Maybe we're the problem. We made every possible joke in the first few hours and now we're already done with it.
I'm not sure where this goes from here, but surely the OP is framely it correctly: How will these narcissistic assholes calculate the best way to feed their egos?
I dunno. Trump has chewed up and spit out a lot of cronies. Has any of them ever recovered? Surely in Trump's crude calculus, he believes he holds the cards here and isn't beholden to anybody (except maybe Putin).
And Musk is decompensating at an accelerating rate. If he ever visits the White House, the Secret Service needs to keep an eye on that guy.
"Trump To Sell His Tesla, White House Says"
Looks like he woke up ready to keep going.
Unlike, say, the impact of the cuts on Medicaid, the NYT has been all over this Trump/Musk thing. The malice and incompetence has been dumbed-down to the point that even the Times can understand it.
It probably helps the NYT that whatever they report, they are able to do so from the point of view of a rich Republican.
It doesn't get anymore of a classic root for injuries type situation than this.
And all their fodder comes pre-digested from social media and TV, they don't need to delve into CBO reports.
4: To be fair to Trump, it's not a very good car.
1 Did you listen to the Cartoons Hate Her impression of Trump? https://www.cartoonshateher.com/p/emergency-trump-impression
OK, this was yesterday, so it's not new.
I'm surprised that he bought one instead of just saying he did and not paying for it.
11: Unless someone shows me a signed check, I'm assuming he didn't pay for it.
3: It does look like Musk made the same mistake everyone makes with Trump; presuming that his investment will be acknowledged, and that he'll be paid out for his efforts. Every contractor and lawyer who works for Trump learns that they need payment up front or they'll never get it, and once elected, what more does Trump need from Musk?
If only I had watched enough Arrested Development to know how to put that in a meme.
Atrios makes what I think is an astute observation: https://www.eschatonblog.com/2025/06/personalities.html
Personalities
I find it slightly interesting that Trump is able to keep his cool while continuing to trash Musk, while Musk is just continuing to go insane on that website he owns.
Musk is the classic narcissist, while Trump actually has some broader awareness of his image that persists.
Only slightly interesting.
Atrios, like a lot of new and old media figures, is just accustomed to Trump's extremism.
Here's Trump on Truth Social yesterday:
The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn't do it!
This is the president keeping his cool?
I mean, okay, yeah, I guess it kinda is. But I do wonder if Seal Team Six is getting its orders right now.
Maybe they still listen to Robot Biden?
pf @ 17: I guess Atrios' point is that Elon is going nuclear, alluding to pedophilia and election fraud.
Where Trump is just doing to Elon what he's done to everybody: threaten to cut off their money.
It's almost anodyne, Trump's response.
Oh my god. I just realized Atrios ≠ Axios. I thought it was a rough evolution like Yggles -> Vox -> Substack or whatever.
WaPo drama drop, including a fistfight (shoulder fight?) between Musk and Treasury Secretary Bessent. https://archive.is/P0Yxq
This is very bad https://bsky.app/profile/melbuer.bsky.social/post/3lr24hnotas2m
This is escalating toward shootings (in both directions) quickly.
Here's the livestream I've been watching. Not much going on right now. Cops lined up next to a burned car outside a donut shop.
Newsom announced Trump is moving to take over the CA national guard and deploy 2000 troops.
This is the confrontation he has been looking for.
Apparently Musk has refollowed Stephen Miller on Twitter after unfollowing last week.
https://bsky.app/profile/emptywheel.bsky.social/post/3lr65klp5ks2o
Musk has gotten creamed in this little tiff (at least as of now).
The cult is scary strong for the whiny, criminal sex-abuser.
11 & 12 get it exactly right. It would be beyond shocking if Trump had actually paid money for a Tesla. But he & his PR crew (smartphone lackeys) know that doesn't matter a bit.
And the final shame of total defeat:
"I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.."