Subj : Re: Chinese Scientists Cr
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Sun Mar 02 2025 09:32:39

-=> 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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