Trump-Musk feud shows what happens when unregulated money floods politics

One expert in philanthropy previously told the Guardian Musk stood out because of his “complete eschewal of discretion as a mode of political engagement”.

I'd like to know how much more in the constituency's face enough to get them to do anything differently, now?

Democrats, themselves quite reliant on rich donors, will lobby for him to switch sides. The Democratic representative Ro Khanna suggested the party should “be in a dialogue” with Musk. Although Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley and has called for the left to embrace economic populism, saw intense backlash against his comments from his party, he doubled down. “If Biden had a big supporter criticize him, Trump would have hugged him the next day,” he wrote on X. “When we refused to meet with @RobertKennedyJr, Trump embraced him & won. We can be the party of sanctimonious lectures, or the party of FDR that knows how to win & build a progressive majority.”

🤦‍♀️They. do. NOT. work.for.the. public.

I love that we’ll forever have images of him jumping around like a dork. When he bitterly regrets spending money on the orange-bad, we’ll post this pic and he’ll have to be reminded. Asshole.