Trump has got his Goebbels - Elon Musk

[speak easy]

Joseph Goebbels had all the resources of the State behind him. At this point Musk has his personal fortune, his social network, and through DOGE, access to all the Federal Government's unclassified information. He may get more.

Trump will not dump Elon. He fits into the fascist criminal administration only too well.

Trump has his Himmler too: Stephen Miller.

NYT: Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans (2023)

“Any activists who doubt President Trump’s resolve in the slightest are making a drastic error: Trump will unleash the vast arsenal of federal powers to implement the most spectacular migration crackdown,” Mr. Miller said, adding, “The immigration legal activists won’t know what’s happening.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/politics/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html

Any activists who doubt President Trump’s resolve in the slightest ... DU never did.

[dwayneb]

1. Dead on

Musk will be the real power behind the throne. I'd love to tell you that I think there will be a pretty end to any of this.

There is a reason why my son married but didn't have any children. Far more intelligent than myself, he saw a long time ago where this world is heading. And he had no interest in bringing children into this world to live in a Fascist State under the boot of monsters like Trump and Musk and Putin.

[Bluetus]

2. Possibly true, but there are important differences

Musk looked to be powerful by having Twitter under his control, but that is disintegrating rapidly. At least in the us, it is quickly becoming the home for right wingers only.

And musk himself has become an international pariah. Goebbles was able to do his evil work mostly behind the scenes. But Musk has been exposed for what he is. People now openly ridicule the Tesla products as Swastikars. Not only does musk come across as a flake, but people are coming to learn that he really is a Nazi.

I don't believe this level of awareness ever existed in Goebbles' time. In other words, musk is a big liability for trump, although Trump may not realize that yet.

I think it is far more accurate to say that Steven Miller and Steven Bannon are the equivalent of Goebbles in this administration.