The US presidency fully devolved into a mafia this time around, no more mincing words or operating behind the scenes. Just like a mafia don demands, all fealty should be in public and fully subservient, no half measures. Till now, commenting or criticizing someone was fair game, not anymore. Musk and trump have shown they can petty and vindictive. So no more commenting in public too. Not sure what this does to the pr…
The US president is not all-powerful. If he was, Trump would not have been forced to hand over power to Biden in 2020. Certainly he is petty and vindictive. But there have always been petty and vindictive people in power, and people that were too scared of them to speak their mind. But there have always been those who still dare to criticize people in power.
Nazi salute Musk also did a $1 million a day lottery system for republican voter registrations with some loopholes and got away with it.
We're pretty fucked.