We have moved so past the "government is expected to be impartial" and now at "if musk backs a dem I will destroy him" stage. No one bats an eye. This is going to be the norm at least on the Republican Party. I worry every one expects presidents to weaponize everything against their perceived opponents.
In Europe, media and politicians are openly stating how you got to watch what you say to Mr Trump, be nice to him to get favored in deals.
Like the trade tax, if you’re nice to trump he may decrease your country tax.
It was made very clear in France that we invited him to 14 juillet, notre dame ceremony and other ceremony only to get favor from him.
People of the United States pay the price for his favors, he gets the benefits.
That’s just one step before handling him bags of money.
Of course all of that matters with previous presidents, they are humans before all, but it was marginal. With him, that’s the first time it’s openly spoken about on national tv and by politicians like it’s nothing, like what we did with dictator from middle eastern except it’s the president of the USA.
A lot of eyes are being batted. But really, him punishing Musk is barely in the top 100 things we're worried about right now. We're barely a few months into his term. The chances of seeing full on Martial Law before 4 years is terrifyingly high.
That stood out to me, too. Even in the current environment, that's messed up. No, the sitting president does not get to threaten peoples' ability to make campaign contributions to the opposing party.
