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Montauk6

(9,319 posts)
22. Worked punches always LOOK real but how consequential is any of this?
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:06 AM
Jun 2025

Elon says Trump was on Epstein Island. So? Everybody knows THAT. Yes, we (i.e. the Public) know about the sex stuff. At the end of the day, IT DIDN'T, DOESN'T nor WILL IT matter.

Has he shut down Trump's Twitter account yet? That would be a "shoot" punch.
Is he trying to negotiate an immunity deal with law enforcement in swing states to prove how his techs helped rigged the election? That would be a "shoot" punch.

(BTW, I'm using pro wrestling jargon because, if Trump were to ever show up on Monday Night RAW, he would probably be introduced as "WWE Hall of Famer and President of the United States Donald J. Trump&quot

Is Trump shutting down DOGE? "Shoot" punch.

In fact, to my point of the whole "Reality TV" ballyhoo and weaponized distraction, this is what's NOT dominating any of the news cycles.

Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with data on millions of Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration two victories Friday in cases involving the Department of Government Efficiency, including giving it access to Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans.

The justices also separately reined in orders seeking transparency at DOGE, the team once led by billionaire Elon Musk.

The court's conservative majority sided with the Trump administration in the first Supreme Court appeals involving DOGE. The three liberal justices dissented in both cases.

The DOGE victories come amid a messy breakup between the president and the world's richest man that started shortly after Musk’s departure from the White House and has included threats to cut government contracts and a call for the president to be impeached. The future of DOGE’s work isn't clear without Musk at the helm, but both men have previously said that it will continue its efforts.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-allows-doge-team-to-access-social-security-systems-with-data-on-millions-of-americans/ar-AA1GeUBl


Don't get me wrong, MountainGuy, I'm sure these divas are genuinely miffed at each other, but I don't think their joint-venture diabolicalness is gonna be tweaked in any manner... or at least in a way that will BENEFIT us.

I'm just an old man drenched in cynicism, I guess...

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Not this huckleberry.... wcmagumba Jun 2025 #1
Nope, total reality tv bullshit. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 2025 #2
Scripted for distraction Deuxcents Jun 2025 #3
Same here. They are both king johnnyfins Jun 2025 #4
Feels contrived to me. Borogove Jun 2025 #5
Gotta disagree - I think the clash of the gigantic egos and man baby demands that they Marie Marie Jun 2025 #6
I totally believe it and knew it was coming since the election. NYC Liberal Jun 2025 #7
Trump is a giant toddler biocube Jun 2025 #8
too much play, without anything being said stillcool Jun 2025 #9
Sorry, I don't buy 5D chess play from Trump newdeal2 Jun 2025 #10
The budget bill is what they're trying to distract attention away from, which is what Trump tried Gaugamela Jun 2025 #11
It seems to me like there is much more behind all of this. moniss Jun 2025 #12
I believe it. Taco is a malignant narcissist. He'd never agree to Elon saying he is the reason Taco is president. Scrivener7 Jun 2025 #13
What is there not to buy ? JI7 Jun 2025 #14
I believe it. obnoxiousdrunk Jun 2025 #15
Nope, some of us recall Trump's long history with pro wrestling misanthrope Jun 2025 #16
As unstable as the two are... Hugin Jun 2025 #17
I noted when he stepped in there would be a pool to determine JCMach1 Jun 2025 #18
I'm on the fence. Both need distractions from what is happening now to each but they are also both mentally ill Attilatheblond Jun 2025 #19
Its just a lovers spat but I do not want to hear about the makeup sex! nt ImNotGod Jun 2025 #20
Are you serious? Mountainguy Jun 2025 #21
Worked punches always LOOK real but how consequential is any of this? Montauk6 Jun 2025 #22
You honestly think... Happy Hoosier Jun 2025 #23
HARUMPH and AHEM... Montauk6 Jun 2025 #24
A month later, STILL not buying it... Montauk6 Jul 2025 #25
I don't. I think it'll become the MAGA Party and TACO/Butthead Jr will run in 2028. marble falls Jul 2025 #26
I don't buy it for one second... Cloudhopper Jul 2025 #27
'rasslmania, but both these blowhards are heels rampartd Jul 2025 #28
The clash is real, but temporary. Trump is at the end of his usefulness. Musk is also at the end of his shelf life. jmbar2 Jul 2025 #29
all the world is a stage stillcool Jul 2025 #30
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