Hope Nothing Happens to Elon Musk, Because Then Donald Trump Would Be President

Elon Musk is in theory the world’s richest person. I say “in theory,” because until he liquidates all his shares in Tesla, SpaceX and X, it’s mostly on paper, and what matters is the value of the shares the day they are sold, reduced by what he might owe. But no doubt Elon Musk is incredibly rich and because of this, very powerful.

Donald Trump is the President-Elect of the United States. He lives the lifestyle of the rich and famous, but his actual worth is the subject of great debate, with one unifying principle shared by all: whatever Trump may actually be worth, he is greatly exaggerating the truth. He’s almost certainly not a legitimate billionaire, and his net worth is most likely in the red. Unlike Musk, a brilliant entrepreneur and businessman, Trump has no business sense at all, has gone bankrupt five times, including with casinos in Atlantic City.

No one voted for Elon Musk, and he has no government experience. He is accountable to no one except Trump. He’s a right wing extremist to boot, linked to neo-Nazis and neo-Nazi political parties, among other unsavory extremists. Trump is the moderate in Musk’s circles.

So how the hell did he wind up being in charge of running the incoming Trump Presidency? Right now, he’s trying to bully the GOP Congress to do his bidding, and threatening primaries against those who resist.