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   -=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Powell <=-   
      
    AT> How are Trump and Musk going to profit from their roles?   
      
   Are you really asking this question honestly? I'd really like to know.   
      
   Musk's companies have received 38 Billion dollars worth of subsidies out   
   of the US government over the past several years, and as the head of   
   DOGE, he's influencing other department's purchases. For every $400 million   
   "armored Tesla Cybertruck" purchase/unwanted vehicle dump that's   
   exposed, there are others - like the FAA ditching Verizon for Starlink,   
   Musk advising the firing of air traffic controllers, then bringing in   
   SpaceX personnel to "save" the FAA - asll of which personally benefit   
   Musk and are illegal given his position in the government - which is why   
   they "promoted" Amy Gleason, a woman with no involvement as head of   
   DOGE.   
      
   Trump is already bought - he's still afloat financially because of   
   Russian influence going back to the 1980s, but he gets to gouge American   
   taxpayers every time he goes to Mar-Al-Lago, and we'll see how much   
   influence he sells this time around. He's gotten away with taking state   
   secrets, ostensibly to sell them  - and recently returned "his"   
   documents to Mar-Al-Lago. There's nothing to stop him from doing it   
   again now.   
      
   Taking the term "profit" figuratively, Trump has used his position to   
   stall the legal system, appointed cabinet members and senior officials who   
   have ended investigations (or shut down entire departments) with actions   
   against Trump and Musk and pursued vendettas against those he's gone up   
   against.   
      
   I'd have a hard time believing that the US government selling the Nancy   
   Pelosi building in San Francisco then leasing it back at a profit to the   
   buyer was an entirely financial move.   
      
      
       
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