Lord knows now that you're not a plaything,Not a toy, or a puppet on a string.*
Tell me who is running the government? Who is the "President"?
Look at Trump while Musk is talking. You have to wonder who is actually running the government? It looks like Musk is playing Trump like a puppet on a string.
February 11, 2025Elon Musk on Tuesday defended the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside President Trump, who invited Musk to speak and sat at the resolute desk as the tech mogul gave a lengthy address.“The people voted for major government reform and that’s what the people are going to get,” Musk said in response to pushback his work at DOGE has received. “That’s what democracy is all about.”Musk also said he wants to add “commonsense controls” to government, arguing that his ideas are not “draconian.” And, when asked about personal conflicts of interest with his work overhauling the government, Musk replied, “transparency is what builds trust.”In the first few weeks of Trump’s presidency, Musk has led an effort to dismantle federal agencies, buy out hundreds of thousands of federal workers from their jobs and take over payment systems within the Treasury Department and other agencies.
Hey Musk! No one elected you. They didn't vote for you! They didn't vote for you gutting the government, they voted about inflation and the economy!
He lies just like a politician...
As examples of waste, Musk mentioned that people who are 150 years old, so are “probably dead,” are receiving Social Security checks and that bureaucrats with a salary of “a few $100,000” have “somehow managed to accrue tens of millions of dollars in net worth.” He said that happened with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees, suggesting they “got wealthy at the taxpayers’ expense.”Musk offered no specific evidence to back up these allegations.
Of course not. he can't find any so he lies, makes things up just like Trump!
Lord knows now that you're not a plaything,Not a toy, or a puppet on a string.
And Trump is too afraid of him to rain him in,
By Lucy LeesonFebruary 6, 2025Donald Trump fears Elon Musk and his “$44 billion megaphone”, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has claimed.The financier, who served at the White House in 2017, claimed the new president doesn’t like the attention Musk is getting.Appearing on ITV’s Peston show on Wednesday (5 February), Mr Scaramucci said: “He doesn’t like the attention that Elon Musk is getting but I don’t think he’s going to go after Elon Musk. I think it’s too dangerous and perilous. I would say both sides feel that way.”
CNN writes that,
Elon Musk’s Oval Office address showed why he’s a menacing foe for the federal government and why President Donald Trump is playing with fire by ceding him so much power.A portrait of George Washington gazed from the wall as his distant presidential successor put on a show with his billionaire friend Tuesday afternoon. Musk, in a black MAGA hat, long dark coat and with his son X sometimes perched on his shoulders, was framed by an ornate window as snow floated down outside.The pair made their strongest defense yet of Musk’s operation to purge the federal government, which is imperiling basic services and medical research and desecrating the world’s largest foreign aid mission that has saved millions.[...]But the show was about more than a bid to tamp down growing political consternation over Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.It was an unmistakable statement that true power in Washington lies not with the Congress or the courts, but somewhere in the rich mix of egos between the world’s most powerful man and the world’s richest person.The spectacle was also an obvious demonstration of unity between Trump and Musk, amid constant speculation about the president’s tolerance for a performer who rivals his love for the spotlight.And no one should miss this: Trump was immovably installed behind the Resolute Desk, as Musk stood to his right – in a rebuke of a Time Magazine cover that showed the Tesla chief in the seat where the buck stops.
So who is running the government? Trump or Musk?
There’s rarely been a more vivid demonstration of great wealth bringing great power. Musk was highly respectful of Trump, and they seem to enjoy one another’s company. But with his fortune and pyrotechnical platform on his X network, he’s going to take careful handling by the president.The joint appearance came as a backlash grows to the blitzkrieg of the bureaucracy being led by Trump and his DOGE boys. The whizz kids sent into federal departments have already shuttered several agencies including USAID and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and are now eyeing bigger prey.
So I'll ask you again, who is the puppet?
Lord knows now that you're not a plaything,Not a toy, or a puppet on a string.
And it is not just Trump who fears Musk but Congress!
February 10, 2025GOP senators are terrified over the prospect of facing primary challengers funded by Elon Musk if they stick their necks out by opposing President Trump’s agenda.The White House has signaled that Republicans who thwart Trump’s agenda by voting against his controversial nominees or opposing efforts by Musk to freeze government funding and slash federal agencies, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, will pay a political price.And that’s a threat that carries a lot more weight when Musk, the world’s richest person, could easily pour tens of millions of dollars into a Senate Republican primary.Musk warned Republican lawmakers in December that he was compiling a “naughty list” of members who buck Trump’s agenda. He also pledged shortly after Election Day that his political action committee would “play a significant role in primaries” next year.
I want you to remember three things...
- First... Citizen United removed the laws governing limiting the amount of money a person can spend on elections... Musk gave $290 million to Trump's campaign!
- Second, Musk gave a Nazi salute at Trump's inauguration!
- Third, mid-term elections are in 2026!
*Cry Like a Baby Song by The Box Tops
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