February 20, 2025 was a big day for the worlds richest man and shadow President Elon Musk.
To hear Musk and Newsmax host Rob Schmitt tell it, the worlds richest man is now a hero.
His poll numbersarent trending well, but whatever.
Elon Musk in dark sunglasses talks at CPAC on February 20, 2025.© PBS News Hour via YouTube.
Musk is in his own special echo chamber thats even more removed from the public.
Wealth insulates you from your fellow man, and Musk is the richest man who has ever existed.
This requires immediate attention.
She went on at length in several posts.
Newly revealed Musk mother Ashley St. Clair went through something similar earlier this week.
The result was theapparent shadowbanningof Grimes on the platform.
Musk was pretty busy all day getting into fights with astronauts and constantly posting.
Later in the day was his big interview at CPAC.
Thats the kind of thing a billionaire needs to focus on.
Besides, the medical emergencies of your biological children can be so boring.
Musk just wants to have a little fun.
Musk started the interview by waving the chainsaw around the stage and hooting for the audience.
Musk wore sunglasses, a Texas-style belt buckle, a black-on-black MAGA hat, and a gold chain.
I am become meme.
Theres living the dream.
And theres living the meme, Musk said to the audience after he sat down.
DOGE started out as a meme.
And now its real.
Then he talked about how much fun hes having and how everything is so very funny right now.
The left wanted to make comedy illegal.
You cant make fun of anything.
Like, comedy sucks.
You cant make fun of anything.
Its like, legalize comedy!
Legalize comedy, Musk said.
Schmitt asked how Musk found himself on the right side of the political spectrum.
The billionaire blanked, like a computer program stuck in a recursive loop.
Schmitt prompted him by asking if the left had gone crazy and forced him out.
Yknow, the whole cancel culture stuff.
Freedom of speech, Musk said.
Infringe upon peoples personal freedoms.
They just want state control.
State control of what you say.
They want to take away your guns.
Im not sure how much of the left is even real…it doesnt have popular support.
Seventy-five million people voted for Kamala Harris.
Is it true that DOGE and Trump are going to send Americans $5,000 checks?
It sounds like thats something were gonna do, Musk said.
On assassinations, Musk would like to know more.
Why do we still know nothing about that guy in Butler?
Kash is going to get to the bottom of it!
We know a lot about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who took a shot at Trump.
Its been reported largely in the mainstream media that Musk decries.
Were fighting the Matrix big time here, Musk said.
Schmitt asked Musk if he thought the gold was there.
Like, is this real gold?
Bite the bar, yknow?
Honestly, part of this is just like, lets have some fun.
And like, I said, all this gold at Fort Knox.
Its the publics gold, so like, I think you have a right to see it.
Musk is governing by meme.
He just wants to have fun.
Its very easy to take advantage of the federal government, Musk said, with no self awareness whatsoever.
To see Musk out, Schmitt asked a tough question.
How much do you sleep?
Paint us a picture of inside the mind of a genius, Schmitt said.
Uh, Musk said.
He made a face at the crowd.
My mind is a storm, Musk said.
I grew up in South Africa and my morality was informed by America.
I read comic books.
I played Dungeons and Dragons.
I watched American TV shows.
It seemed like America cared about being the good guys.
About doing the right thing.
And thats actually pretty unusual, by the way.
So I was like, yeah.
You wanna be on the side of good.
You wanna care about whats right.
Thats what I believe in.
I gave you a tough one at the end, Schmitt said.
Musk stared into space.
So, uh, yeah.
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