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Elon Musk can no longer hide Donald Trump's mess
Trump emerged from his Florida lair and may have finally woken up the resistance

By Heather Digby Parton
Columnist
Published December 9, 2024 9:00AM (EST)


(Salon) The presidential election last month was a disappointment, to say the least. And ever since then, it's felt as if the air has just been slowly leaking out of the opposition. Much of the mainstream media seems to be attempting to change course and curry favor with the new administration while Democratic officials appear to be in shock. In some ways, it's reminiscent of the days in the lead-up to the Iraq war, with a quiet resignation taking the place of the febrile excitement that characterized the push to rally around the flag. People just seem enervated and spiritless. Sometimes it's hard to remember why we fight when it all seems so futile.

Well, I think the opposition is about to get its mojo back.

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I don't think anyone really knows why Trump shakes hands with Macron like that but it's just weird. So is the fact that instead of Melania, Trump brought along his new BFF Elon Musk, whom he apparently can't be without even for a minute. At some point just before the ceremony, Musk walked up to Trump, who was seated with the dignitaries, they had words and Trump, appearing annoyed, pointed his finger at Musk, who retreated back to the seat he was assigned.

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While it was a relief not to have to see or hear him for the last month it made it easy to chalk up the horror of his campaign rhetoric to the heat of the moment and his desire to win at any cost. His appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday put any such thoughts to rest. He's just as angry, vengeful and batshit crazy as he was on the campaign trail. In a wide-ranging interview, Trump defended his tariff scheme saying that he doesn't believe tariffs cost the consumer more but he can't guarantee that they won't. Insufferably blathering on forever about his supposedly historic first term's massive economic success he said:

I think they’re beautiful. It’s going to make us rich. We’re subsidizing Canada to the tune of over $100 billion a year. We’re subsidizing Mexico for almost $300 billion. We shouldn’t be — why are we subsidizing these countries? If we’re going to subsidize them, let them become a state.

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He's mentally a complete mess and it's fair to speculate that there's a reason that Elon Musk is stuck to his side like superglue these days. Is Musk his Rasputin? Perhaps it would be smarter for "Meet the Press" to interview him instead of this man who has completely lost the thread. ...................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/12/09/elon-musk-can-no-longer-hide-donald-mess/