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Politics : The Elon Musk Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Alex MG who wrote (1120)7/10/2025 2:54:20 PM
From: S. maltophilia  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1194
 
....So far at least, it appears that the run-time of each “acting presidency” is about 60 to 90 days before a star begins to fade, Trump tires of the issue, and a new power vacuum is filled.

Who’s next?

I predict by late summer or September we’ll see some new administration figure emerge to hijack the agenda anew and drive attention in a new arena. There are two possibilities worth considering: First, I’d put money on the country having a “Vought Age” this fall at some point, as OMB Director Russell Vought, a key architect of Project 2025, takes a spin in the president’s chair and leads remaking the government that Elon Musk wrecked earlier in the year. Who else might land a stint as “acting president” is an intriguing question itself? Does J.D. Vance get a...


Will one of them stick, as the old fool becomes more and more detached?