I was watching, with some dark entertainment, Elon Musk discovers the limits of being just another political donor. While he was in Dog, he can literally control the Treasury and the Ministry of Defense – he actually had the reins in the entire country, and he can simply intestine the things he hates at the will. There was a price for that: He destroyed the rest of his reputation. But it was a real and real power – to be able to stop the payments at the will makes you more powerful than the president.
Many of that. These days, musk is He was reduced to begging for his followers on X To contact the members of the Senate and members of Congress [sic, obviously] To vote on the Great Great Bill. The nominal is because Donald Trump’s budget plan will increase the deficit, but reports indicate that musk It disturbs the credit EV is reduced. This makes it difficult to sell Teslas in an already difficult to sell Teslas. Also, musk may be upset because he did not do Get to stay after the legal limit As an unpaid consultant and that FAA does not use Starlink, according to Axios.
Even the less powerful enemies can lead to political problems, which is the reason
The cracks have been shown in the Maga-Tech Alliance for some time now. when Scott Payett got the selection of the Tax Authority on Musk In April, that was noticeable. (BESSENT is now running the Tax Authority). Such is insulting, and musk made enemies. Take, for example, Marco Rubio, who was Angry when musk destroyed the USA International Development Agency – It was Rubio Divide and get rid of it reduce its strength. Sean Duffy, the reality TV star who runs the Ministry of Transport, had to intervene for some reason, To prevent Duj from launching air traffic monitors While the lack of air traffic monitors It is still a hot issue.
These men should not be particularly difficult to ingenuity, but then, musk is known as the bull’s approach in China. It is rare for a person to abandon the position of power – a closet seat, for example – a good mind even from the leverage. Making Bessent, Rubio and Duffy enemies was a strategic mistake.
Even the less powerful enemies can lead to political problems, which is the reason Musk does not get the son of his pet in NASA now. Jarid Ishaq was scheduled to receive his final confirmation of the Senate when Trump suddenly withdrew his candidacy for the head of the Air Agency. According to what Musk had cow meat with Sergio Gore, head of the White House presidential staff office – the main recruiter of government jobs. The moment when Musk is no longer in the actual White House, Gor drop the blade.
However, Trump does not publicly punish musk
Silicon Valley is still linked to the government – musk chrons, including The man who calls himself big ballsNow you have permanent jobs. Peter Thil Partners, Palmer Loki, and David Sachs They all have jobs in management; Vice President condemned his entire political career to his father, sugar Thiel. But when David Sachs get X to argue with Margori Taylor Green About the ruling on artificial intelligence in the budget bill, this indicates a terrible shortage of the leverage. Sacks was the main Republican donation collection and a literal consultant for the president; Shouldn’t he be able to pick up the phone and get what he wants?
Instead, its bodies All in It is obtaining The exclusive bitch session of IsaacNASA official who was not. Wonderful content, I think, but not real strength.
I am a little surprised that musk is not threatened with refrigerators on the draft law. This may happen separately, I don’t know. But it can also reflect that musk funds are, sometimes, a political responsibility. When Musk decreased $ 20 million on the Supreme Court candidate in Wisconsin’s favorite state, This filter was detonated from the water. The increasingly poisonous musk reputation may make his money less welcome.
However, Trump does not openly punish musk, which is unusual. Maybe this is because it is waiting A $ 100 million check to the Political Labor CommitteeFor each Wall Street Journal. Or perhaps the reason for this is that Musk is particularly close to Katie and Stephen Miller, two main players in the Trump administration.
The main truth of Donald Trump’s entire profession, Starting with real estateIt will be He has sex with anyone who deals with him Once it is useful to do so. (only Ask Michael Cohen!) You can buy it, but it will not remain a purchase. You have to watch it, continue its management, as Stephen Miller knows very well. Musk left the White House to tend to his own reputation, leaving his enemies behind them to whisper in the president’s ear. He certainly still has people in management, but it is difficult to effectively judge the shadow when you create a terrible amount of tension with actual presidential employees. Musk shot his private companies, and this is what he got in return. What did you get your money, my dear? How do you get your kicks?
