A short take by Robert Reich, on the absurdity of "First-buddy" Musk publicly campaigning for a Treasury Secretary who will 'shake things up' in the direction of oligarchy, rather than (allegedly) keep the US on a course towards bankruptcy.
For the record, I believe Reich is brilliant on economics, but necessarily the best at #TrumpVirus #psychology.
But as all things spewing out of that cognitive cave without concepts or humanity (or altruism/public service), "We'll see..."
Trump’s “First Buddy” is in deep shit
If you’re advising a president-elect, you don’t publicly push him to do what you want. That’s true of any president-elect. It’s even truer of Trump.
I don’t know what Trump will do but I’m sure he’s seething. The most likely outcome is Trump doesn’t offer the job to either Lutnick nor Bessent, and fires Musk.
This would be something to see, IMM, and not very likely Sir Drumpf the StableGenius will "fire" the richest person on earth, his buddy, who owns space and government budgets and the ears of the alternate-reality #media fans.
Musk’s public advocacy of Lutnick because he will “enact change” rather than “business-as-usual” also signals Musk’s and Trump’s criterion for filling high-level positions (besides unbridled fealty to Trump): The picks don’t need to know anything or share any large vision of the public good. They just have to be bomb-throwers who’ll shake things up.
The worst that can be said of any candidate is he’ll govern as usual.
[In the dangerous case of Donald Trump....]
This will produce a government of nihilism and chaos.
