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Is Elon Musk Staging a Coup? Billionaire Seizes Control at Treasury Dept.
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Are there no drug tests for political advisors or something?
I'd have expected this for a position with much power - just like in the military.
Or am I that far off here from reality?
Musk has no clearance, wasn't voted in, is uncredentialed, and unqualified.
The fact that the government is just sitting back and allowing this is disgusting.
All of it to line their pockets with what will be akin to monopoly money once they destroy the country.
People that rich have reserves in other currencies and precious metals. They don't really give a shit if the US dollar crashes.
They're why they're so gung ho about crypto. They want to make everyone's money worthless while they hoard all the gold themselves.
That's exactly what I don't understand
There are safe guards for exactly that shit in law (at least I think/hope so), but seemingly no one has the guts to step up
But I have to admit, that I don't know the American laws at all, and with that don't know what their actual options are
Musk doesn't hold any official position.
So, how can he even do all that shit and the organisations don't just tell him to go choke on a dick?
If they push back, that person gets fired and replaced by a toady who won't.
Yeah, talk about a hard place and a rock...
Fucking sucks, that there is seemingly no leverage against those idiots
Well. None that are within the rules.
Not an American, but my guess is that they would have to sue and then discover that the judges are all toeing the party line.
Yeah, the last years seemingly were a build up to let Trump live his dictator dream