Summary
Yale historian Tim Snyder warned of billionaire Elon Musk’s growing influence over Donald Trump, highlighting Musk’s far greater wealth and financial backing of Trump’s re-election campaign.
According to Snyder, “Trump is a little guy, and Musk is a big guy when it actually comes to having money.”
Snyder argued that Trump, lacking substantial personal wealth, risks becoming financially dependent on Musk, who could wield disproportionate influence.
He cautioned that Musk’s monetary power allows him to shape Trump’s actions and decisions, raising concerns for Trump’s allies.
Snyder emphasized that Musk’s wealth and control over Trump could undermine the president-elect’s autonomy and create lasting dependencies.
I’m Mister nobody. But every morning, I look in the mirror and I think “I did right by my family, friends and my community, I do my job honestly and I hurt nobody to exist.”
I’ll go to my grave a complete unknown, but looking at myself in the mirror and finding that I’m a decent human being - as human beings go - is important to me.
And so I don’t know how people like Trump or Musk live in their own skin. I’m guessing they never look at themselves in the mirror, else they’d be ashamed. And yeah, I know feeling shame is alien to them. Yet… How do they live like that? It must be something special to be a terrible human being and not realize it even a little bit…
I often wonder if the latest Trump offspring - Barron Trump - will some day reveal himself to be critical of his terrible father. Unlike the other two morons, he hasn’t said much yet and he’s young. It would rekindle my faith in humanity if he turned out better than his shite siblings.
My guess is that Trump lacks the critical thinking skills to actually examine himself in a mirror, so when he does, he just thinks he’s great.
Sociopathy