Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning added to OP 10/1/26

Musk's wealth is based on lavish state handouts which can be cut any time Trump chooses. There's nothing Musk can do about that and the second Trump signs that order, Musk is done. Tesla's already taken a hit in its stock value as it is.

With regards to Trump and Murdoch, the difference here is that Murdoch is a man who built an empire from nothing and remains still lucid regardless of my own personal distaste for him. Trump was handed everything on a silver platter and ran business after business into the ground. The two are nothing alike.

And this guy ran a major financial institution, Cantor Fitzgerald. They survived not only 9/11 (New York office wiped out), but also being run by the likes of Lutnick. Some stress test!

I foresee that at least one will manage to jam an ICE into it and tune it so that black smoke belches out the back.

Tariffs were supposed to pay for zero income tax (5 trillion), in fairness DOGE were also suppose to find 2 trillion of savings (think they found 100bil).

Leaves 3 trillion, roughly the amount the US imports in goods each year. So they need a permanent 100% tariff on everything to balance that part.

That's if he wants to fulfill another election promise of a balanced budget.

Promise everything, delivery nothing! I'd expect nothing less from a felon fraudster.

Nutlick really is stupid. Who would have guessed? I assumed he was only trolling the American people up to now, but this clip proves he really is that stupid.

Ambushed by a banana.

Lucky it was not a penguin with a banana!

I wonder if Musk indirectly just sank Trumps pardon for The Diddler ? Being on Epstein island and freeing Diddy might be too much even for Trump…

I, agree, other than his vast wealth Musk has nothing else going for him, but the benchmark at the minute isn`t exactly skyhigh.

With Tesla going down the toilet, as well as the possibility of Trump slashing his funding for EVs and his space program, he would have enough to keep him busy without his fronting a new party. That wouldn`t mean that he could not find someone else to front it. Trump has got 3.5 years left and there are no shortage of wannabes who will be looking to take his place.

Control of a large social media platform and wealth, of which Musk has both, would make him the ideal puppet master. He would not have to take Trump down during this term to show his muscle. Just do enough harm in the mid terms to the GOP to leave himself in the driving seat come the next presidential.

I thought it a bit telling that he posted Trump has 3.5 years while he has 40+ as too his thinking, so hopefully he does go for it and in the process this cult devours itself.