Not to mention maturity and intellect.
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Here was the 47th president’s trenchant response to the chaos unleashed by Elon Musk over the weekend.
But sure, all of this is supposed to be taken as a serious attempt at dealing with waste and efficiency.
Why govern when you can mock the people whose lives you are toying with?
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@Jen:
gotta link?
@Daryl: I’m on BlueSky, wasn’t sure how many are there, but here’s the link.
@CSK:
I suppose I should be accustomed to this churl’s juvenile antics by now, but they still make me cringe.
This is why I believe so much damage, much of it irreparable, has already been done to the US as of Trump’s re-election. That is, before any of the actual results of his administration’s malfeasance in governance become actualized. The bar for leadership behavior in US politics is now set at the very low level of “doesn’t make me cringe.”
@Scott F.:
Oh, I agree. Trump appeals to people’s basest instincts, yet somehow his fans interpret that as honesty and courage. “He fights!” No, he doesn’t. He has infantile tantrums on a world stage.
Trump absolutely despises anyone who would choose a career in a “sheltered workshop” instead of getting a “proper job”. I mean he thinks soldiers are “suckers and losers”, God knows what he calls career civil servants. And most of his followers agree wholeheartedly. They’re enthusiastically cheering what Musk is doing. “Government should be run like a business!” is their inane slogan, apparently believing successful businesses are run by mocking employees and keeping them in a state of perpetual insecurity.
