Some Trump Officials Now Fear Elon's 'Burn Book' [View all]
Source: Rolling Stone
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In the days since the MAGA melodrama erupted, six Trump advisers, senior administration officials, and others close to the president have told Rolling Stone that an anxiety shared among some of the Trump brass is that Musk may know too much — and that it could come back to bite them considering his bitter, explosive exit. One Trump adviser wondered aloud what might be in “Elon’s burn book,” and if the Tesla chief would ever feel compelled to deploy its contents if the name-calling between Trump and Musk, or potential retribution from the administration against Musk, ever got truly out of hand.
It is unclear how many senior Trump officials actively considered the implications of inviting Musk into the fold five months ago, given that Musk is a notably mercurial man who has switched political allegiances before, and maintains a very public track record of aggressively and abruptly turning on people over real or perceived slights. It apparently didn’t matter to the Republican Party or Team Trump, who granted Musk an unprecedented level of access.
The sources note that in the brazenly authoritarian opening months of Trump’s second term, Musk was given a front row seat to much of what unfolded behind the scenes, both in and out of the White House. He was often in the room when the TV cameras were off — with the president, with Cabinet members, with other GOP bigwigs and policymakers, and with some of the people now expressing their concerns about it to Rolling Stone.
On a whole host of policy, personnel, and other issues, Musk was allowed such a high level of access to sensitive information, and nearly unfettered proximity to executive power, that it is unclear even to several top Trump advisers the precise extent of what he does and does not know about the administration. As one Trump administration official rhetorically asks: “What does he have on us?”
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Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/elon-musk-burn-book-anxiety-trump-officials-1235361614/
The people in the Trump regime are all idiots, with Trump the Idiot-in-Chief.
Even if they at some time appeared to have a capacity to think, their brains had to have been shut off at crucial times for them to believe what they believe, accept the lies they swallowed, and follow the leader they stupidly and cravenly follow.
They deserve whatever bad karma they get for what they've done. But because they are harming others, it's important that the damage they're doing be opposed and limited as much as possible, and that they be removed from power asap.
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