I've certainly been wrong before, but I think this apparent feud between Musk and Trump is a huge pile of bullshit.

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28. They both have been looking like fucking idiots since all of this started.

Why would they be concerned about looking like fucking idiots now, SUDDENLY, when all players in this are in a mutually assured destruction scenario?

To emphasize:

There is big money and ultimate power on the line here, and each player knows that.

They have been hugging and kissing for months, and NOW they decide to fight like children, when each player can be destroyed by another?

Trump can literally destroy Elon's wealth via the loss of Government contracts.

Musk can destroy republican representatives by funding candidates that primary them.

They all know they can be destroyed, and yet they continue to act like this?

Republicans have progressed as far as they have because of nonsense like this. They create drama to deflect from distasteful issues that will not be accepted by the public at large.

This is much more than two idiots fighting. This is something bigger, and part of that larger "thing" is getting this bill passed.

In my mind, this is nothing more than planned brinkmanship in order to achieve a goal.

Distract the public about a "fight", a "falling out", ram the bill up the public's ass, Congress benefits, Elon saves face by saying he "tried" and his now ruined reputation and brand improves in a year or so, Elon and his buddies get their tax breaks, and Trump gets a signature "accomplishment".

They don't care how this "looks", and this didn't just happen out of the blue.

Elon, Congress, and Trump all have issues, both financially and reputationally...but they have a goal to reach. And this is how they have chosen to make the impediments to that goal go away.