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The Trump II cabinet so far: Tulsi Gabbard, RFK, Jr. and Elon Musk.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 192 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Can we shatter this bullshit about tech bros who struck it lucky with some early dotcom investment being geniuses?

I'm fucking tired of hearing about how these barely functional assholes who chanced into luck once are geniuses or in any way genuinely earned their wealth. They're all fuck heads that spend most of their time trying to justify why they're entitled to their lavish lifestyles...

In fact, can we just stop using the term genius? Some people are pretty good at some shit, but the elitism associated with that term is fucking toxic.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 49 points 4 months ago

Elon inherited apartheid wealth and then got lucky in addition to that. He would have a fine life without his "investment genius" or how they call it.

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You support me = genius. You don't support me = asshole, woke, liberal, loser, commie, ect. Ass kissers at their best.

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[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 30 points 4 months ago

Genius = born into wealth

These pricks were both born on third base and think they hit a triple.

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 94 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If Trump wins, Musk will effectively have purchased a seat in the federal government. How democratic.

[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

Just like trump's last cabinet where he appointed people who donated large amounts of money to him.

This is flagrant corruption, or nepotism, or both, right?

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 57 points 4 months ago

"We don't want the ruling elite telling us what to do just to enrich themselves! We want billionaires to run the government!"

I don't have many braincells more than a typical Magoo but my God are they killing what I had left...

[–] exanime@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Trump thinks Elon is a genuis... that speaks volumes of Trump's own intelligence

[–] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 11 points 4 months ago (6 children)

A scary large number of people still seem to see him as a genius. It sounds dumb to those who pay any real attention, but those that don't still (in my experience) see him as smart.

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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 45 points 4 months ago

Having OTHER Billionaires in your Cabinet is EXACTLY how you Drain The Swamp and DEFEAT the Deep State!

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago

Rich idiots failing upward, unite!

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 35 points 4 months ago

Translation: Ladies and Gentlement, cabinet seats are for sale, bid accordingly.

Wilbur Ross got his for bailing Dementia DonOLD out when he bankrupted a casino during the casino boom.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Elon Musk is a genulius just asuch as Trump is.

Both are incompetent scammer assholes who got incredibly lucky, that's it.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

Born on third base with a chauffeured ride to home.

[–] suction@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago (15 children)

Another sure sign you’re not intelligent or educated: You think Musk is a genius.

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (3 children)

He's shaping up to form a truly unique cabinet...

  • RFK Jr - Secretary of Brain Worms
  • Tulsi Gabbard - Secretary of Bullshit
  • Elon Musk - Secretary of Arrogance and Hubris
  • Kari Lake - Secretary of Bootlicking
  • Mike Lindell - Secretary of Shouting
  • Roger Stone - Secretary of Crime
  • Stephen Miller - Secretary of Child Snatching
  • Donald Trump Jr - Secretary of Self-Loathing
  • Eric Trump - Sturgeon General
[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Kristi Noem - Wildlife/DomesticAnimal Management

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Yup. As in: Eric is the king of the vacant-looking wet fish.

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[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No black people? Not even Kanye?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Maybe one of them will become black like Kamala.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 38 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Elon is from South Africa, I rest my case.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Exactly, Trump probably thinks... "They keep telling I need more African Americans in my employ... I know! Elon is African American!"

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 11 points 4 months ago
[–] Delusional@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

Oh please he doesn't cherish geniuses. He reprimands them and has his aides fire them after they tell him that what he wants to do is fucking idiotic and against the law and then does it anyways.

He is completely against geniuses. And elon is no genius. He's just a rich dumbass that got lucky on a few investments.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You get a cabinet position for $135 million.

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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

We can't be cherishing our geniuses if we waste them on things like a Trump cabinet, so he's going with Elon instead.

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[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If musk is a genius then I have a 10 inch dick

See I can make stuff up too

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Reminds me of a joke.

Guy walks into a bar and sits at the counter. He pulls out a little piano from one pocket and sets it down, from another pocket he produces a little man in a tuxedo who he sits at the piano and he starts playing a jaunty little tune.

Bartender looks over and is like "Whoa! Where'd you get that?" Guy at the bar says "Well the other day I was cleaning up this old attic for a client and I accidentally knocked over an old oil lamp and, wouldn't you know it, a real live genie appeared and offered to grant me a single wish. Unfortunately, the genie seems to have been hard of hearing so now I have a 10 inch pianist."

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Very telling that the Trump thinks Elon is anything approaching intelligent

[–] garpujol@discuss.online 16 points 4 months ago

“Cherish” from him sounds so dirty. Like, child molestation level dirty.

[–] samokosik@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (13 children)

I do not think musk is stupid but he is an idiot. At least behaves like one.

Whilst I do not think he has a low IQ, he certainly misses crucial points in many areas.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

cabinet positions for sale

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Buying tech is not a genius move by itself

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

Small people running "small" government.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

The best is yet to come!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 4 months ago

What a fucking loser.

[–] SkavarSharraddas@gehirneimer.de 9 points 4 months ago

They're such a bunch of weird cockwombles.

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