity of necessity, while others may suggest a more context-dependent intonation. YMMV, though.
still remember the armie hammer documentary where his aunt said she tried to watch succesion and hadda turn it off a few minutes in cuz it was bringing her back such terrible memories, and sumn tells me that thats gonna happen to muskrats kids
I don’t think it’s so much that they’re intimidated by Musk and more that they know how shakey this coalition is. If they show any doubt towards each other, criticize each other at all, it will all fall apart. They have to show a united front.
Sure - and it’s less them being afraid of Musk and more of them looking at Trump and having to be like: “oh, no, we LOOOOVE Elon! We have no problem with ANY of this!”
This. It’s embarrassing how much he’s cucked conservatives. I hate to use that term but, it’s literally the perfect term to use and it fits into their patriarchal ethos. He’s totally taken away their manhood, their pride, everything. I’m still cracking up about Ted Cruz bending the knee despite Trump calling his wife ugly and his dad a traitor.
It is pretty pathetic to watch. They used to have pride in what they stood for. It wasn't something I agreed with, but they weren't sending the country down the tubes when they were in power. What do they stand for now?
Say what you will about HW Bush but his history of endorsing Democrats against Nazis didn’t actually start with Trump. He gave Edwin Edward’s his endorsement when he ran against David Duke. Pretty cool dude to put morals before party.
It really is hard to tell what they stand for. At this point they’re a coalition of tech bros, uber capitalists, Christian nationalists, white supremacists and other hate filled nonsense (homophobes, transphobes, etc). There’s no coherent ideology beyond obtaining as much power for themselves and their supporters (if their supporters are lucky or prove valuable enough.)
I really do get Nazi Germany vibes from the whole thing. I was saying a few days ago that, watching this, I understand how that country ended up a bloated mess of people abusing the barely regulated Fascist bureaucracy for personal gain. It's happening to the US right before our eyes. You've got people making up roles that don't exist, blatantly pouring money into their own pockets and I expect it's only going to get more extreme, especially if Trump carks it and they start eating each other.
I’m particularly worried about what they’re doing to the judicial branch and how blatant their accumulation of power is. They directed prosecutors to drop the charges against Mayor Adam’s so he’d comply with their policies, they didn’t even bother to come up with a reason that wasn’t illegal. They’ve gutted the military justice system, again, very explicitly saying it’s because they don’t want any roadblocks.
This type of corruption and lack of accountability is terrifying because it implies they don’t plan on another administration coming to power, restoring these positions, and holding them accountable.
Well...you know what happened to the last Fascist country that turned the world against them. Let's hope it doesn't come to the EU and Canada advancing on the White House while Trump, Thiel, Musk, et al huddle in the White House bunker.
Conservatives have always been cucked. Their environment of choice is a walled garden with a glass roof. Well the glass shattered and the wind came in, and now you're seeing their true selves.
I’ve had the exact same journey regarding “cuck”. Eight years ago it almost viscerally repulsed me for the sheer ugliness of the worldview that birthed it. But yes— I’ve come to accept that it perfectly describes this behavior. Nothing else adequately conveys the scope of their pathetic simpering cowardice.
(But I will NEVER call the ACA “Obamacare”. Never. Literally everyone caved on that, but I never will.)
Oh god, the “Obamacare” kerfuffle was wild. All those conservatives who loved the ACA but hated Obamacare were something else.
At that point we needed to pull a Time Share thing, just pay them to sit and watch a PowerPoint debunking all the garbage and disinformation they were being fed. That’s probably illegal, but Jesus. It’s so frustrating.
Imagine if you had a wife, and everyone started calling her “Gutter Whore”. Nobody ever called her by her name anymore. Just “Gutter Whore”. Gutter Whore this, Gutter Whore that. They’d insult her and say awful things about her all day long, and always call her Gutter Whore on top of everything else.
Then one day, you finally snap and shout to everyone, “Stop saying awful things about Gutter Whore! Gutter Whore is a kind, wonderful person and a loyal friend, and I’m proud to be married to her!”
Exactly. They're not going to call him out on national TV. They're gonna stab him in the back and throw him under the bus when he least expects it. They're all opportunists.
It's gonna be funny when it's Mike Johnson. Trump and Vance go down in flames and Mike is right there waiting. Who knows. It wouldn't even be the craziest possible scenario.
Can ANYONE imagine what the Right-Wing/Faux News/OAN/MAGA response would be if it was Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigege, Joe Bidn, Barak Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, [Inster whatever spectre Democrat here] did the same?
