ModerateNerdWit

Center-right millennial, pragmatist, & American-Chinese supporting MAGA. Interests: engineering, history, music analysis, NBA, astronomy, Japan, & DC comics.

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Debunking common criticisms of Trump when he was president: https://t.co/rEEDkqEZoz

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@JOgalstad @VDHanson @elonmusk Take out Dems, yes.

But it's impossible to overstate how much damage RINOs do while hiding behind closed doors.

They focus massively on making sure votes never happen on the floor so they can hide their leftwing views.

They know public votes would expose their hypocrisy.

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@VDHanson Mostly well said.

@elonmusk should not work with house leadership.

He should be working with the House Freedom caucus to identify vulnerable RINOs in conservative districts.

Destroying 20 RINOs would change the narrative.

[Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson]

Beyond the Trump-Musk fallout?

At first impression, it makes no sense that Musk would start firing away at the (admittedly imperfect) budget bill, or escalate to DefCon 1, by tweeting  nonsense about impeachment, the Epstein files, or disengaging his space efforts from the U.S. agenda to stay preeminent in space.

After all, he and Trump have roughly the same enemies—the Left that is now delighted at their quarrel—and the same general aims: to repeal the progressive cultural project, to restore meritocracy, to strive to ensure the U.S. is globally preeminent economically and militarily, to unfetter the economy, and to limit government intrusion.

It is an irony of our checks and balances that an elected president, with majorities in both branches of Congress, still does not govern without compromise with hundreds of representative and senators.

Trump’s task is now further complicated  because for the first time in U.S. history he is also the daily target of a systemic attack by legions of cherry-picked, lower-court, liberal federal district judges, who find their five-minutes of liberal fame, by issuing fiats not for their regional jurisdictions, but for all 340 million Americans everywhere.

Musk, on the other hand, as the richest man in the world and CEO of his companies, can rule by directives, in a way a president, the most powerful man in the world, simply cannot. What the White House may have wanted in the bill, and what they could reasonably achieve were not synonymous.

Moreover, Musk knows that his nemesis is the left, not MAGA, much less Trump.

Trump was sincerely awed by Musk’s rocketry and his rescue of the astronauts. He befriended Musk because he admired his competence, similar candor, and even his eccentricities—and saw what his talents were doing and could do for the country.

Musk in turn was moved by Trump’s defiance after nearly having his head blown off, and likewise was appalled what the Left had done to the border, in the blue-city downtowns, in Kabul, and anywhere subject to their anti-Midas touch.

Musk knows that the leftwing California coastal commission tried to curtail his rocket launches, out of spite.

Democrats tried to ruin him for his valuable work with DOGE.

If the Democrats win the House, they will go after both Musk and Trump with endless subpoenas and nihilist Mueller-like investigations. (Musk should be right now strategizing with Republican House members how to ward off a Democratic takeover).

Tesla started bleeding because of a systematic leftwing effort to terrorize Tesla drivers, dealerships, and charging stations, and a Democratic-media-backed PR campaign to demonize the brand—all because Musk had aligned himself with Trump.

So, Musk, knows that Trump treated him fairly and gave him more latitude than any private presidential advisor since the friendship between Harry Hopkins (who moved into the White House) and FDR.

What will likely follow?

Hopefully a social media truce—followed by intermediaries restoring the friendship but spelling out the limitations and constraints on each that will result in a new less volatile, less intense, but more sustainable and mutually beneficial relationship.

Trump is now engaged in high-stakes diplomacy with some of the toughest, slyest, and meanest leaders in the world with Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and the Iranian lunatic theocrats. He cannot afford to reach out to Musk and thereby appear to his enemies that he backs down.

But if Musk reaches out and wishes to look ahead and not nurse wounds, Trump can certainly be magnanimous and to his credit state that he holds no grudges for what was  said in the heat of passion, as he too looks forward to where and when he can help and be helped by Musk in the many areas where their aims are similar.

The sane tech crowd, and most of the MAGA base want an end to this  aberrant Trump-Musk eruption. Over half the country concurs.

Do not be fooled that the suicidal impulses of Democrats have neutered them.

Instead, we are witnessing  an unprecedented, unhinged Democrat effort to use lawfare, big Democrat donors, street theater, congressional disruptions, potty-mouth videos, the administrative state, the legacy media, and discredited pollsters to stop the Trump agenda. It will only intensify as the midterms near.

Unity not, not discord, is needed now—and quickly.

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Kenya school dormitory fire kills 17 students, seriously burns 13, death toll may rise https://t.co/uqMTsxEpcf

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American killed in West Bank, State Department says https://t.co/7G63YUcc1T

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Underground wine city in Moldova owns nearly 2 million bottles, the world’s largest collection https://t.co/1XBVOQbDUL

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Ancient plant life unearthed in 53-million-year-old forest in Tasmania https://t.co/zojo1uxb8H

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Israel, British Jews slam UK's 'hypocritical' decision to suspend arms exports https://t.co/GPdbdsCdW7

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Biden-Harris admin needs 'more aggressive' plan to take on Iran-backed Houthis, experts warn https://t.co/g6i3Oh4I4A

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French woman shares 'scenes of barbarity' at trial accusing husband of inviting over 50 men to assault her https://t.co/wHK6eXmLA7

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Niagara Falls is a must-see destination in Canada, but be advised the rest of the country is, too https://t.co/CCesQMqXdI

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Gunman at Israeli consulate killed by German police on anniversary of Munich Olympics massacre https://t.co/vkj9TnzQDz

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Harvey Weinstein has sexual assault charges dropped by UK prosecutors https://t.co/9R2sKbPzLx

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Putin says he backs Harris over Trump, adds he’s ready for talks with Ukraine https://t.co/EIt7zL71dJ

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Netanyahu dismisses claims of imminent cease-fire deal during 'Fox & Friends' appearance https://t.co/txSeF7TTPu

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Superyacht victims' cause of death was 'death by confinement,' autopsies show: report https://t.co/lBpsxxtgn0

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Geologists study 5,600-year-old submerged bridge; new details of life emerge from Mallorca, Spain https://t.co/tYVkdAwjvw

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Pair of US Air Force F-35s make historic landing on highway in Finland https://t.co/s5oJhIiREV