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Donald Trump, Seeking Cash Infusion, Meets With Elon Musk
(www.nytimes.com)
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this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2024
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Wow, imagine Elon whispering policy ideas into Trumps ears and then waving a little clip of bank notes infront of him.
"Make it a crime to track a planes location..."
The thing is, Trump would just take his money and then fuck him over. Elon is simply a mark to con in this situation.
The only context in which Trump is ever deferential - indeed, the only context in which Trump can ever be considered a reliable partner - is if you have some serious dirt on him, and you constantly threaten him with blackmail. Which essentially describes Putin’s relationship with him.
Why con him, they have similar interest? Trump being jealous might be a thing but otherwise they are after the same thing.
Primarily, because Trump is a psychopathic narcissist, and that’s just how is brain works.
I'm not so sure that's a viable reason. Trump could literally kill someone in public and I don't see him going to jail over it. Rape, misappropriation of campaign funds, selling national secrets, Insurrection, etc haven't done anything to him yet.
I think what Putin really has is money and the promise of more money. That's what gets Trump's attention.
Which someone like Musk can dangle in front of him, too. Though Trump also likes having his ego stroked, but he's not going to pay for that.
Musk has an ego big enough to ask to be VP.
Can you imagine what a dumpster fire that would be?
Can Musk be VP? Want he born in South Africa to South African parents?
That's actually brilliant. That would almost automatically guarantee Trump a victory. Trump is already very likely to win based on current polling, but Musk as VP would push that likelihood even higher. No boot-licking Trumpet would change their vote away from cheetolini because of it, and Musk would add other weirdos.
I know what you're thinking: Musk is ineligible to be VP. But that's only until SCOTUS decides that only applies to individuals that a supermajority of congress declares ineligible. Crazy world.