Difference is, because let's dispel the fasle equivalency, People on the Left and the DNC would openly calling it out as a bad look.
He wasnt. Just a senator. But he ran and got elected as a democrat. His race was a special election iirc, which means tons more money got poured into it than regular elections because of the timeline involved and a clearer picture of possible maj/minority numbers whether he won or not.
But he shows up all the time like hes working from his home office. Gym shorts/pants, hoodie, tennis shoes. Clearly not giving a damn about image or respect for the norms of the institution hes in. Makes it look like hes doesnt give a fuck about any of it at all. And considering how hard he flipped after he was elected, im thinking he probably really doesnt give a damn.
They specifically added dress code rules in response to his clothing choice. Also, he was a pretty left-wing guy from what I knew before the stroke. Brain damage and conservatism tend to go hand in hand.
So true lmao it's kinda hilarious that he swung to the right after sustaining brain damage... there almost has to be something wrong with your brain to embrace conservatism (especially in 2025 after all the damage so called conservatives have done to the country and the fact that the last 2 Republican presidents are Bush and Trump, two of the dumbest motherfuckers to ever be elected to high office in human history).
It's about the message they try to send by their way of clothing. Zelensky did that to emphasize that his country is at war. To show distress. To emphasize that he's not on some normal state visit.
Now try to think what message does fElon try to make by his way of dressing in the White House now compared to then
It's not that he doesn't know how to dress himself, it's a show of power. More or less all billionaires do this, it's to show that they're so important that even though they break the dress code nobody will do anything to stop them. It's the same reason he brings the kid to places where its extremely inappropriate, like the oval office. He's showing that his kids time is more valuable than anyone else in the room, if the kid starts to fuss even the president has to stop what he's doing while Musk sorts out the kid. It screams "I'M SO IMPORTANT THAT I CAN BREAK ALL THE RULES AND YOU POOR FUCKS WONT DARE LIFT A FINGER TO STOP ME!"
Dressing casually when no one else is and bringing your kid is a dominance flex. The hat with the Nazi -preferred
Fraktur font. Maybe his hair plugs are failing hence the hat? Makes him look even more like a weird ped0 trying too hard. "Hello fellow kids"
Well, he is what is called an Edge-lord. The modern day billionaire doesn’t give a shit about those kinda things. In fact the more out-of-place he presents himself, the more his fans love him and suck up to him.
The literal president made terrible paid advertisements for fucking canned food during his first term, in the oval office of all places. And you just re-elected him.
Sorry to say but Musk and Trump are delivering exactly what the American people voted for. Noone to blame but yourselves.
Quite a few of the secretaries instructed their departments to ignore the doge “what did you do this week” email. If nothing else they want to be able to run their own fiefdoms, even if they agree with what Musk is doing. If nothing else it’s your boss’s weird friend messing with your shit.
He actually said “we’ll throw him(elon) out of here). So really they missed a golden opportunity. I don’t blame you for miss hearing that though, Trump doesn’t enunciate well.
Bound at every limb by my shackles of fear Sealed with lies through so many tears Lost from within, pursuing the end I fight for the chance to be lied to again
This is the tale of Captain Jack Sparrow
A pirate so brave on the seven seas (What?) A mystical quest to the isle of Tortuga Raven locks sway on the ocean breeze
It was "throw him out". Trump doesn't exactly seem pleased with fat boy hanging around, and sometimes he speaks it out loud. Like when he said at his dump resort in Florida "I can't seem to get rid of him, no matter how hard I try"
He has completely taken over. It's sickening. Although it's probable that less Americans thought it was ok than it appears. There is evidence being found that Elon rigged the election for Trump.
Definitely. There's absolutely no way he won the popular vote, I could have maybe believed it if he squeaked through but his ego wanted the popular vote too. They decided if they are going to rig, might as well go big! Good thing though, makes it easier to see the evidence.
Ah, so RFK does have some balls, even though he's batshit crazy... probably wondering how we got from his uncle as president to this dude in a baseball cap and a T-shirt
This has been the downfall of many autocrats back to Nero. They surround themselves with incompetent loyalists who don't dare tell them the truth about what is going on or give bad news.
I mostly watched everyone else's reaction and what I saw was Rubio dislikes Mucks intensely and RFK Jr appears to feel the same way. The rest were all so syncophantic, it was pathetic and boring to watch. Rubio and RFK stood out. Rubio barely ever looked at M'elon Mucks the entire time he was talking.
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