11 points

Guess the journalists will answer " Weird Flex, but OK"

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I had this discussion with people IRL recently, wondering who the real power behind the throne was, because when they let him do interviews on his own, it’s clear the orange figurehead is too far gone with dementia to be this organized and focused on the transition. I hope that the real power behind the throne is Leon, because he’s so stupid. Dangerous, yes, but not as insidiously dangerous as somebody smart.

In any case, I want this to be true. It’s exactly what I would’ve predicted, so I’ll keep calling him President Musk.

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I don’t think it’s dementia, not unless he’s had dementia his entire life.

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3 points

He has always been an idiot but he isnt able to focus much anymore. Its hard to tell though since he was always running at half cylinder and is now running at a third.

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2 points

It has noticeably gotten worse

As bad as he was before, he didn’t prompt me to say “HUH?!?” every time he spoke then, but he definitely manages it every time now

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Somebody did an analysis of his speech, and found that his vocabulary has markedly decreased in recent years. That’s one of the signal early indicators of dementia. Even back in 2016, he was noticeably more articulate. Since then, several other symptoms of dementia have shown up: Memory issues, doctors concerned enough to do cognitive assessments, losing the ability to process metaphors, impulsivity, uncharacteristic swearing, and losing track of the passage of time.

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114 points

I predicted this a while back: Having two thin-skinned megalomaniacs working together never works out in the long run. Trump and Elon are both too dysfunctional even to be able to work individually with patient people without it going off the rails. Having them working together with each other is doomed to explosive failure eventually.

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24 points

Yessssss poke the thin skinned bears… Have them tear each other apart

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9 points

Can we not insult bears with this comparison, even the weakest, dumbest, most cowardly bear is still leagues better than them. Except Koala but they arent even real bears so fuck em, Nazi punks of the bear world.

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36 points

Did someone say murder-suicide?

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58 points

The funny part is Trump doesn’t even take office for another month, the relationship might fall apart before he’s even inaugurated and actually in power, let alone lasting “long term”.

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162 points

Oooooooo, President Elon is gonna be pissed at poor man Trump and cut off his funding.

Trump better shape up and kiss the ring.

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45 points

Yeah, how dare Trump talk to his superior, Elon Musk, like that?? It’s unconscionable!

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53 points

Sounds like he might be easy to manipulate by the media.

Did you hear that Trump is just following orders from the religious right, that Christian nationalists are the true president? All his anti abortion and anti socialism stuff is just following orders from his master.

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