Elon Musk called 'President' as Trump follows in his footsteps on CR Bill

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Meanwhile, Representatives Mike Waltz of Florida and Elise Stefanik of New York are in line for national security adviser and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, respectively.
56% : It wasn't immediately clear how closely Trump and Musk were coordinating.
51% : The Republican majority in the House could already be in peril after Trump nominated several GOP Reps to his Cabinet.
50% : It isn't clear what a new spending bill may look like now that Trump and Musk have asked for a streamlined budget.
49% : But "we've gotta get this done," Johnson said he told Musk and Ramaswamy, because "by doing this, we are clearing the decks" for Trump to enact his agenda.
47% : The move by Musk highlights the significant role that he, an unelected official, may play in Trump's administration as the head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
47% : ""As the shadow Pres-Elect, Elon Musk is now calling the shots for House Rs on government funding while Trump hides in Mar-a-Lago behind his handlers," Goldman added in a post on X. "It increasingly seems like we're in for 4 years of an unelected oligarch running the country by pulling on his puppet's strings.
44% : Later on Wednesday, Vice President-elect JD Vance released a joint statement from himself and Trump demanding a streamlined spending bill.
42% : In another post, Musk asserted that "no bills should be passed" by Congress until Trump takes office on January 20.
38% : The row on Capitol Hill also highlights the fractured relationship between Trump and Johnson, who he will have to rely on to roll out his agenda.
30% : Meanwhile, a shutdown could have political implications for Trump, potentially hurting seniors and veterans who not only rely on government help, but also form a significant part of Trump's base.
30% : "Shadow President Elon Musk spent all day railing against Republicans' CR, succeeded in killing the bill, and then Trump decided to follow his lead.
30% : And let's be very clear, this means that what Elon Musk and Donald Trump are doing is likely at this point to shut the government down over Christmas.
26% : He said Trump is "not read into this ... and he's just learning about it ...
25% : "He added that Trump wants the debt ceiling to go up so he can "blame the Democrats."
23% : It also shows the dilemma Trump may face between securing funding for his new agenda - which includes a mass deportation plan and tax cuts - and appealing to his MAGA base, who want to gut the federal government and slash budgets.
23% : Elon Musk, who became $200 BILLION richer since Trump was elected, objected.
18% : Amid the chaos in Washington, Democrats and a former Republican congressman are calling Elon Musk "president" in an attack that seemingly suggests that Trump may not be in control.
17% : "Democratic Rep. Kevin Goldman told MSNBC: "It's not Donald Trump asking for this.
16% : The fact that Donald Trump has been completely awol during these negotiations, to the point where Elon Musk publicly tweets out his displeasure about this budget deal.
15% : "Meanwhile, a source familiar with the president-elect's thinking told CNBC News that Trump is "totally against" Johnson's resolution.
11% : All of a sudden, Donald Trump, chief of staff to Elon Musk comes trotting in and blows up the deal.
10% : But Missouri GOP Senator Josh Hawley told CNN that Trump had been blindsided by Johnson.
7% : Lawmakers are lining up to attack Donald Trump and Musk after they came out against a short-term spending compromise orchestrated by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to keep the government open until the president-elect's new term.
7% : But Johnson may now be forced to cut nearly $100 billion in aid from the bill after Trump and Musk blocked the measure.'''Shutting down' the government (which doesn't actually shut down critical functions btw) is infinitely better than passing a horrible bill," Musk wrote in one of dozens of X posts railing against the continuing resolution.

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