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Democratic strategist Chai Komanduri claims Elon Musk has “taken over” MAGA and the Republican Party, likening it to how Trump originally took control of the GOP.

Musk, a former Biden supporter, shifted to Republicans over disagreements on free speech, immigration, and public health.

Now a close Trump ally, Musk has donated $75 million to pro-Trump groups and will co-lead the “Department of Government Efficiency” to reduce government waste.

His rising influence in GOP politics is seen as positioning him as a potential MAGA successor.

  • douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    IMHO this is just hopium.

    There’s no indication that they will not work together since they need each other for their own separate selfish reasons.

    They will use each other as long as goals have not been met.

    When those goals are met then they will have a falling out. And at that point it’s too late for the rest of us.

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      3 days ago

      Also both clearly report to Putin, so likely he told them to work together. And each of them is getting something out of it (for Musk, I assume nobody will look more deeply into his companies anymore, which are known to break all manner of regulations).