Musk has been a near-constant presence at Mar-a-Lago, where he has sat in on important meetings and calls.

Summary

Elon Musk’s frequent presence at Mar-a-Lago and his involvement in sensitive conversations have raised concerns among Trump’s longstanding advisers, who view Musk as overly assertive and self-promoting.

Musk’s push for influence, including voicing policy ideas and taking credit for Trump’s win, has raised concerns about his motives and loyalty.

  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
    10·
    6 days ago

    People don’t understand, they both speak the same language. They’re both natural grifters… What’s more Musk is probably better at it than Trump was. Trump needed lessons from Roy Cohn, who was a ruthless, damaged, low empathy, closet homosexual and self-hater.

    Musk didn’t need that kind of mentor, he’s a natural grifter, and my bet is that Trump is fascinated by him. They do similar things in different ways.

    Only in certain scenarios would this blow up, and Musk has already bent the knee to Trump, so those scenarios are unlikely.

    Musk is a friendly fellow grifter Trump can use, and has power over, which is what Trump likes.

    At best we’ll see Musk become a fall guy for Trump’s shortcomings. But seeing as Trump may later die in office, Musk might also avoid such a fate. Only time will tell.