Summary
Donald Trump mocked Time magazine after its latest cover depicted Elon Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk, questioning if the magazine was “still in business.”
While pretending indifference, the cover likely irritated him, as he was ecstatic just months ago when Time named him 2024 Person of the Year.
Speaking at the White House, Trump tried to dismiss the cover’s implications and praised Musk for uncovering “fraud and corruption.”
Despite his criticism, Trump has long craved Time’s approval, even displaying a fake cover of himself.
hahaha! Grab him by the ego!
There is something truly next level about bragging to rich people about how much you enjoy something simple.
This comes to mind
No, he does not care at all. Nope. Doesn’t care about what the media says. No bearing, none.
He handled it well in fact, saying he thought they Time was out of business, then complimenting Elon’s performance in his role.
…the Liberal media painting this as a huge win, rather than honestly admitting “We’re too scare to ask about Musk’s conflicts of interests because we represent the same rich assholes ge does” is part of how they contribute to the disconnect between politics and reality… And it’s part of how the election was lost, via sane washing, clickbaiting, and selective ignorance.
This is the same guy that was beefing with Rosie O’Donnell for how long?
Oh, and still has an axe to grind with SPY magazine’s founders, from shit they said about him in…checks calendar…the 80s?
Still whiny that Obama has a bigger crowd size than him.
I wonder if, like Hitler being a failed artist, if donvict had actually felt he was successful and actually accepted by most people that he looks up to (and they don’t accept him, since he’s a weird freak) if his life would have had a different turn. Maybe they should have given him some talk show on TV or radio and make him feel Bigly Important at various events where TMZ or whatever is there to fawn over him.
Fuck. I can totally envision him as a sadistic Jerry Springer type talk show host, deliberately egging on guests in the hopes they beat on each other. While he watches with one hand in his trowser pocket, discretely rubbing himself
Journalist: “We have found reason to believe there may be a conflict of interest in the way SpaceX receives government funding!”
Official: “Nonsense! He is a brilliant entrepreneur, blessed by the free market!”
Journalist: “But if he receives government grants and also holds influence over government decisions, shouldn’t we at least investigate?”
Official: “Investigate? Are you mad? That’s not how modern governance works!”
Journalist: “How does it work?”
Official: “Well, if he weighs the same as a rocket… he’s a genius!”
Crowd: “A genius!! Burn the critics!!”
Journalist: “But that doesn’t make any sense!”
Official: “Look, strange billionaires distributing subsidies is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate of regulatory oversight, not from handing out massive contracts to one’s own companies!”
Journalist: “So you’ll investigate?”
Official: “What? No! Now go away, or I shall dismiss you a second time!”
Musk and some more background people likely saved the Trump campaign from financial ruin. He couldn’t be rid of them if he wanted to.
He could shift his soft power approaches against Musk. That is, if Trump’s understanding of soft power were better than Cersi Lannister.
I wish the independent hadn’t used such a high def photo of him-- you can really see all the nooks and crannies of his shit ass bronzer shotgun applicator. He looks so fucking old. I doubt he’s making it through the next 4 years alive.
Kissinger also wasn’t a fat, lazy, demented old crybaby. he was as cold as he was evil. and was in relatively good shape for much of his life, certainly compared to big beefy Donnie boy.
Guaranteed that he has no idea the Times person of the year doesn’t mean the greatest and bestest person of the year. Just the world’s biggest shit disturber of the year, for good or ill.
