Is the Musk/Trump bromance over?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"We are never, ever, ever, .... getting back together."

(Apologies to Tay here -- she doesn't deserve that association.)

😆😆😆

[Anonymous]

It feels like the beginning of the end. Trump has lost a lot of steam over the past few weeks, and now he’s starting to look like a lame duck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Musk really did want to fix government corruption but did not realize that the government does not run like a business, so he was inept and unprepared.

He doesn't have the skills to fix it since he's not a fixer. He's a money guy. He throws his money around to get his way or buy his next business/hobby. He's not an innovator or creator. He's only ever supplied the money for others to be able to create big ideas that he carries under his belt.

The way to fix the government is through elections, not mass firings and department/program cancellations.

Why did you believe that Musk "really did want to fix government corruption"? He himself is corrupt. One of the main things he accomplished was to hobble or destroy the very agencies that have tried to regulate his businesses--and to use the US government as a cudgel to get contracts for Starlink, for example. The fact that anyone believes he might at some point have had sincere motivations to "improve" government is baffling to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Musk got what he came for. He’s off to break the next shiny object.

He has our data. Now his pal Peter Thiel can create a true police state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It feels like the beginning of the end. Trump has lost a lot of steam over the past few weeks, and now he’s starting to look like a lame duck.

Trump will never be a lame duck, he’ll completely continue to lambast everything while racking in the money and riding off in his new gift jet into the sunset. Grifters gonna grift, meanwhile the economy, women’s rights and equality completely suffer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Musk got what he came for. He’s off to break the next shiny object.

He has our data. Now his pal Peter Thiel can create a true police state.

He’s already killed a few hundred thousand people, it’s Miller Time I guess.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

The truth is, Trump is as terrified of the monster he created as the GOP is of their monster.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lawrence-odonnell-donald-trump-elon-musk_n_68400e0de4b0cc376200e569?d_id=9948827&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=threads&utm_campaign=us_main

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The truth is, Trump is as terrified of the monster he created as the GOP is of their monster.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lawrence-odonnell-donald-trump-elon-musk_n_68400e0de4b0cc376200e569?d_id=9948827&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=threads&utm_campaign=us_main

He could easily destroy the administration with all of the stuff he knows. He can also still primary candidates with or without Trump’s approval.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The truth is, Trump is as terrified of the monster he created as the GOP is of their monster.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lawrence-odonnell-donald-trump-elon-musk_n_68400e0de4b0cc376200e569?d_id=9948827&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=threads&utm_campaign=us_main

Trump can't keep his senile mouth shut. He'll attack Musk at some point, and Musk will lash back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Elon Musk, the billionaire who led President Trump’s effort to cut government spending, condemned the president’s signature domestic policy bill as a “disgusting abomination” that would swell the “already gigantic budget deficit.” Mr. Musk’s posts on X, just days after an Oval Office send-off where he and the president took turns praising each other, also said Congress was “making America bankrupt” and said in next year’s midterm elections, “we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/03/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Any republicans mentioning the D word is a hypocrite. Musk got his tax break and is just shedding crocodile tears.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It feels like the beginning of the end. Trump has lost a lot of steam over the past few weeks, and now he’s starting to look like a lame duck.

The intention to politicize and destroy everything is still there, they are just not competent enough to execute. Republicans are the ultimate woke gang.

[Anonymous]

Some interesting new tea from a reporter on Morning Joe this morning about the things that led to Musk's public bashing of the Big Beautiful Bill.

According to the reporter, Marc Caputo of Axios, there were four "inflection points" for Musk:

1) The fact that the EV tax credit is going away, making it expire at the end of 2025 rather than at the end of 2032 as it was previously set to do.

2) The fact that his company, Starlink, was not given the control he wanted over the FAA system.

3) He wanted to stay on as a special govt employee but was told he couldn't by statute.

4) Musk's pick to be the NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, was cancelled as Trump's pick last Saturday night. Supposedly done as an "FU" to Musk by Trump staff.

[Anonymous]

Or another distraction while they F up something worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Musk really did want to fix government corruption but did not realize that the government does not run like a business, so he was inept and unprepared.

He doesn't have the skills to fix it since he's not a fixer. He's a money guy. He throws his money around to get his way or buy his next business/hobby. He's not an innovator or creator. He's only ever supplied the money for others to be able to create big ideas that he carries under his belt.

The way to fix the government is through elections, not mass firings and department/program cancellations.

He brought the tech industry style to government. Move fast, break things doesn't work in government. And actually, I kind of hate it on the business side. Frustrating for users.

-20 years in tech industry.

My dad worked in the tech industry for 40+ years -- starting well before there was a tech industry and was part of the movement that created a tech industry. He would never say that move fast, break things was the way to go. He thought the best way to go was -- find the smartest people, treat them well, give them a place they will feel like is home, and work with your client base to figure out what they really need and how you can create it for them. It's sad how we've lost our way.

I've been a developer for 25 years and feel the same way. Out of all my job responsibilities the most important one is to work with testers to make a test plan for every feature we deploy. Breaking things is great, but do it in a controlled test environment.