What has Trump done now?

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43 minutes ago, old man emu said:

When I started this thread, I did not think that it would be the means of recording the collapse of the United States of America.

Further evidence...

 

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'He would be a terrible enemy': Trump warned against attempt to 'break up' with key ally

 

Donald Trump has formed a powerful alliance with the wealthiest man in the world, but an analyst explained why the two men are unlikely to split anytime soon.

 

The president-elect has been palling around with Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the tech mogul poured hundreds of millions of dollars into his election win, and while many observers are waiting for Trump to eject his so-called co-president from his orbit, CNN's Stephen Collinson said he can't really afford to quit him.

  

"He's putting himself in iconic situations, you know, he's standing there yesterday with his chin in the air, watching this rocket go up almost like there was some credit to accrue to him for the Elon Musk [achievement], and I guess he was basking in reflected glory because Musk is now part of his inner circle," Collinson said. "I think there's been a lot of talk about, okay, this is all going to blow up, right – they can't stick together."

 

The South Africa-born tech mogul has been described as a shadow president, since he's prohibited from running himself, and has been advising Trump closely since the election and sticking by his side at Mar-a-Lago, and on Tuesday the pair watched Musk's SpaceX launch its giant Starship rocket to space from Texas.

 

Trump is hanging around with the richest man in the world. He is a force multiplier in terms of power. He's a massive non-state actor, and I'm sure when Trump was watching that rocket go up, not only was he impressed, but he had to be thinking about Musk's power."

 

"Musk is not just a great ally to have," Collinson added, "he would be a terrible enemy if if they did break up."

 

 

[willedoo]

I can't see Trump's new best friend sticking around for long. Mixing two fragile egos like theirs is like mixing oil and water. There is a lot of difference between them though. Trump is very much a people person and thrives on socialising whereas Musk is very socially disfunctional.

[facthunter]

USA is not large enough for TWO EGOS that big. With Donald ITS ALWAYS about HIM.  Musk has to be "HIS" IDEA and soon HE will be JEALOUS of the diversion of attention FROM him..   Nev

[onetrack]

Trump admires Musk because he has the MOST money of any person in the world - and he recognises the POWER that comes with that wealth - and he's currently in awe of it.

But there'll come a time, probably not too far off, when he starts to see Musk becoming a real threat to HIS power, and then Musk will be cast out of the LOYAL followers.

[facthunter]

That has been the FATE of everyone in the past, and  there's no reason why  the Pattern would CHANGE.  Nev

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It was said that Joe was just a mouthpiece for minders behind the scene who made the decisions, Stories on the net suggesting that much of the BS from Trump is being fed to him by Musk, Barron T and others. and that Musk has made himself almost a defacto president. Apparently the Dept of Gov't Efficiency (DOGE) is Musks baby.

 

Musk is now launching the Tesla phone, claimed to put iPhone out of business. Communication via satellite, charging from sunlight and controlling everything in your house for US$299.

[onetrack]

The day any Musk product is in my possession - or even worse - controlling everything in my house - is the day that will never happen.

[red750]

Add Julia Roberts and Ellen DeGeneres to the list of people fleeing the USA. Ellen ha sold one house and selling n another in the US and has bought a place in the Cotswolds in the UK.

[willedoo]

Julia can stay at my place.

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Police report reveals new details from sexual assault allegation against Trump’s defense secretary nominee

 

A California woman told police that Trump Cabinet pick Pete Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving a hotel room, took her phone, and then sexually assaulted her even though she “remembered saying ‘no’ a lot,” a police report obtained by CNN shows.

 

The 22-page report, released by the city attorney’s office of Monterey, California, on Wednesday night in response to a public records request, lays out the competing narratives of what happened in new detail – including conflicting accounts of how intoxicated Hegseth and the woman were, and descriptions of video surveillance showing some of their movements that night.

 

Hegseth, who President-elect Donald Trump has named as his pick for secretary of defense, told police that their encounter was consensual, and that he had repeatedly made sure the woman “was comfortable with what was going on between the two of them.”

 

Seven years after the alleged assault, questions over what happened that night could jeopardize Hegseth’s nomination and seem likely to be central in his upcoming confirmation hearing.

 

Hegseth was not charged with a crime in connection with the allegation. His attorney has acknowledged that Hegseth later entered into a settlement agreement with his accuser that included an undisclosed monetary payment and a confidentiality clause. Though Hegseth insisted the encounter was consensual, the lawyer said he was fearful that the woman was poised to make an allegation against him during the #MeToo movement that might have cost him his job as a Fox News host.

 

“This police report confirms what I’ve said all along, that the incident was fully investigated, and police found the allegations to be false, which is why no charges were filed,” Timothy Parlatore, Hegseth’s attorney, told CNN on Wednesday night – although the report does not say that police found the allegations to be false.

 

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People Who Cut Off Family Members And Friends In The Last Few Weeks Over Trump's Historic Election Win Are Sharing Why

 

Earlier this month, Donald Trump was again elected as the next President of the United States, and many Americans are understandably concerned about losing their rights. The country is more divisive than ever, and in light of the looming threat of fascism, many have decided to cut or reduce contact with friends and family members who voted for Trump. Others have argued for unity during this time and decried those who would allow "politics" to get in the way of personal relationships.

 

To get a pulse on what people are thinking and feeling, we asked the BuzzFeed Community if they had cut anyone in their life out over Trump's win, and we got a number of illuminating responses. Here are their stories.

 

1."I cut most of my family off in 2016 after they voted for Trump for the first time. It started with a picture of a young Syrian boy who drowned. From the following conversations, I learned that my cousin absolutely believes her children are better and deserve better than that boy. ... It devolved from there. I realized that ... our morals and values were nothing alike. Now, in 2024, I have no contact with anyone in my 'family,' even the ones that I kept in my life at a distance after 2016. They voted for someone who doesn't care if my career helping children is defunded, that my LGBT+ child may lose their right to marry, that my child with a disability may lose their IEP funding, that my immigrant husband may lose his visa."

 

"They don't care because they believe that their religion gives them the right to hate and discriminate and to govern their own morals and selfishness, and that is something I just can't be a part of."

 

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Host of the Weekly Show podcast, Jon Stewart, believes the reasoning Trump is selecting people like Linda McMahon and others is because he wants them to get rid of Education, Health and Human Services and other agencies. He wants federal government out of these things and pass them back to the states. 

 

 

 

 

 

[facthunter]

Gaetz is gone. Another "pick" fail. Steve Bannon Is a Trump stalwart who always looks "Sick"  There will be an increasing number of Republicans who will wise up to the fact they were "JUST USED"as a means of Trump getting personal POWER. Nev

[ClintonB]

22 hours ago, onetrack said:

The day any Musk product is in my possession - or even worse - controlling everything in my house - is the day that will never happen.

Unfortunately I have had to have starling installed at home and work. 
nbn could not connect the workshop under 12 months and there is barely any phone signal.

home is in the bush with no land line. It works well, but morally I would prefer not to support him.