Elon Musk reportedly set to have office space in the White House complex
Elon Musk reportedly set to have office space in the White House complex
As if the billionaire megadonor doesn’t already have enough access to Donald Trump, Musk is reportedly poised to receive office space near the West Wing.
Summary
Elon Musk, a Republican megadonor and close Trump ally, is reportedly set to have office space in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the West Wing.
Musk is expected to head the "Department of Government Efficiency," aiming to reduce federal spending under Trump.
Critics question Musk's influence, noting his frequent presence at key Trump meetings and events.
This move, if confirmed, would grant Musk continued access to Trump post-inauguration, sparking debate about the billionaire’s role in the administration despite holding no official government position.
Jesus fucking Christ
What shape is that office?
Oval.
Does it mean Mar-a-Lago is the new WH or the other way?
I would say they should block the gaming ports on the network, but Musk doesn't really play games anyway.
The internet should trick him into playing a well know AAA brand game that only gets negative reviews from serious gamers, such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Lord of the Rings: Gollum, Overwatch 2 etc.
So if someone were wanting to locate Musk to discuss his visa situation, or, you know, whatever, this will now be a good place to monitor his movements to and from.
Oligarchy.
We're no better than Russia.
By design.
We lost the cold war folks.
The cold war was against the Soviets. We're losing to fascists.
Which is much worse (imo)
Will the space be oval?
Damn you for beating me to this.
In related news JD Vance reported that he has opted for a room at the local Motel 6 for his accomodations...
since when does the dollar store motel chain have couches in their rooms?
Couches, chairs...he's got eclectic tastes. Some people are saying.
Please don’t sleep on JD Vance. While Trump is selling out the constitution, he is the tip of the want-to-be authoritarian spear: Is There Something More Radical than MAGA? JD Vance Is Dreaming It.
Not even the bed bugs want to be associated with him
People were talking about a MAGA civil war. It will be over in a night if this is an indicator. Bannon is going to get such a long knife man. I assume, that is.
How to buy a government.
That door has been open a while, he's just the biggest one and in the latest tradition the quiet part is being said out loud now. More validation of the real message of "Soylent Green", where a society degrades to the point where even the most outrageous actions get at best a shrug from the apathetic public.
I would hope so. He's the president.
Let me know when they name an aircraft carrier after him.
6 months tops before they start clashing very publicly
That's very generous. I give it 2 months.
This twerp must have some absolutely devastating dirt on Trumpy boy. I'm coming to the conclusion that there's no other explanation. It can't possibly just be money; Trump has tons of other rich donors. What I'm struggling to predict, though, is just what he could possibly have to hold over Trump's head that's worse than selling classified documents, misusing campaign funds, trying to incite an insurrection, or failing to pay his hookers.
They are both beholden to Putin, very likely afraid for their lives and rightfully so. Putin is a billionaire but he also has a state apparatus with global reach behind him that he is intimately familiar with. He has demonstrated repeatedly over the years that he is willing and able to use that apparatus to... make people fall out of windows, etc. And all of this doesn't even consider the possibility of kompromat - these are all deeply bad people.
I believe Putin is the real mastermind behind everything that is going on and also that he has realized that Trump is of limited value to him in the White House. Trump's cult gets him in, but he had four years already and really didn't make a lot of inroads (not to mention his visibly declining health).
So in my opinion, this is Putin shuttling in someone who can be more useful to him. The canary in the coal mine for whether or not this is true will be to see if the infighting everyone is breathlessly predicting ever materializes. I predict it will not. Elon Musk will not end up like Anthony Scaramucci.
It's not like this. This is conspiratorial thinking.
These people are just .. weirdos. This is how weirdos are friends: transactionally, with little common ground. Trump feels like he has something to offer a friend that friend, even though he's richer, can't.
It's all fucking base and stupid and nowhere near the ideals we are supposed to aspire to as a nation.
Musk...is a complete moron.
No
Bro, what the actual fuck?
Space Karek reportedly set to have a lobby room in the White House
Dystopian implications aside, I wanna see how long it takes for everyone to be absolutely sick of him. He's already insufferable when he's not even in the room.
It's not like you could say the same thing about Donald Trump. Yet here we are.
This is a good thing. Familiarity breeds contempt. A middle school spat between these two prissy boys is imminent.
Unelected by the way
The article and the NYT one which it cites fail to mention if there's any historical precedent for this kind of arrangement. Is there?
No idea for the US but a few years ago South Korea dealt with a similar situation. It was revealed that the president had a friend who was acting as an unpaid, unelected advisor making decisions for the president, seeing classified information, and helping set national policy. They had million person protests in the middle of Seoul that culminated in the impeachment of their president and her removal from office. The advisor was also arrested and sentenced to 20 years or something.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_South_Korean_political_scandal
Trump is of course known for not doing anything without precedent.
My question is why does Trump feel beholden to him now? It's not like he needs to win another election. Something else is going on here.
Elon bought the piss tapes.
Oh, he bought the worse ones. Trump is probably killing or raping a child. Or both. Whatever the dirt is, it’s worth all this mess.
Trump likes and wants money?
True, but what's doing my head in is Bezos and Zuckerberg are both bending the knee and doing what they're told, yet Musk can say what he wants and is still all cosy with Drumpf. Why is it that some money is good but other money doesn't get a say at all?
Elon is actually rich from all his scams, unlike the traitor who is perpetually in debt.
That's all there is to it. The seditious, makeup wearing, draft dodging, lying, cheating, stealing little orange piss baby is just psychopathically greedy.