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Related: About this forumMaddow: Musk exposed Trump weakness, on top of incompetence, with spending bill manipulation - Rachel Maddow MSNBC
Donald Trump's transition ahead of his second term in office was already a series of humiliations and failures as his inability to pick qualified members of his administration was laid bare, but the spending bill debacle showed that in addition to that incompetence, Trump is vulnerable to being taken advantage of, as Elon Musk did with apparent ease. - Aired on 12/23/2024.
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Maddow: Musk exposed Trump weakness, on top of incompetence, with spending bill manipulation - Rachel Maddow MSNBC (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Dec 24
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VP Trump had to FOLLOW President Musk's lead to be on the right side of his own issue.
keithbvadu2
Dec 24
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keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)1. VP Trump had to FOLLOW President Musk's lead to be on the right side of his own issue.
Rhiannon12866
(227,659 posts)2. So who's making the decisions here??
Not that I trust either of them...
Baron2024
(1,077 posts)3. Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow is a national treasure. She is the single best broadcast journalist in the country. If I had to choose just one person to listen to, it would be her.
Rhiannon12866
(227,659 posts)4. She really is excellent - thanks to her research, she's even broken stories, like the "fake electors" schemes in 7 states
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