Trump is 'chief of staff' to 'President Musk' at this point, says Rep. Dan Goldman - All In - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

"Right now, we have President Elon Musk. And Donald Trump—maybe he's vice president. I guess vice presidents don't do much, so that makes sense. He might be the chief of staff. I don't know what you call him, but he is not calling the shots," says Rep. Dan Goldman. - Aired on 12/19/2024.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Musk and Putin are co-rulers of the USA.

[jls4561]

2. Not even chief of staff, just the covered boy.

[jls4561]

4. Edit: It is supposed to read "merely the cofefe boy".

Curse you autocorrect!

[dflprincess]

3. "Chief of Staff" is giving him too much credit.

A spokesperson, maybe.

[Frank D. Lincoln]

5. Now we know why Elon was jumping for joy at that Trump rally.

He knew it wasn't really about Trump it was about him.

[Aussie105]

6. Trump has a problem. He didn't want the job the first time around.

But it was an appeal to his ego that he couldn't deny.

Then he stuffed up so badly and so many skeletons came out of the closet that led to a really long list of convictions, that he really didn't have a choice to not run again.
His ego wouldn't like it in jail!

So Trump readily accepted help from Putin and Pence the first time, but Pence let him down and Putin is a bit busy with his own problems, so Trump readily delegated to someone equally as deranged as he is.

Hopefully America survives this bromance, and some sane work gets done, but Trump has a history of falling out with others, so who knows.

Trump is in a pickle though, doesn't want to do or understand how to do the job, trusts no one, but doesn't want to go to jail either.
Basically, that leaves him one option, to leave the decision making to someone crazier than he is.

As a sane (?) and empathetic (?) person myself, I should feel sorry for Trump.
Instead, I choose to laugh.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Great analysis, thank you.

I have always wondered what history would make of the deplorable TFG leadership, but I never expected it to happen yet again with the threat of turning out so much worse.