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You Likely Don’t Realise Quite How Screwed Musk Is
He has already dug his grave, but he loves to dig deeper.
The girls are fighting again — except, for one of them, it’s a fight to the death. The Trump-Musk feud was reignited recently when Musk loudly declared he would actively take down any politicians who voted for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. Now, don’t go thinking this has anything to do with Elon suddenly developing a sense of empathy for the American people; instead, he is just pissed that all his government money will be taken away. The bill narrowly passed the Senate, but nevertheless, Trump is done with Musk’s interference. He is now threatening to set Musk’s DOGE against him and is even “looking into” getting him deported. To most people, this sounds pretty dire to begin with, but in reality, it’s a death knell for Elon’s empire.
Let’s start with the big one: deportation. Can Trump even do that to Musk?
Well, let’s be frank here: under Trump, the laws around deportation are pretty murky. But, given that Musk is a famous white figure with right-wing backers, throwing him out without due process will almost certainly fracture Trump’s support base and limit his power. So, he won’t do that. First, he will need to vilify him, and there are plenty of ways he can do that. Musk has several open investigations into his…
