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because Musk was the financial force behind Trump winning. The fact Musk could completely take over all of the ad space on TV and social media and still be the world's richest man is something Trump knows. If Musk wanted to primary a ton of Republicans he could.
I think you might have your dates mixed up a little bit. Musk attached himself to Trump because he saw that Trump was popular and influential, and wanted some of that for himself. He hitched his wagon to a winning horse so to speak. Trump was already doing well. I wouldn't describe him as the primary force behind Trump winning at all. Trump largely won due to a flaccid and incompetent campaign by the dems. And Musk could've spent billions backing any republican he wanted, but that wouldn't mean that they would win. When it came to internal polls of the republican party, Trump wasn't just ahead, he always had a supermajority, and this was before Elon got involved as well.
Yes Trump has a following and is a force by himself. But Trump can't carry the entire Republican party. We saw it in all the races he tried to sway besides his own. With his current poll numbers and the Republics not doing anything to fix all this chaos, Trump isn't going to be able to keep midterms going his way by calling all the candidates stupid names.
I'm saying that Musk provided funding to make sure things finished the way they wanted party wide. If Trump pisses off Musk enough with a fraction of 1% of his worth he could take out any Republic midterm contest. Musk can find legitimate political scientists and fund them to swing a lot of elections. Where as Trump seems to only be able to find the most incompetent to work for him.
I agree fully with this:
I just think it includes Musk. He's an absolute dipshit, he isn't some mastermind pulling the strings. If Trump pisses off Musk enough he'll rant about it on twitter. I just don't see him as capable of organising a proper "revenge plan" that isn't just two pathetic manchildren complaining about each other.
And I have no idea what this means. If he's bribing political scientists to say what he wants, I wouldn't exactly call them legitimate. And since when do political scientists swing elections? If you've ever met someone with a political science degree you'd know they're some of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet. They just say who they want to win and then make up bullshit to justify their opinion. There's no "science" involved at any point.
Overall I just don't think you're really reinforcing your point here. Trump won just fine without Musk before, so why is Musk suddenly vital? I think he is useful to Trump, sure, but he isn't this cornerstone piece of the Trump administration that Trump is too scared of to ever say anything about. Honestly I think Trump is too dumb and egotistical to ever have anyone like that.
I agree. But the major difference between Trump and Musk is that Musk has companies that are actually doing well because he was able to pick them up when they were heading in the right direction and allowed more competent people to actually do the business stuff. SpaceX does well, he has other people doing the real work. Twitter is a failure because he is doing it all himself. Tesla is only falling apart because Musk is getting in the way.
I'm saying he can actually hire people who are extremely good at this field of work. There are highly skilled economists and strategists and speech writers and analysts that will work for him if he pays them well enough. He can fund the whole political scene if he truly wanted to. Trump wants power and he only gets it when the Republicans are running the show. If Musk wanted to treat politics like how he "runs" SpaceX then he could do damage. But what we have seen so far, like in Wisconsin, was Musk treating it like Twitter.
He is vital because Trump loses after he gets elected. He is a shit president and a shit business man and he is only good at playing up his abilities. We are seeing just how bad of a leader he is and the polls are showing that people are getting pissed off at utter lack of "winning" Trump always says we will have. I think Trump is going to need money and social media to make sure the Republicans don't lose the midterms as it could instantly make him an impotent president if there is a big in a year and a half.
But even more vital is how soon that fear starts to creep in for the Republican Party. Right now they are being told not to have town halls because everyone is out for blood. Once that sets in and they start realizing they need to change Trump is going to start losing control. For the House to right the ship would mean pushing back on his insane ideas. Musk can make that happen really quick if he wanted.