Trump uses Musk to detonate atomic bomb against democracy
It turns out that Musk has multibillion-dollar deals with the American government, which are scrutinized by federal agencies, the same ones that he himself will be in charge of restructuring. On August 12, the owner of X did a “live” on his social network with the then Republican candidate. There the idea of creating this private apparatus in charge of governing the government was outlined. He pointed out excessive public spending. Trump agreed with him and praised his ability to “make cuts.” It was a reference to the racy that Musk promoted at X, especially eliminating the structure to curb disinformation and hate-mongering campaigns.
3, 2, 1… and someone will say that Musk, after all, is a great businessman and knows everything about efficiency, as if the purpose of a company and the objective of its controllers were comparable to the activities of a government.
Organized states, including the American one, have a stable bureaucratic structure and are often able to control the nonsense of the current rulers. Trump was unhappy with this bureaucracy more than once in his first term. In the most shocking — and final — move, he wanted to mobilize the Armed Forces against the election of Joe Biden, promoting changes at the top of the Pentagon, dreaming of a turnaround.
It received. on November 11, 2020. a public cry from Mark Miley, then Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, during the inauguration of the Army Museum:
“We are unique among the military. We do not swear an oath to a king or queen, a tyrant or a dictator. We do not swear an oath to an individual. We do not swear an oath to a country, a tribe or a religion. We swear an oath to the Constitution. And every soldier represented in this museum, every sailor, airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman, every one of us will protect and defend that document, regardless of the personal cost.”
Miley was alongside Christopher Miller, who had been named acting secretary of Defense two days earlier, replacing Mark Esper. Trump had been furious with Esper since June of that year, when he refused to use the Armed Forces to suppress protests against racism. Note: during the election campaign, he once again spoke about using troops to suppress opposition demonstrations.
The future Secretary of Defense, it must be said, has already been chosen: he is Pete Hegseth, a war veteran, who is now a Fox News presenter. He is a man from the Koch brothers, the family of Republican billionaires. Hegseth was executive director of “Concerned Veterans for America”, an association financed by… Koch.
