r/politics • u/T_Shurt • 19h ago

Possible Paywall Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military

https://newrepublic.com/post/216045/pete-hegseth-elon-musk-newt-gingrich-help-lead-military
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u/supercyberlurker 19h ago

The military partnering directly with the richest man in the world.  It’s the setup for a thousand movies warning why not to do this.

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u/SimmerDown_Boilup 19h ago

Musk now has a military force.

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u/T1gerAc3 19h ago

He did pay for it tho

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u/yourboydmcfarland 19h ago

This. Every fucking cent was a bribe. You don't spend that kind of money and not want something in return.

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u/T1gerAc3 19h ago

He bought our data, he bought the closure of investigations into his companies, he bought a trillion dollar valuation for Space Ex, he bought our military and you'll soon find out, he also bought our elections.

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u/atomictyler 16h ago

We already found out in 2024. I guess the people who don’t want to believe those elections were rigged might be surprised when it happens again.

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u/TerminalProtoco1 16h ago

We already found out in 2024. I guess the people who don’t want to believe those elections were rigged might be surprised when it happens again.

I almost can't wait for after the midterms when they announce some obvious fuckery like "MAGA candidates won 1,776% of the vote, even in elections they weren't running in!"

I'm used to believing that people are generally stupid, but the sheer amount of people that are expecting fair/free elections from the administration that STILL TO THIS DAY refuses to admit they lost in 2020, even going so far as to commit a violent attack on the capitol, and then openly committing election fraud in 2024+ is fucking dumbfounding.

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u/DunkinMoesWeedNHos 3h ago

Is it possible, sure, but being convinced by no evidence is something I leave for conservatives. No, the2024electionwasstolen.org is not a source.

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u/Dolores___Haze 19h ago

Bought his way into the government using Grok for official communication 

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u/Miscreant3 19h ago

We need Superman

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u/readmorebookskids 18h ago

We need 8 billion people to understand together they outnumber 10.

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u/Xytak Illinois 19h ago

He bought Superman

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u/Hot_Programmer_5810 18h ago

We need Batman

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u/T1gerAc3 1h ago

I've got some bad news...

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u/Thunderbridge 17h ago

And he's still the richest man. End it

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u/Narrow-Chef-4341 16h ago

He totally didn’t buy elections.

…and when 300,000,000 votes for Trump roll in next cycle, that’s all the proof you need.

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u/Hairy_Coconut2022 9h ago

And Democrats will decide to not bring up the cheating because they don't want to seem crazy or rock the boat.

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u/Parabolic_Pipelines 17h ago

I [](via http://)**is

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u/Repulsive-Finger3775 6h ago

that is why i am not even surprised. elon was like a shadow president in the early days of trump. now he got even bigger prize for the money he spent on election

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u/DingGratz Texas 19h ago

Can he pay for his crimes?

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u/T1gerAc3 19h ago

The tax payers will pay for his crimes

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u/JesusSavesForHalf 15h ago

Buying a hacksaw so you can steal the Mona Lisa doesn't mean you payed for the Mona Lisa.

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u/T1gerAc3 1h ago

A more apt comparison would be that he bought the management company that runs the Louvre