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/Swagtagonist Mar 06 '25

That would be hilarious. I honestly thought he was using Trump. Still do, but it would be hilarious to see Elmo used and then spit out by Trump’s never ending black hole greed.

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u/wwhsd California Mar 06 '25

For people like Trump and Elon all relationships are about using people. They know the other person is using them but that’s just the cost of doing business. When they eventually feel like they are getting the short end of the deal that’s when the relationship sours and dissolves.

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u/New_York_Rhymes Mar 06 '25

I despise them both, so as long as one of them gets chewed up and spat out, well, at least it’s some consolation. As long as the don’t both win

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u/davehunt00 Mar 06 '25

"Wait! You can't use me! I'm using you!"

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u/Venator850 Mar 06 '25

I was anticipating this happening ever since Elon tied himself to Trump. I didn't forget Trump's first term and all the people he backstabbed for his own gain.

He even backstabbed Mike Pence who shamelessly covered for Trump the whole time.

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u/Adorable_Raccoon Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

All of the people in this administration are destined to be fall guys. There are so many people who have gotten close to Trump and then ended up in prison while he continues to evade charges (until recently) or prison time. I think you'd have to be crazy to be near him based on how many associates went to prison the first term.

  1. Steve Bannon
  2. Peter Navarro
  3. Michael Cohen
  4. Paul Manafort
  5. George Papadopoulos
  6. Roger Stone
  7. Rick Gates
  8. Allen Weisselberg

Additionally, Chris Collins, Scott Hall, Sidney Powell, Michael Flynn, Kenneth Chesboro, & Duncan Hunter took plea deals. Giuliani settled his defamation case, but I think is still under criminal investigation. I'm sure there are more but I'm digging through too many articles.

Donald has 3 seperate wiki pages about his crimes and investigations: 24 pages about personal and business criminal activity , 11 pages about 2020 election lawsuits and crimes, and 9 pages about lawsuits for his actions during the 45th term.

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u/LinkedGaming Mar 06 '25

A lot of people believe that Elon has the ultimate dirt on Trump that he helped Trump rig the election, but the problem is that if he admits it then he goes down, too. At this point, if Trump believes that revealing he rigged the election would do nothing but his grip on his party is so firmly entrenched (as far as he thinks) that they would still shield him from consequences, then it's Elon's choice if he wants to pull the pin on that grenade.

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u/Swagtagonist Mar 06 '25

Trump could nationalize all his companies and throw him in prison. The Republicans don’t answer to Elon. Only Trump does for whatever reason. Trump could easily eliminate Elon if he wanted to/if Russia would let him.