Trump+Musk; the DOGE and Pony show continues -Trump thread #140

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Trump, as out of control as a faulty Tesla, takes an ICE pick to the Constitution.

Thanks to @AcrossthePond55 and @Jaichangecentfoisdenom for the thread title and sub-title 😊

Photocollage: Cold War Steve
Map illustration: Barry Blitt

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5286872-the-orange-man-and-the-state-of-his-union-trump-thread-139

Brilliant question

That visit was flying in, 3 hours on a US base, fly back. What a farce

Pathetic. And the son didn't go? No huskies!

All cancelled. They also couldn't find anyone willing to pose for a photograph with Mrs Vance

Elon Musk stepping down from DOGE in May. Here's what he said.
https://www.app.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/28/donald-trump-elon-musk-leaving-doge-may-2025-report/82704950007/

TL; DR Musk underestimated how much all of this would ultimately be blamed on him (as it should be), how much everyone would hate him, and how tired shareholders would get of his shit.

So now he's trying to declare victory while slinking away
https://bsky.app/profile/aricohn.com/post/3llhtsbs5rk2l

He's saying this because his pretend status as a "special government employee" is limited by law to no more than 130 days in a year. 18 USC 202(a). That's why he refers to that oddly specific number. He's not actually going away.
bsky.app/profile/andycraig.bsky.social/post/3llhuc37jms2o

Elmo busy, busy, busy.

Elon Musk on Friday evening announced he has sold his social media company, X, to xAI, his artificial intelligence company. xAI will pay $45 billion for X, slightly more than Musk paid for it in 2022, but the new deal includes $12 billion of debt.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/business/elon-musk-sells-x-to-xai/index.html

Fuck off Musk;

I'm still going to the #TeslaTakedown tomorrow

Fuck off to the far side of fuck Musk. And, when you get there, fuck off some more.

Farage declared that Reform will set up a UK version of DOGE

Farage might have difficulty with that....

x.com/ByDonkeys/status/1905738420141621271?t=e1HzLjS-h0BzsocVFMBsWA&s=19

This reflective article The United States of Fear is a must read as it identifies a key point in the lack of pushback against the actions of the current Trump administration.

archive.ph/goCUA

That article is so depressing

And then you add this....

When Putin says so.

Such a shame the Olympics were last year

US tells French companies to comply with Trump’s anti-diversity order

World Cup in 2026 will be hosted by Canada, Mexico and the US.
I have been wondering how well they will be able to cooperate between venues.

Well that will be express tracked to the ECHR if any company tries to comply.

Presumably the intention is the fear of being sued by shareholders will prompt the board to break the law ?

If that's the case then whoever dreamt it up is clearly ignorant of a millennium of European history and the endless sagas of robber barons it encompasses.

Im Assuming Musk's AI company buying Musk's X company for $Bns is some scam to boost stock prices.

And that won't be half of it.

I imagined it was to make twitter data scraping/tweaking the algorithm whatever easier - but what do I know

Trump's US; bringing back the fabulous opportunities that child labour provides.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor

Well, I presume that’s why he closed down the Department of Education, so children don’t have to be schooled any more and are available for work. Are there many chimneys needing sweeping in Florida? Huge work opportunities for primary aged children there.

no chimneys, but awkward crawl spaces under houses with (sometimes) less foundation than a victorian terrace.

Pmk
I'll learnt a hell of a lot reading these threads, thank you.

He has sold something he owns to something he owns. Won't be for the good of mankind. It will be a dubious financial move to enrich himself even more. All that money and he seemingly can't do any good with it. Cure cancer, beat heart disease or dementia. Leave a legacy not some memes or a reputation for being a cock