Why???

Left to the imagination, I posit that about 99.999999% of suspicion of nefarious reasons would be correct.

Namely:

Trump's plots to destroy all semblance of a Constitutional Democracy, plank by plank, is hardly a secret any more.

I assume Speaker Johnson didn't get the message from Chief Justice Roberts about messing with the judiciary. . . (the short version) "Tread softly!"

You'd think by now that drivers of a Tesla would be aware of the danger they're in.

It's like an admission that they support the destruction of America.

They should expect consequences.

AU

"Musk was born in South Africa to South African (rich) parents. He's ineligible to be president, the #1 requirement for a VP."

Under normal circumstances and with a President who respected the Constitution to which he swore an oath, you'd be right.

However, at the speed Trump is going, I fully expect our Constitutional Republic to be in tatters long before 2028.

Or something along the lines of what Grover Norquist is famous for saying: "My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."

By the way, JPW, when did Trump ever shy away from creating drama and strife.

It's his stock in trade.

JPW

Maybe I failed to get my point across.

It isn't about what Musk is doing NOW. It's about 2028 and Trump's chosen successor. Another "strongman," so to speak, to continue to carry out the GOP mission.

Vance is a Milquetoast compared to Musk.

Trump is a compulsive liar.

My Spidey Sense tells me that Elon Musk is being primed to replace J.D. Vance as Vice President . . . and Trump's chosen successor in 2028.

I think the meeting at the Pentagon was to get Musk up to speed which means the switch-er-roo could be right around the corner.

If true, Peter Thiel will become one of Trump's worst enemies.

Threaten?? ~ LOL ~ Who's kidding whom from these GOP nothingburgers.

I'm still waiting for another Barry Goldwater moment: "Mr. President, you've lost support of the Senate."

Impeachment is imminent!

Fat chance these castrated Republicans eunuchs will go that far.

There's been a news report on our local channel (Miami) that people are shooting at Tesla cars on the open highway.

"Many say"

That's laughable even when Trump says it.

Who are these "many?"

Trump's sycophants in Congress? The White House secretarial pool? An internet survey? Fox viewers? A GOP focus group in Texas?

CLOWN

"Why is Trump rehiring these lazy employees back?"

Because the message from Chief Justice Roberts couldn't be more clear.

The short version: Back off, -------. You attack one of us, you attack all of us.

CHARLES

We'll have to think of a name for the new golden statue of Trump since "Statue of Liberty" is out of the question now.

LAMP

Perhaps the FCC is running a scan to see if this liberal blog and its host is "an enemy of the people" as Trump begins his quest to eliminate another constitutional protection.

The Trump administration hasn't gone into freefall yet. And I hope nobody expects him to abide by any judicial losses. We've got a long and tragedy-fraught road ahead and a congress that has gone belly up.

The Trump administration hasn't gone into freefall yet. And I hope nobody expects him to abide by any judicial losses. We've got a long and tragedy-fraught road ahead and a congress that has gone belly up.

DONNERBOY is correct. It's their cover against a claim of partisanship while they intend to deliver the final killer vote that ends democracy.

And don't gloat over Trump's losses. He's trying to get as many cases before the Supreme Court as he can to get those lower court cases reversed . . . thus carving them in stone.

LAMP

"So maybe, "a vocabulary" is not needed to state one's views?"

I don't share that view, personally. It's just too unsophisticated. There are better ways than putting one's ignorance on display.

LAMP

A very wise professor once told my class in English Lit that a constant use of profanity was an indication of a poor vocabulary.

I've used that as a guidepost in conversations ever since.

Forget reparations SNOOFY

The only thing Musk will get is another government contract, ala Donald Trump, which is how he maintains his wealth at the expense of U.S. taxpayers.

Failures are profitable.

Some of those U.S. border states are going to bitch like hell.

Question is, who are they going to blame?

A lot of people probably got stinkin' drunk after Trump's speech. Driving home or elsewhere. They just didn't get caught.

Lately, though, Roberts hasn't been quite so submissive, having twice in a row joined liberal Justices to vote against Trump.

But let's don't get our hopes up that Roberts has finally grown a conscience.

It's going to take more than a couple bi-partisan decisions at the Supreme Court level to convince me that Roberts is doing anything more than setting us up for Grand Finale' decision to turn American democracy into a fascist regime.

Stop and think for a moment. We already know that we can't believe a word Trump says.

Therefore, this is probably a move by Trump to scapegoat his Cabinet Secretaries to get the heat off Musk and himself.

I suspect Trump saw his poll numbers going down and needed to extricate himself from the situation.

What better way than to pass the blame to someone else, i.e. scapegoats.

CORIOLANUS

"America will be left with two nations as friends, Russia and Israel."

And both of them dependent on Trump for military assistance if each is to carry out their missions.

It's a tossup which will be the first to scam the dumbest President in U,S. history.

Waiting now for Musk to call for the impeachment of all five Justices who voted against Trump.