r/politics • u/soloChristoGlorium • Feb 02 '25

Paywall Musk vows to cancel grants after gaining access to US Treasury payment system

https://www.ft.com/content/27ba0a6a-0d9b-4e08-8329-730b581c0481
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u/Cachemorecrystal Feb 02 '25

In a few months, after Musk has caused a lot of damage that they both agreed upon, suddenly Trump is going to be saying "Musk? I hardly know him" or "Someone else hired him."

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u/daschande Feb 03 '25

Low-level covefe boy.

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u/sophiesbest Feb 03 '25

Wouldn't be surprised if Trump is letting Musk do all the dirty work just so he can throw him under the bus later.

Let Musk commit most of the crimes, then once he's done being useful Trump can push for his prosecution and arrest. Takes the heat and liability off of Trump while simultaneously making Trump look fair, even handed, and Just (lol) since he's willing to punish an ally if they do wrong (lmao).

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u/hammertime2009 Feb 03 '25

Naw he will let him do the dirty work, take the fall and the fallout for it. Get prosecuted for it and the right wing media will put their insane spin on the truth and Musk will claim he had permission or is being unfairly treated and then Trump will pardon him. Oh wait. The Trump DOJ won’t prosecute him, who am I kidding!?

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u/Poohstrnak Feb 03 '25

Yep. He’ll talk about musk the same way he talks about all his ex-cabinet members.

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u/Orange152horn3 Feb 03 '25

Will we be allowed to rip Musk into pieces at that moment?

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u/TheLongDark14 Feb 03 '25

He will say, he's a DEI immigrant hire, and he needs to go, once the civil war starts between the MAGAts.