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/calmdownmyguy Colorado Mar 06 '25

Trump is the republican party. It's been ten years. When will people understand this? There are no republican voters, just trump voters. They'll fill out the ballot for republicans to help trump but their loyalty is to the Manhattan trust fund billionaire, not the party.

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u/Medical-Ad-3080 Mar 06 '25

And the Democrats are the devil on earth

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u/plastic_alloys Mar 07 '25

In any other country, the democrats would seem like a greedy, hypocritical, very right wing party. The Republicans are such evil assholes they make them look somewhat reasonable

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u/yikes_mylife Mar 06 '25

Yeah, given that trump literally had no plan this time around, they couldn’t pretend that they had other reasons other than being ignorant xenophobic racists. There was no tax plan for them to pretend was their priority.

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u/lefthandb1ack Mar 06 '25

Did you mean “34x felon, rapist, and 6x bankrupt Manhattan trust fund billionaire”?

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u/what3v3ruwantit2b Mar 07 '25

I've been saying this as well. I had a conversation with someone about a family member and the dumb maga things they said. The person I was talking to said, "oh I didn't know they were maga. I thought they were just a Republican who listens to fox." It blew my mind for a minute to be honest. If you say you are Republican at this point you are maga. They aren't separate.

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u/your_moms_a_clone Mar 07 '25

And Trump is old. He will eventually die. He may not even make it through four years. Most sitting Republicans will probably outlive him. If they have even half a brain, they are also thinking about what will happen after he's gone.

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u/psiphre Alaska Mar 07 '25

I think you mean “god-emperor Trump, chosen of the Republican Party (long may he reign)”.

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u/PinkyAnd Mar 06 '25

He is the Republican Party now. As soon as he becomes an albatross around their necks and actively hurting their chances of being re-elected, they’ll abandon him.

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u/calmdownmyguy Colorado Mar 06 '25

They can't abandon him. The base thinks he was chosen by god. They'll be the ones left out in the cold if they cross trump, no matter how much 70% of America comes to hate the guy as his policy takes effect. The base will always believe trump was chosen by god.