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It took longer for them to get to this point than I expected.
Yeah, the over/under was in March.
Amazing that the thing setting Musk over the deep end was doggedly stanning Rand Paul. Of all the people to be ride or die for...
My first thought: This is theater. My second thought: Doesn't change a thing. Fuck em both before, fuck em both now. Focus on the fascist govt giving all of our data to Palantir so that they can create a database to track all US residents and deport whoever they want whenever they want wherever they want.
Fuck the fascists, but yeah I'm regretting even posting this now bc I'm pretty sure it was just theatre to distract from the fact that around the same time this was all happening, Netanyahu acknowledged on Twitter that he armed clans of Palestinians..
In other words, it looks like he got caught arming clans of Palestinians the same week that all this happened:
Hamas working to 'sabotage' Trump-backed aid group with 'fake news': Israeli official
New recordings reveal Hamas fired on Gaza aid hub to steal supplies
In conversation with IDF officer, Gaza residents say terror group fired mortars on center in Rafah; testimonies challenge claims of Israeli fire and highlight growing efforts to block independent humanitarian aid
'They're criminals, like ISIS': IDF reveals Gaza resident's testimony to COGAT officer
Not the first time. In the 1980s, Israel sought to undermine PLO (which wanted a 2 state solution) and supported a group opposed to PLO called, I believe, Hamas.
Yikes yep that would be something worth trying to distract people from. Also, I did giggle at the comment with djt being in the Regina George burn book. I’m sure he doesn’t know if butter is a carb.
My first thought: This is theater.
Yeah I just can't see any other explanation. It's too sudden, too all-encompassing - too quickly. It's artificial.
Well this is just plain great.
I mean, from a business perspective, yeah. Between crew and cargo flights, NASA’s purchasing over 80% of Dragon flights. You have a product that looses 80% of its customers, it’s hard to keep afloat.
It’d be funny if it weren’t for the stakes involved.
This reminds me so much of John Mulaney's joke about a Trump vs Kim Jong Un fued that eventually leads up to nuclear war after Trump goads him into it by saying "You know what, I want you to do it."
Part of me knows this has almost certainly got to be a distraction, but maybe not? Even if it is, just dear god I am just seriously flooded at reality rn. Surely they jumped the shark. Where does this administration even go from here...?
Doesn't Elon have access to the nuclear codes?
If they were smart or even lucid we could be sure it's theater. But Trump is starting to freeze like Mitch and all the money in the world can't undo the side effects of Elon being a stereotypical rich drug addict. Assuming these are rational actors is a poor choice.
Part of me knows this has almost certainly got to be a distraction
I mean, distraction from what? This is a melt down over a Must Pass budget bill that's going to potentially reshape the global economy. Elon's angry because his friends at the fringe of the US Senate are only getting most of what they want.
Trillions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of employees, and whole administrative departments are hanging in the balance. Nevermind the fate of the US space program and the telecomm industry. Plus the next round of funding for both Israel and Ukraine.
What else is there to be distracted from? The ability for these two assholes to agree on something is the hinge point on the next decade of history, easy.
Doesn't Elon have access to the nuclear codes?
No... absolutely not!
He also lacks the authority to give a single order to anyone in the military. So he could never use the codes. And luckily, between this doge debacle and his not being born in the US, I'm confident in saying he'll never be president.
What a bunch of fucking losers.
It’s almost as if untrustworthy people can’t be trusted!
Good. Let it all burn. I hope this clown goes down in flames, right along with it.
Good, I hope Space X folds
If Trump nationalized it out of petty vindictiveness I wouldn't criticize him for that. I'd still criticize literally everything else, but even a broken clock can be right twice a day and maybe this could be Trump's moment to be right by accident.
Without Musk, SpaceX could be great. The Falcon 9 platform and building rockets in America has been great. It's Starship that is a steaming pile of shit.
By having it disintegrate in the lower atmosphere just like the others?