Elon Musk is frantically trying to force an imminent government shutdown

| 10:01 pm EST December 18, 2024
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You know that tired old routine over the past two years? It’s the one where House Republicans vaguely act like they’re going to cause a government shutdown, but instead end up agreeing to a continuing resolution at the last minute each time. It allows them to give their anti-government conservative constituents something to sneer about, but it also keeps House Republicans from getting blamed for an actual government shutdown – which most Americans don’t want.

That same old routine is playing out yet again. Except this time, Elon Musk – who is not in any way a government official – is actively trying to force an imminent government shutdown. Come to think of it, the more accurate word might be “frantically” or even “manically.” Musk has posted dozens of crazed tweets today, all aimed at pressuring House Republicans into shutting down the government.

Why is Musk doing this? Well, for one thing, he’s insane. He’s also drunk on the imaginary government power that Trump has bestowed upon him. Musk now appears to believe he is the President, and the head of Congress, and the head of the Republican Party, and everything else rolled into one.

There’s no way to know what will happen as far as a shutdown. Perhaps House Republicans will blow off Musk and cave on a continuing resolution like they always do. Or maybe this time they’ll actually shut things down. But if that does happen, it would play poorly with most Americans – and it would play very poorly for Trump. His cabinet nominees are already an unpopular disaster for him. We can’t wait to see what a government shutdown would do to Trump right out of the gate. And Trump would surely end up blaming Musk.

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