Summary

“He wants to be seen as having say in everything (even if he doesn’t),” one person in Trump’s orbit said.

Elon Musk’s growing influence in Donald Trump’s orbit is reportedly irritating members of the former president’s inner circle.

Since his efforts helped secure Trump’s reelection, Musk has been highly visible at Mar-a-Lago, taking credit for Trump’s victory and acting as if he’s a “co-president.”

Musk has joined key diplomatic calls and even attempted to broker peace with Iran.

Despite his appointment to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, some close to Trump feel Musk’s overreach and need for attention may jeopardize his position, as Trump dislikes sharing the spotlight.

  • EnderMB@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 hour ago

    I had predicted this a while back, in that enabling Trump meant victory for the GOP, but the total erosion of Conservative values. This is clear in that any career politician will likely cede power to a bunch of nutjobs or meme lords with money.

    They can either shut up and let Trump do his thing (lol), or they can dig their heels in and fight his decisions from within, grinding government to a halt (also lol). Either way, it’s a win for most, because in the long term the right will bail after Trump and leave a party so weak that it probably won’t be able to fight off the memory of Trump. He’ll never endorse a candidate that’s not himself, especially if the GOP blocks him. His rabid fan base will either die out, or go third-party because the GOP is “too woke” or something.

  • cmhe@lemmy.world
    11·
    4 hours ago

    Trumps administration will likely start out with a lot of power hungry egomaniac freaks, and then with its very high turnover, trump loyalists will be filtered through, like they did in their first term.

    Competence doesn’t really matter.

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    5 hours ago

    I really hope they throw him under the bus, and then later they can fire him and blame him for anything that goes wrong.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      Hey, yeah. Trump is a vindictive shit against people he perceives as disloyal. Watch what happens to Mike Pence after the inauguration to see a preview of how badly Republicans are going to eat their own. Hopefully very badly.

  • rational_lib@lemmy.world
    20·
    9 hours ago

    Trump has promised a cabinet position to every insufferable asshole in the country who insists that everyone accept their own fringe views and talks over anyone who disagrees, while also knowing nothing about what they’re talking about. This is gonna be funny to watch, but painful to experience.

  • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    11 hours ago

    The only good part of the Trump regime will be watching them infight as we all go up in flames.

  • bender223@lemmy.todayEnglish
    101·
    11 hours ago

    He’s a genius billionaire, so we should always listen to what he says, no matter how stupid it is.

    /s

    • auzy@lemmy.world
      7·
      4 hours ago

      Yeah. Like that shitty sub he built

      At least unlike the cave divers, when he calls people in Trump’s team a pedo this time when they ignore him, he might actually be right

  • wheeldawg@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    63·
    11 hours ago

    Is he (or ANYONE else for that matter) really under the impression that he had any effect on the election one way or the other? That’s the biggest sign of arrogance right there.