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Firstly, "President Musk" isn't a joke.
Secondly, half the reason everybody says it is to piss off Vice-President Trump.
Secondly, half the reason everybody says it is to piss off ~~Vice-President Trump~~ First Lady Musk.
Fixed it for you. Trump doesn't even have the prestige or influence of a vice president (and that alone speaks volumes) in this situation.
Hey, just so you're aware, a lot of women and trans people find this joke pretty misogynistic and transphobic since it implies that it would be more demeaning for Elon to be a woman or queer than it is for him to be his regular cringey self. Something to keep in mind so we don't friendly-fire on our allies!
Edit for anyone still struggling with this: if 👏 you 👏 misgender 👏 ANYONE 👏 on purpose 👏 then 👏 trans 👏 people 👏 will 👏 not 👏 trust 👏 you 👏
ThePowerofGeek, you're great and appreciated and I hope you don't read anything below from the people who want you to have a worse reaction so their feelings don't get hurt vicariously.
Hmm, good to know. Thanks.
I don't think you, or the people you're claiming to represent, understand the joke. First Lady Musk refers to Trump, not Elon. The implication isn't that it's demeaning to be a woman or queer, but that the spouse of the President has no real power or authority. This has nothing to do with their gender, and everything to do with the fact that they are the unelected spouse of an elected official.
The only ones who benefit when you misinterpret things in a way that implies unintended and unsubstantiated bigotry, are those who can use it to reinforce their claims of a misguidedly hypersensitive left, and thereby undermine justified recognition of intended and substantiated bigotry.
Then simple question, why not use First Gentleman? Kamala Harris' husband was Second Gentleman and would have been first if she had won.
You're speaking with a lot of confidence about the validity of the feelings of a group of people who, I'm guessing, you are not apart of.
Trump isn't even vice president. He is "guy who has to sign papers."
Rubber-stamp Don
First "Gentleman" Trump.
I don't know what everyone is bitching about, the US is finally getting their first African ~~American~~ president
FTFY
I don't know what everyone is bitching about, the US is finally getting their first African ~~American~~ president
Be careful Don. If President Musk sees this, he may become upset with you and cut off your funding.
What joke? He bought the presidency, and Thiel bought Vance for the vice presidency. It's the Musk/Theil ticket featuring the old guy who signs bills, and the guy who will replace old guy when old guy does.
Oh man, President Musk isn't going to like this. Good thing Trump is too chickenshit to voice this more publicly.
He can't voice it publicly or he'll get fired!!
Joke? What joke? President Musk is proof that the American Dream is well and alive if a South African who isn't even legally a US American Citizen can buy himself a country as long as he works hard spending the money earned from his father's child-slave powered emerald mine.... Well there's hope for the rest of us*
as long as he works hard spending the money earned from his father’s child-slave powered emerald mine…
I hate this misconception. Barely any of it is emerald money. His wealth is all based off defrauding his customers, investors and the US government, lying about everything, and doing tons of illegal stuff like pump n dumps.
OK, then it is "King Musk" and "Jester Donald".
This is perfect.
What are you going to do about it, Mr. Vice President? You going to let that foreigner steal your spotlight? Pansy.
“hates ‘President Musk’ joke”
I mean… isn’t that the whole point? Wouldn’t his “big brain” understand that most obvious of ploys?
You love to see it!
Should their couple name be Trusk or Mump?
Mump, because it's similar to a disease.
So, is President Musk going to shove his hand up Dumpy's ass or just use strings?
President Musk and first boyfriend Trump, what a combo.
Or first bestie?
First man, Trump. It'll get on his nerves.
Hurt his widdle feels.
It's not a joke if it's true.
It isn't a joke, sadly.
Elon is about to be POTUS, but hey you'll be there too Donnie. Every President needs a first lad.
President Musk doesn’t care, he’s going to get what he paid for and then some. Pray he doesn’t alter the deal further.
Good. Glad it is working.
I mean, it's a great opportunity for him to become the second worst president of the US. That might not happen again. President Dittman is such a good dad.
Tough shit Putin's Sock Puppet. you picked the racist bastard. and he bought your dumbass.
