PRESIDENT WHO?

The richest man in the world, over $421 billion and  counting, is cuddling with a poor man worth a mere $6 billion. This is the oddest sitcom bromance ever. Trump will be sworn in for a second go as president in less than a month. But who’ll be in charge? Will it be the unelected co-president bunking in a $2,000 a night room at Mar-A-Lago just a bear hug away from Himself?

Or will it be the convicted felon filing for bankruptcies six times but never out of money while raping a journalist in a Bergdorf’s dressing room? A man who lacks curiosity and intellect, or the guy who is whip smart, cerebral and the sire of numerous children by different women. One toddler sat on Musk’s shoulder while he joined vetting meetings in which neither he nor the child belonged.

Trump has, um, studied the constitution and concluded that Musk will never actually be president because he was not born in the United States. Whew. The Donald is correct but that doesn’t mean Elon isn’t already acting like the president-elect. He was born in South Africa, obtained Canadian citizenship through his mother and is now an American citizen.

Musk gave nearly $239 million to his pro-Trump super-PAC to boost Trump's 2024 presidential bid. Yet the time will surely come when Trump must conclude that Musk is a threat to his ego and to his presidency in that order. Trump has so far allowed this upstart challenge to his autocracy without evident response. The X feed reached 619 million users in 2024. Trump’s Truth Social reports just over 500,000. In any conflict between the smarts, Musk is far superior to Trump; in time, Trump will wake to the threat and panic. Maybe McDonald’s burgers really are bad for him.

For now, Trump should bill Elon for his room. He could also order a government audit of all Musk contracts with the feds. Those $20 billion plus federal contracts* should be a component of the DOGE $2 trillion target on which he and Vicious Ramasmarmy have been unleashed. Trump had to find a way to keep these guys busy and out of his way. Smart move. But I think the bureaucracy will win as it always does.

Meanwhile, should T & M cease to amuse us with their shenanigans, might we contemplate RFK drinking raw water in California where kooky ideas are born and visited upon movie stars, by flexing his bared unvaccinated (?) biceps and sic-ing his falcons on Santa Monica’s pigeons.

Whatever happened to JD Vance?

*There all kinds of numbers out there re the total of all federal contracts Musk enterprises have. I have no idea if this is accurate.