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Greg Sargent talks with Paul Waldman, co-author of White Rural Rage, about how the Trump-Musk show is demonstrating that MAGA voters have gotten badly scammed by Trump. The get the culture-war goodies Trump doles out to them, but nothing else — and with Musk running the show, what it's clear they will probably now get is cuts in government programs they rely on to make ends meet.
Hate's satisfying, but you can't eat it.
"Welp. This is what the voters chose. Perhaps it’s time for them to find out that elections carry consequences, and bad choices can lead to very bad outcomes."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/showdown-smackdownshutdown?==
“President-elect Donald Trump had dinner Wednesday with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (who owns The Washington Post) at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, and the two were joined by billionaire Elon Musk, a Trump transition team spokesperson confirmed.”
~ Marianne Levine and Meryl Kornfield
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/19/trump-bezos-musk-dinner/
@wdlindsy@toad.social"Amid rhetoric of “America First,” Musk and others will actually use their power to hurt everyday Americans (through cuts, shutdowns, higher drug prices, etc.), while advancing private and their own interests that have nothing to do with (or actually counter) American interests."
~ David Pepper
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/day-19-welcome-to-the-oligarcy
@wdlindsy As far as they are concerned, "America" is them and their interests, much like the quip attributed to Louis XIV, "L' état, c'est moi."