Summary
Donald Trump mocked Time magazine after its latest cover depicted Elon Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk, questioning if the magazine was “still in business.”
While pretending indifference, the cover likely irritated him, as he was ecstatic just months ago when Time named him 2024 Person of the Year.
Speaking at the White House, Trump tried to dismiss the cover’s implications and praised Musk for uncovering “fraud and corruption.”
Despite his criticism, Trump has long craved Time’s approval, even displaying a fake cover of himself.
Journalist: “We have found reason to believe there may be a conflict of interest in the way SpaceX receives government funding!”
Official: “Nonsense! He is a brilliant entrepreneur, blessed by the free market!”
Journalist: “But if he receives government grants and also holds influence over government decisions, shouldn’t we at least investigate?”
Official: “Investigate? Are you mad? That’s not how modern governance works!”
Journalist: “How does it work?”
Official: “Well, if he weighs the same as a rocket… he’s a genius!”
Crowd: “A genius!! Burn the critics!!”
Journalist: “But that doesn’t make any sense!”
Official: “Look, strange billionaires distributing subsidies is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate of regulatory oversight, not from handing out massive contracts to one’s own companies!”
Journalist: “So you’ll investigate?”
Official: “What? No! Now go away, or I shall dismiss you a second time!”
Time’s latest pantomime—a Musk-Tump fusion seated at the Resolute Desk of Delusion. Classic. The man who thinks truth is a flexible spreadsheet and the guy who thinks “fraud and corruption” is a compliment. Peak propaganda.
Trump’s “indifference” is as convincing as Musk’s “genius.” Both crave validation from the same media they pretend to despise. Pathetic. Time’s covers? Just participation trophies for oligarchs cosplaying as revolutionaries.
The real joke? Watching these clowns orbit each other’s egos while the world burns. But hey, at least the Resolute Desk now doubles as a therapy couch for billionaires with daddy issues.
Oh now that’s funny.
Elon next PotY?
you misspelled Potus
hahaha! Grab him by the ego!
when you’re rich they let you
That’s hilarious, thank you for the laugh
No, he does not care at all. Nope. Doesn’t care about what the media says. No bearing, none.
He handled it well in fact, saying he thought they Time was out of business, then complimenting Elon’s performance in his role.
…the Liberal media painting this as a huge win, rather than honestly admitting “We’re too scare to ask about Musk’s conflicts of interests because we represent the same rich assholes ge does” is part of how they contribute to the disconnect between politics and reality… And it’s part of how the election was lost, via sane washing, clickbaiting, and selective ignorance.
Psychological warfare. Trump’s an easy mark. We need more of it…
LOL…this is glorious! Elon’s firing to commence in T minus 10…9…8…
Elon is going to demote Trump and make him his special little Gaza emissary
Elon is already gearing up to fire Trump? Damn, that was quick.
One can hope, but doubtful
The exact same scenario played out with Steve Bannon, and Trump fired him. I’m don’t see Elon faring much better.
Elon is filthy rich though. There is a difference.
He’s rich so far, but he really seems to be alienating his consumer customer base. If he keeps this up, his car company could crash as fast as it grew, and maybe his other customers will start reacting
He’s worth over $400 billion. He could literally set warehouses full of cash on fire and not notice.
Musk and some more background people likely saved the Trump campaign from financial ruin. He couldn’t be rid of them if he wanted to.
He could shift his soft power approaches against Musk. That is, if Trump’s understanding of soft power were better than Cersi Lannister.
However, Trump doesn’t generally seem to care about how much someone has helped him in the past if one minor slight shows up. If Musk can’t help him at this very instance, he’d be open to throwing him under the bus. He abandons people fast
Musk and his friends understand soft power better than Trump does. That is, understand it at all. They have more options if that happens.
Musk and some more background people likely saved the Trump campaign from financial ruin. He couldn’t be rid of them if he wanted to.
His campaign is over. He is president now. And he can do whatever he wants… and has been doing exactly that.
My sister speculated that somebody (probably trump…) uploaded something far worse than “the pee-pee tape” to twitter and musk inherited that when he bought the site.
But even that only goes so long and… trump has SCOTUS backing to send seal team six after whoever he wants.
On your last point, I’m surprised that Musk isn’t more visibly worried about assassination attempts. He’s really not making friends with anyone in government or otherwise, and the one guy backing him is a bad mood away from testing his full immunity powers and seizing several billions for himself. Like, if I had that kind of fuck off money, I sure wouldn’t be putting my neck on the line for this.
That’s why I kind of agree with “the dumbest thing (some troll has) ever heard speculated”. musk clearly has enough dirt that it has kept his head attached after all the “president musk” memes.
Musk seems like the type to be enamored with dead man switches. Although, I’m not sure if he’s smart enough to actually use any
My sister speculated that somebody (probably trump…) uploaded something far worse than “the pee-pee tape” to twitter and musk inherited that when he bought the site.
That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard speculated
Hey now. I don’t think you’re giving Cersi enough credit there.
Are we taking bets on how many scaramuccis he’s got left?
Hey, instead of asking him about a magazine cover - then acting like it’s some huge win when he pretends to think the magazine was out of business, and goes on to complete Musk…
…maybe just maybe, you could ask him how Musk’s department might go about investigating SpaceX grants and the government funding it get?
You could even use bog adult journalism terms like “Conflict of Interest”.
TBF Elon actually uncoverd a lot of corruption. Just not the way Trump thinks
Indeed. The day after inauguration, Elon woke up, walked to the bathroom, flipped on the light, and stared straight ahead, instantly discovering corruption the likes of which America has never seen.
Time Magazine didn’t lie (this time)
This is hardly news
Fuck yeah. Hurt this cunt the only way he understands.
When was The Orange Fart Person of the Year?
just a reminder that ‘person of the year’ is not necessarily ‘good person of the year’…
it is awarded to people who have had significant impact on global events during the year (i.e. ‘news makers’)–good OR bad.
Unfortunately, adhering to traditionalism means inflating the ego yet further of dictators. I’d rather the whole thing went away altogether (that would have been a real statement if they’d just left the thing blank).
Well good, I’m glad he turned on time. Would have been terrible if it was off.
Dang. He’s going to burn the desk now, isn’t he?
