It boggles my mind that the richest guy in the world’s idea of fun is to hang out with the likes of donald fucking trump. He doesn’t need to do it for the power- he has power no matter where he goes of what he does. He too is susceptible to whatever it is that makes people worship trump.
Severe mental illness? I’m assuming that comment is not a hijack as it is common knowledge and requires no further discussion.
why would Musk become the speaker, which is actually a lot of work and an incredible amout of restraints and obligations (R&O), …
… when he can become the de-facto-president, without any legal R&O as he is operating out of the shadow … and the added bonus of being able to cherrypick the sexy topics to touch and leave the nitty-gritty daywork for others.
100 percent agree. No way he would agree even if it’s offered on a platter to him.
This all presumes a reasonably rational actor.
He does enough ketamine (and who knows what else) and is motivated by enough hubris that no choice would be surprising.
He seems busy with his companies making more and more money. Pretty sure he will not be speaker of the house (thank god) which
is a full time job.
xAI valuation doubles in just a few months to 50 B USD.