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> So this feels like a hostile takeover of the machinery of governments by the richest man in the world. ... and there's nothing anyone can do about it. Checks
by breadwinner 2y ago
> So this feels like a hostile takeover of the machinery of governments by the richest man in the world.
... and there's nothing anyone can do about it. Checks and balances have been neutralized.
- TrackerFF 2y agoChecks and balances were never tried in the first place. There must have been some assumption of decorum and decency, so strong that whatever loopholes are, have been left wide open. Without a competent or impartial FBI and AG, there's literally zero chance these people will be investigated. With a house and senate that fears the president, there will be no impeachment. And even if they successfully manage to impeach the president, I'm 100% sure Trump will challenge it. Yeah, buckle up and enjoy the ride. Gonna be 4 very, very long years.
- breadwinner 2y ago4 years? Trump has been talking about a third term. “It would be my greatest honor to serve not once but twice,” Mr. Trump told an audience on Saturday. “Maybe three times.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/us/politics/trump-boundaries-presidency.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/us/politics/trump-boundar...
- sv123 2y agoI didn't think he would live this long, but he certainly couldn't survive another 8 years, right?... right?
- breadwinner 2y agoSo basically we are down to relying on the cycle of life as the ultimate check and balance. Hopefully he won't appoint one of his sons as his successor like in North Korea.
- nailer 2y ago> Checks and balances have been neutralized. That seems somewhat inverted - the elected government is creating checks and balances on unelected bureaucrats.
- 9283409232 2y agoElon Musk was elected? News to me.
- binary_slinger 2y agoTrump was elected, and Elon was appointed by Trump?
- breadwinner 2y agoGiven the unprecedented power he is wielding he should have been confirmed by congress.
- 9283409232 2y agoSo Musk is one of those unelected bureaucrats you're railing against?
- binary_slinger 2y agoThis is proof that people will downvote to silence things they don't like. This is a gross abuse of the spirit of HN. The statement above was factual.
- indoordin0saur 2y agoA radical improvement in the national debt at the hands of the world's most competent entrepeneur? I think many people were voting specifically for this. Things are going exactly as advertised.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoYou are assuming that there will be a radical improvement. That is yet to be seen. I personally doubt it.