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Related: About this forumTrump issues unexpected response amid Elon feud - Another Day - Brian Tyler Cohen
america got hit with a Twitter hurricane
and now it's time to assess the damage
this is just another
day well it was a loud and very
entertaining fight but now America finds
itself sweeping up the wreckage between
these two maybe someone wants to check
in on how they're doing president Trump
says Elon Musk wants to talk to him but
that the president's not particularly
interested as their very public feud is
playing out huh i'm a little stunned to
be honest rather than engage in petty
squables Donald Trump has finally
learned how to take the high road and
not engage is this dare I say it a new
tone from the president trump told our
John Carl earlier on the phone that Musk
has quote lost his mind he's got a
problem the poor guy's got a problem the
quote from President Trump is this elon
has totally lost it there's our guy when
the country is looking for a disciplined
leader to set an example as to how to
handle tense disputes Trump's answer
keep looking he is incapable of striking
any tone that even remotely resembles
consiliatory granted the other guy
confided in 220 million of his closest
friends that our president might be a
pedophile so not exactly swimming in
goodwill on that side either but still
Trump is not a guy who lets things go no
matter what people say people around the
president say he seems to be more sad
about all of this than angry okay let me
ask you a question and I really want you
to think about this has anyone ever even
once seen Donald Trump express sadness
this is a guy who looks pissed off at a
wreath laying ceremony if America
suddenly witnessed Trump somehow
inexplicably cry out of sadness he'd go
on Truth Social and post "My emotions
were rigged." Trump doesn't get sad he
gets petty we have something that we
don't usually have when we join you from
the north lawn we have a live picture of
the driveway that is in between the
White House and the EEOB okay you see
right there red Tesla with Florida tags
we can report today that this Tesla that
President Trump bought for staff to use
as part of a South Lawn demo to help
Tesla the plan is now for it to be given
away or sold wow i'm surprised Trump
didn't follow the rest of America and
just torch that baby but the parting of
possessions is a classic part of any
breakup right i mean one day you're
using your democratically elected
position to lovingly boost the sales of
your partner's company by buying one of
their cars in a blatantly transparent
quid proquo and the next you're
wondering what you ever even saw in the
guy besides his ability to bankroll your
campaign so Trump gets a bunch of Elon
stuff Elon gets a bunch of Trump stuff
both guys agree that no one wants Eric
and that's just the way it's going to be
but this is obviously not just about
Trump and Elon everyone in the world
bore witness to this billionaire brawl
which means everyone has an opinion as
to what actually happened many see
transparency as this and the hallmark of
the fact that this is laid bare on the
public square is in a stark contrast to
the prior administration hallmarked by
opacity but also that it's simply sort
of dealing out in platforms that they
own so that we can see how the sausage
is made totally yesterday was
essentially a modern-day civics lesson
for Americans who are curious about the
inner workings of government and also
have a light curiosity as to whether
their sitting president dabbled in some
underground billionaire sex trafficking
i mean my god what a horrendous task it
must be having to downplay and sanewash
every single piece of Trump's completely
unprofessional behavior trump lashes out
like an unhinged toddler in its an
education on transparency kind of like
how him grabbing women by the was
locker room talk fox News could find
dismembered bodies vacuum-sealed in
Trump's basement and they'd spin it as
organic meal prepping but these are
simply pundits trying to interpret the
situation it'd be great to hear from
someone who actually has a working
relationship with the president these
are these are two titans um I respect
them uh both i'm I'm of course a huge
fan and supporter of President Trump i
was with him in the Oval Office
yesterday afternoon when some of this
was unfolding and um he was disappointed
i was disappointed yeah I can't think of
anything worse than having a ketamine
loving billionaire put you on blast as a
pedophile but a close second would be
having to be in the room when Trump saw
that tweet i'm surprised Trump's iPhone
is not currently lodged in Mike
Johnson's head but what's done is done
tweets were sent lines were crossed the
big question now is where do we go from
here you know I think it is important
for us to uh pray you know for peace and
the unification of these two guys
because as Bill Aman said and you've
said yourself the country's in a lot
better spot when those two are united
yeah that's current member of Congress
Eli Crane recommending that Americans
pray for a peaceful resolution between
two men at war and somehow isn't talking
about these two but I got to say when
Republicans start wheeling out thoughts
and prayers this thing is never getting
resolved that is Republican speak for
wrap it up folks we're done here this
puppy's cooked and sorry to break it to
you but there is no amount of thoughts
or prayers that's going to heal this
relationship as much as I hate to do it
let's put aside the spiteful car sales
and the accusations of pedophilia
because when you take away the specifics
you realize that this is nothing new
donald Trump does this to literally
everyone he will turn on you the moment
you lose your usefulness and while
everyone may not have a billion-dollar
war chest or even an oddly pale literal
chest it's always the same routine trump
surrounds himself with a parade of
graveling sick of fans who refuse to
believe that they'll ever have a target
on their backs because they're just that
drunk on their proximity to power and
just like being drunk no one ever
considers what's going to happen when
the party's over everybody at the bar
loves a spur-ofthe- moment trip to trip
to Cabo but hours later when the buzz is
worn off and you're sitting under those
fluorescent lights at the airport
terminal eating a $20 tuna sandwich and
waiting for your Spirit Airlines flight
to board reality starts to set in that
maybe this was a bad idea the list of
people who have fallen for this routine
is embarrassingly long but it is a
crystal clear road map for how we got
here trump cares about Elon as much as
he cared about Ronald McDaniel the
former head of the RNC who he openly
mocked about his loyal donor and EU
ambassador Gordon Sland who he fired
about his former Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson who he called dumb as a rock
about his other secretary of state Mike
Pompeo who had his security clearance
revoked by Trump about former press
secretary Kaye Mciny who he trashed
online about his former donor and
campaign adviser George Papadopoulos who
he threw under the bus and denied really
even knowing about Christopher Ray his
pick to run the FBI in his first term
who he then trashed and forced out to
make way for Cash Patel and about his
former vice president who he was ready
to fit with a noose after Pence refused
to certify an election that Donald Trump
lost and if this president can discard
all of those people if he's willing to
throw MAGA loyalists and billion dollar
donors under the bus people who at one
time had genuine value to him imagine
what he'll do to working class Americans
you think for one single second that
Donald Trump cares about the mom of
three who needs Medicaid and food stamps
to survive that he cares about small
businesses that are getting uh thrown
under the bus as the result of his
liberating trade policies not a chance
look not to get all graduation speechy
here but if I could impart one lesson to
the class of 2025 it would be this your
future is bright there's lots of years
ahead but if you think Donald Trump
gives two shits about you then like Mike
Johnson you're gonna want to get your
head checked