Why Elon's a riper target than Trump
Anti-Musk chants noticeably overpowered anti-Trump chants at a protest Tuesday.
It’s become almost embarrassing to read, let alone write, stories of The Democratic Party’s disembowelment. The disunity, the incohesion, the deleterious despair are all expected and predictable byproducts of an election gone awry. It would be strange for a party to have resuscitated itself three months following defeat and two weeks into a new administration, even one as roguish and brazen as Trump 2.0. What Democrats need more than anything in this mid-winter malaise is not a precise electoral strategy or an anointed leader, but some speckles of political hope that can provide them purpose. Through his opening weeks of shock and awe and sheer executive force, Donald Trump is largely receiving the benefit of the doubt from voters. They’re giving him a leash, as one might say, which is actually one of the most normal features of the current whirlwind moment. Accompanying a new president comes fresh optimism for the country and 54% are expressing hope about the next four years of Trump, according to the latest Quinnipiac University survey, even if they’re less enamored with particular policy decisions or personnel selections. Logic would argue that a strategy constructed to simply tar and feather a new president will likely backfire, especially early on when his full Cabinet hasn’t even been seated. So what are Democrats to do?
Well, there just so happens to be a man tethered so closely to Trump that he’s being dubbed a co-president; a billionaire whose been given free rein to impose his personal discretion over the utility of government agencies; a “special” government employee unapproved by Congress and immune from typical disclosures: an eccentric character whose ego is at least as large as his brain and whose ambitions for