Summary

Trump’s transition team reaffirmed his leadership of the GOP amid criticism that Elon Musk, a close ally, wields outsized influence.

Musk, co-leading Trump’s DOGE, launched a social media campaign against a bipartisan stopgap funding bill, calling it wasteful.

Democrats dubbed Musk the “real leader” of the GOP, blaming his posts for derailing the bill and risking a government shutdown.

House Republicans are now drafting an alternative funding plan to align with Trump’s demands, excluding a debt ceiling increase.

  • teft
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    7918 hours ago

    Any man who must say “I am the king” is no true king.

    -Tywin Lannister

  • @foggy
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    6218 hours ago

    Let’s be real, Trump is too poor to be the president of an oligarchy.

      • @foggy
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        816 hours ago

        That got him above Tay Tay?

        We all know that ain’t true.

    • @[email protected]
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      1018 hours ago

      soon as donvict kicks him out of the clubhouse, old spice goes and buys congress (for basically sofa cushion change) to derail everything.

      hmmmmmm.

  • partial_accumen
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    House Republicans are now drafting an alternative funding plan to align with Trump’s demands, excluding a debt ceiling increase.

    Reporters should ask if this alternative bill has been run by Musk for his approval first or if Musk has delegated this bill to Trump to deal with.

    • Rhaedas
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      1816 hours ago

      I wish we still had those types of reporters. I get that if they say something off base they’ll be doing local news spots for the rest of their career. But I wish they’d push back sometimes.

  • @CaptSneeze
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    4518 hours ago

    You know what a true leader doesn’t have to do?

    Tap for spoiler

    Affirm their position as leader.

  • @just_another_person
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    3919 hours ago

    Lol. I hope these fat bitches just spend their time arguing to death and not doing shit.

  • circuitfarmer
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    2218 hours ago

    Musk and Trump in an ego battle is a considerably better outcome to all this batshittery versus many other possibilities.