Elon Musk Gloats as Donald Trump Wins the Presiden...

“The individuals of America gave @realDonaldTrump a crystal clear mandate for change tonight,” Musk tweeted after Fox had referred to as the race for Trump.

Earlier within the evening, Musk tweeted a photograph of himself with Trump and UFC president Dana White that seems to have been taken at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s residence and personal membership in Florida.

🇺🇸🇺🇸The long run is gonna be so 🔥 🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/x56cqb6oT5

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2024

Trump has promised to make Musk the pinnacle of a brand new Division Of Authorities Effectivity, which stands for DOGE, the cryptocurrency that Musk has beforehand invested closely in. However other than the jokey title, it seems that each Musk and Trump are planning to make some very severe cuts to authorities spending that, coupled with the deportation of tens of millions, are prone to ship the economic system into tailspin.

Musk has constructed his fortune by means of huge quantities of presidency cash, together with subsidies for Tesla and profitable contracts for SpaceX. However together with his new affect on the White Home, Musk is positioned to assist funnel much more cash to his corporations and buddies, simply as oligarchs at all times do.

Trump took the stage in Palm Seashore, Florida round 2:25 a.m. ET, and the Related Press referred to as Pennsylvania for the previous president proper across the similar time. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow acknowledged that profitable Pennsylvania created an insurmountable lead for Trump, however the community didn’t formally name the complete nation for the Republican candidate on the time. It wasn’t till about 5:40 a.m. ET that the AP referred to as it, permitting all the opposite main information retailers to declare Trump the victor.

Throughout his victory speech, Trump hailed Musk as a “tremendous genius” and thanked the X proprietor early for his assist. That help has reportedly included at the least $120 million donated to Musk’s personal political motion committee America PAC, which has been accused of extremely shady ways, like gifting away $1 million every day to registered voters in swing states who signed a petition. Musk just lately received a small victory in court docket after the District Legal professional in Philadelphia tried to cease the giveaways and failed.

The forty fifth (and soon-to-be forty seventh president) has additionally pledged to make Robert F. Kennedy Jr. an essential determine in his administration. Trump mentioned Kennedy would “assist make America wholesome once more,” throughout his speech early Wednesday. However Kennedy has harmful, fringe concepts about well being, together with that vaccines trigger autism. Kennedy has additionally pledged to take away fluoride from the nation’s ingesting water.

Trump spent the marketing campaign spreading vile lies about immigrants, promising to launch a deportation drive that may expel tens of millions of individuals from the nation, and pledging to make use of the navy towards his political enemies. He gave weird and rambling speeches at his rallies, and talked about such matters because the late golfer Arnold Palmer’s enormous cock and even pantomimed giving oral intercourse to a microphone. And people had been simply the issues he was doing in public.

Trump’s personal former chief of workers mentioned he met the definition of a fascist and mentioned he typically talked about Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in optimistic phrases. John Kelly, a retired Marine basic who labored for Trump from 2017 to 2019, quoted the previous president as saying, “You recognize, Hitler did some good issues, too.” Trump additionally reportedly mentioned that he needed the sorts of generals that Hitler had.

Trump will virtually definitely dismiss the federal costs towards him when he ascends to energy, although it stays to be seen how the state costs will probably be hashed out. Even when the state of Georgia continues with its prosecution of Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, it’s unlikely the state can do a lot to carry him accountable, given the truth that legal guidelines are faux and all that issues is what the individuals with weapons determine to do. As president, Trump will naturally have essentially the most weapons at his facet.

The Republicans additionally secured a majority within the U.S. Senate, which can make it a lot simpler for Trump to perform his authoritarian objectives, and a majority within the the Home seemed to be attainable on the time of this writing. Management of Congress and the White Home will give Trump and the remainder of the Republican Occasion the chance to primarily do no matter they need.

There are very darkish days forward. Very darkish weeks, months, and years. And even if you happen to don’t consider Trump will single you or your specific demographic out for hurt, Undertaking 2025 and the MAGA motion extra broadly has promised a extra decentralized type of oppression. Each individual in any place of authority will probably be given carte blanche to hurt whomever they like, so long as it doesn’t hurt the bigger fascist effort. You’ll meet some mini-fascist someplace alongside your journey within the years forward. And even if you happen to assume Trump is in your facet, it received’t matter, as a result of legal guidelines are faux and all that continues to be is the train of uncooked energy.

It received’t all occur directly. However it’ll occur. Better of luck. We’re all going to wish it.