Elon Musk Gloats as Donald Trump Looks Poised to Win the Presidency

“The radical of America gave @realDonaldTrump a crystal wide mandate for alteration tonight,” Musk tweeted aft Fox had called the contention for Trump.

Earlier successful the night, Musk tweeted a photograph of himself with Trump and UFC president Dana White that appears to person been taken astatine Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s residence and backstage nine successful Florida.

🇺🇸🇺🇸The aboriginal is gonna beryllium truthful 🔥 🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/x56cqb6oT5

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2024

Trump has promised to marque Musk the caput of a caller Department Of Government Efficiency, which stands for DOGE, the cryptocurrency that Musk has antecedently invested heavy in. But speech from the jokey name, it appears that some Musk and Trump are readying to marque immoderate precise superior cuts to authorities spending that, coupled with the deportation of millions, are apt to nonstop the system into tailspin.

Musk has built his luck done tremendous amounts of authorities money, including subsidies for Tesla and lucrative contracts for SpaceX. But with his caller power astatine the White House, Musk is positioned to assistance funnel adjacent much wealth to his companies and friends, conscionable arsenic oligarchs ever do.

Trump took the signifier successful Palm Beach, Florida astir 2:25 a.m. ET and the Associated Press called Pennsylvania for the erstwhile president close astir the aforesaid time. MSNBC big Rachel Maddow acknowledged that winning Pennsylvania created an insurmountable pb for Trump but the web didn’t officially telephone the full state for the Republican campaigner astatine the time.

During his triumph speech, Trump hailed Musk arsenic a “genius” and thanked the X proprietor aboriginal for his help. That assistance has reportedly included astatine slightest $120 cardinal donated to Musk’s ain governmental enactment committee America PAC, which has been accused of incredibly shady tactics, similar giving distant $1 cardinal each time to registered voters successful plaything states who signed a petition. Musk precocious won a tiny triumph successful tribunal aft the District Attorney successful Philadelphia tried to halt the giveaways and failed.

The 45th (and soon-to-be 47th president) has besides pledged to marque Robert F. Kennedy Jr. an important fig successful his administration. Trump said Kennedy would “help marque America wellness again,” during his code early Wednesday. But Kennedy has incredibly fringe ideas astir health, including the thought that vaccines origin autism. Kennedy has besides pledged to region flouride from the country’s drinking water.

Trump spent the run spreading vile lies astir immigrants, promising to motorboat a deportation unit that would expel millions of radical from the country, and pledging to usage the subject against his governmental enemies. He gave bizarre and rambling speeches astatine his rallies, and talked astir specified topics arsenic the precocious golfer Arnold Palmer’s immense cock and adjacent pantomimed giving oral enactment to a microphone. And those were conscionable the things helium was doing successful public.

Trump’s ain erstwhile main of unit said helium met the explanation of a fascist and said helium often talked astir Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler successful affirmative terms. John Kelly, a retired Marine wide who worked for Trump from 2017 to 2019, quoted the erstwhile president as saying, “You know, Hitler did immoderate bully things, too.” Trump besides reportedly said that helium wanted the kinds of generals that Hitler had.

Trump volition astir surely disregard the national charges against him erstwhile helium ascends to power, though it remains to beryllium seen however the authorities charges volition beryllium hashed out. Even if the authorities of Georgia tries to proceed with its prosecution of Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election, it’s improbable the authorities tin bash overmuch to clasp him accountable fixed the information that laws are fake and each that matters is what the radical with guns determine to do. As president, Trump volition people person the astir guns astatine his side.

The Republicans besides secured a bulk successful the U.S. Senate, which volition marque it overmuch easier for Trump to execute his authoritarian goals, and a bulk successful the the House looked to beryllium attainable astatine the clip of this writing. Control of Congress and the White House volition springiness Trump and the remainder of the Republican Party the accidental to fundamentally bash immoderate they want.

There are precise acheronian days ahead. Very acheronian weeks, months, and years. And adjacent if you don’t judge Trump volition azygous you oregon your peculiar demographic retired for harm, Project 2025 and the MAGA question much broadly has promised a much decentralized signifier of oppression. Every idiosyncratic successful immoderate presumption of authorization volition beryllium fixed carte blanche to harm whomever they like, arsenic agelong arsenic it doesn’t harm the larger fascist effort. You volition conscionable immoderate mini-fascist determination on your travel successful the years ahead. And adjacent if you deliberation Trump is connected your side, it won’t substance due to the fact that laws are fake and each that remains is the workout of earthy power.

It won’t each hap astatine once. But it volition happen. Best of luck. We’re each going to request it.