In context, it sounds like Johnson was threatening Elon with the post. That's appropriate.
Yeah, this is a non story. All he said was "think you can do better?", and Musk 'backed down'.
Could also be a feeler with plausible deniability, since there's already been murmuring about that very thing.
You've never had a conversation about work like this before?
I have, but then I'm also not the Speaker of the House talking to the richest man in the world who also happens to be the incoming president's current boy toy.
If you want to conspiracy theory it, you do you.
Dude, I said could be. It's not wholly out of the question, and I haven't made any crazy assumptions.
Let him fail like he does at everything else except lying, cheating and stealing. At least it will be public.
I really thought those christofascists would have a greater influence on the plot. I did not expect president Musk to take the reigns.
Eh, if you look at Thiel and Co's gameplan using the fundies to establish the technocracy was always the play.L
Ah those anti-elietist MAGA are at it again...
Reality sucks.
Maybe Mike Johnson’s balls dropped.
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