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From an Atlantic article yesterday:
Bruno Maçães, a writer and consultant on geopolitics who has served as Portugal’s Europe minister, told me his phone had been ringing constantly since Trump’s election. European business leaders want to know what Trump will do with his second term, and how they can prepare. Maçães was not optimistic. He scoffed at Trump’s decision to create new, lofty-sounding administration posts for Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, and was baffled by the Silicon Valley types who believe the billionaires will transform the federal government, usher in a new era of unprecedented economic growth, and colonize Mars. “Maybe,” Maçães said. “I don’t know. But if you saw this in another country, you would see it as an acute sign of political decay when billionaires and oligarchy are taking over political policy.”
emax_gomax@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Elon from like 2013 when he was on big bang theory could probably have won. Hell Elon before twitter and the amber heard johnny Depp mess could probably have won. This guy legit was though of as irl Tony Stark until his inexorable demand for attention showed how shallow, weak, privileged and all round disappointing a human being he was.
Horsey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
He’s South African, he can’t be President lol.
bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
He didn’t found Tesla either but bought the title. So I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump grants him natural born citizenship somehow. It’s not like t by r supreme court will say no.