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If you're going with the great conspiracy of GOP as Russian assets, you should also add Elon Musk and the other tech robber barons as Russian assets as well.

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Whether or not Musk is a Russian asset, it seems like the more immediate issue with him are the many conflicts of interest.

Agreed. We should examine all government contracts for conflicts of interest

Edit: only Elon's contracts

Some witting, some not. I am not convinced all of DOGE are actual Russian assets. That would be too conspiratorial.

But that they’re all compromised? That’s much more likely. We know for a fact that at least a couple are pwned.

In a lot of cases it's just simple conflict of interests.

To be clear, I meant literally compromised. As in, their machines are pwned. The whistleblower indication of Russian IPs logging in immediately after creation of usernames/passwords is a clear indication of that.

And/or these 19 year olds are selling data to their Russian (and Chinese, and Saudi) handlers.

Musk seems to just have "small dick energy", or in proper words, a very fragile ego. And he seems to hate the "woke left" for "poisoning" one of his kids' minds that came out as trans. And like a 12 year old, his ego told him that anything the left is for, he'll be against...

No argument there!

Is there something about Elon Musk and the other tech robber barons being russian assets as well that makes the whole notion stupid on its face? I can't tell what your point is. Are you being dismissive or do you just want to remind people about the tech robber barons as well?

What is your explanation for Trump putting tariffs on every country in the world except Russia?

Russia is already under sanctions and has no significant trade with the U.S. — same as North Korea:

https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-cuba-north-korea-escape...

The US imported 3.5 billion dollars of goods from Russia in 2024, and exported 500 million dollars of goods.

https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/russia...

So under your logic, Trump is also controlled by Cuba? How does that work exactly?

https://translatingcuba.com/the-cuban-regime-celebrates-that...

It's not true that he excluded only Russia. North Korea and Cuba also are not in the list, clearly countries that are under heavy US sanctions.

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