r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • Mar 06 '25

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Suddenly Doesn’t Want Credit for Disastrous DOGE Cuts - Musk is warning Republicans to stop blaming DOGE for the cuts.

https://newrepublic.com/post/192415/elon-musk-warns-republicans-doge-job-cuts
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u/FlamingMuffi Mar 06 '25

It's kinda interesting how little they are celebrating doing exactly what they want to do

Methinks they went to far too fast and can't reel it back in

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u/francis2559 Mar 06 '25

Uhh, state of the union?

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u/hellogoawaynow Mar 06 '25

For real there was so much smug smiling during that

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u/Swesteel Mar 06 '25

As if Trump gives a shit, he’s immune to everything except a fullblown impeachment and guilty verdict. Shit is going to have to be civil war tomorrow bad before the republicans dare go against the golden idol.

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u/VulfSki Mar 06 '25

Yeah the GOP has their orders to applaud everything trump says and does.

They haven't been ordered to pivot yet.

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u/greilzor Mar 06 '25

🤓 technically that wasn’t a state of the Union it was a joint address to congress. State of the Union is done after the first year.

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u/IbeakerI2006 23d ago

Funny how that works...

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u/jeff_kaiser Mar 06 '25

actually 🤓 SotU is given "from time to time"

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u/singh44s Mar 06 '25

That was just another “get out the vote” rally, that’s why one party was told to keep applauding until they blew the rafters down, just like all his other rallies.

And now the ratings are finally coming in for Donald.

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u/uknow_es_me Mar 06 '25

the GOP just wanted cuts to things that wouldn't affect their base.. when Maggats start losing benefits they are going to be so hurt.. so heartbroken that their good old boys hurt them and not others.. then they will get mad.. and for many of them they only care about what they are getting from the gov. That drying up will result in a complete revolt against Republicans by a large part of their base. Bannon has been telling them that and they are already hearing it from people losing their jobs

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u/will-it-ever-end Mar 06 '25

but so many fed workers and vets are republicans. I don’t think they care or even like their base. they dont need their base anymore.

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u/Manginaz Mar 06 '25

That drying up will result in a complete revolt against Republicans

LOL that would require Republicans to admit they were wrong.

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u/jetery Mar 06 '25

Trump is old. If he passes away, I can see a good portion of their base using that as their out and then blaming republicans. 

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u/cjh42689 Mar 06 '25

They won’t admit they were wrong but they might admit they were lied to—that way they can save their egos.

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u/jaytix1 Mar 06 '25

so heartbroken that their good old boys hurt them and not others

People NEED to bring this up whenever someone makes the mistake of sympathizing with former Trump supporters.

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u/jhorch69 Mar 06 '25

just wanted cuts to things that wouldn't affect their base

They've been making those cuts and advocating for even more for several years lmao

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u/dustinhut13 Mar 06 '25

Think we finally found those "welfare queens"

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u/Heart_Throb_ Mar 06 '25

Give a Republican an economy and they will 4/5 times will crash it.

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u/dew_you_even_lift Mar 06 '25

They wanted to move as fast as they could then jam the courts.

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u/Spockies Mar 06 '25

More like they only said things for the sake of support and didn’t care for the consequences and ramifications of their actions. It was nice to say on paper but once they actually did something and it blows up in their face, they can’t stand the negativity.