LOS ANGELES.–Democrats and the fake news went apoplectic over 78-year-old President-elect Donald Trump and 63-year-old billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk commenting about the pending stopgap spending bill, keeping the government running for only the next three months. Trump wanted the debt ceiling removed so government could no longer keep adding to the already bloated $36 trillion national debt, currently fueling a $1.8 trillion federal budget deficit, mostly due to inflated interest rates on the national debt. When Trump and Musk expressed their concerns, Democrat and the press went crazy, how dare they comment on the continuing budget resolution? Trump will be inaugurated Jan. 20, 2024, with 82-year-old President Joe Biden in left field, letting his wife Jill plan their last foreign trip, a visit in January to the Pope. Biden has been missing in action since debating the stop gap budget bill.
Musk pointed out that he was not the author of the continuing budget resolution but, as co-leader, with 39-year-old Vivek Ramaswamy, of Trump’s government efficiency task force [DOGE] he thought the public deserved to know his opinion. “Objectively, the vast majority of Republican House members voted for the spending bill, but only 2 Democrats did,” Musk wrote responding to Democrats and press criticism. “Therefore, if the government shuts down, it is obviously the fault @Republicans and the Democratic Party,” Musk tweeted. Trump and Musk expressed their concerns about unnecessary pork barrel spending in the latest continuing budget resolution. “First of all, I’m not the author of this proposal. Credit to @realDonaldTrump, @JDVance & @speaker Johnson,” Musk said rejecting Democrat and press accusations that he was calling the shots.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) proposed a new bill with Trump asking for freezing the debt ceiling or ending it altogether so Democrat couldn’t ask for more funding. All 38 House Republicans voted for the revised bill but his was rejected by Democrats. Democrats wantd to let Trump know who was in charge, not giving into his demands. “The leader of the GOP is Elon Musk,” said Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.). “He’s now calling the shots,” creating the fake narrative that every time Musk expresses an opinion he’s dominating the Republican Party. Rep. Greg Casar (D-Tx.) questioned whether Musk was “kind of co-playing co-President here,” Casar said. “I don’t know why Trump doesn’t just hand him the Oval Office,” continuing the fake narrative that now dominates the mainstream press. Musk can’t say a word without accused of usurping Trump’s future decision making.
Creating a new fake narrative before Trump’s inauguration is the only way Democrats and the corrupt media can start a new cycle of public brainwashing. How factual is it that Musk now calls the shots for Trump? It’s completely insane, a total lie but that doesn’t matter to the same media that routinely called Trump a “fascist” and “dictator” in the 2024 campaign. CNN’s Anderson Cooper flat-out asked Kamala whether she though Trump was a “fascist,” with Kamala telling Anderson, “yes.” So it’s no surprise now that Democrats and the press start a new fake narrative that Musk now calls the shots. Republicans “got scared” because “President Musk said, ‘Don’t do it—shut the government down,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), leading Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee. Democrats speak like sheep when they’re told to recite talking points.
How does it happen that despite knowing the fake narrative, they continue to parrot the party line about Musk calling the shots? “Welcome to the Elon Musk presidency,” said Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.). “It’s clear who’s in charge, and it’s not President-elect Donald Trump,” said Rep. Pramila Jaypal (D-Wash.). Musk said emphatically that Democrat attempts to drive a wedge between he and Trump won’t work. Musk defers all decisions to Trump, despite the fake Democrat narrative now circulating in Washington. For Musk, he know knows what Trump has been dealing with for the last nine years while Democrats and the press accused him of Russian collusion, all based in 2016 on former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s bogus “Steele Dossier,” a part of her opposition research to try to sabotage Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. How did that turn out?
Public must reject in the strongest possible way the latest Democrat and media disinformation and propaganda campaign, not based on facts, only the same lies that led to years of media witch hunts against Trump. Musk and Trump are onto the Democrats and media treachery already starting before he’s sworn it. It would help if Trump surrogates pointed out the latest fake narrative from Democrats and the press so the public can be fully informed of how Democrats and the press continue to brainwash the public. Trump hasn’t said much about the latest fake Democrat and media subterfuge. But exposing Democrats and press corruption is the best way to neutralize its effect. Trump’s voters that gave him a great victory Nov. 5 should respond forcefully to the latest fake news hoax. Musk should continue to set the record straight from Democrats and press latest fake narrative.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
