The optics from Tuesday’s Oval Office event were stunning in their delivery.
You had Donald J. Trump, the incumbent president of the United States, sitting at the Resolute Desk. To his right was Elon Musk, the billionaire high-tech guru who’s taken on the role of co-POTUS.
Musk pontificated for several minutes about the need — in his mind — to slash billions of dollars from the federal budget. With him was one of his 11 children, sitting on Musk’s shoulders, playing around and acting like a charmiing little boy.
All the while, Trump sat there silently, letting Musk prattle on about what he intends to do to make government more efficient.
Wait just a second, shall we?
Who in the world was elected president in November? It damn sure wasn’t Musk, a foreign-born richest man on Earth. Trump got more votes than his opponent.
And yet … the incumbent president sat at his desk, acting for all the world like a bit player in a scheme to restructure the nature of our democratic republic.
Of course, we need to understand that Musk has Trump’s blessing to take center stage. Still, the Oval Office image is beyond weird.
It scares me sh**less!
Nice try at spinning this. If you watched, Trump asked him to speak to the reporters. He didn’t sit by “acting as a bit player”. He was in full control of the press, as he always is.
How’s the article on government spending and corruption going?