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Elon’s Empire Is Now On The Brink Of Collapse
The Musk-Trump bromance is over, and it could wipe out everything Elon has.
Musk’s election meddling has gone down like a TNT-filled lead Starship. Despite openly breaking the law to offer $2 million to Wisconsin right-wing voters and pouring an unprecedented $25 million into Brad Schimel’s supreme court campaign, the Democrats won the election. Furthermore, reports are flying that even Republican voters were massively put off by Musk’s attempts to buy the election and that voters from both sides of the aisle unanimously despised Musk and DOGE. This is a clear win for American democracy and shows Trump and Musk that their wet dreams of a technocratic plutocracy are still miles out of reach. But, while this is a minor setback for Trump, it is potentially a fatal blow for Elon. Let me explain.
Trump hates losers. We could have an entire conversation about why, but that is for another time. The best example of this hatred is his contempt for fallen or captured soldiers despite his right-wing ideology. Trump is a grifter first and a politician second.
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