Shadow President Elon Musk stops bill for government funding; U.S. House Republican Plan Fails & Government Shutdown Looming

[Trust Me]

Let me ask something.. hypothetically speaking..

Follow this timeline and help me understand.

- Mike Johnson gets bushed.
- Musk is named speaker of the house.
- Trump has a health episode (or worse), forcing him to step down.
- Vance gets sworn in.
- After a few weeks, Vance gets Impeached and Removed.

Isn't the speaker of the House up next?

If so.. and Musk can't be president.. I'm assuming that can be challenged. But before who exactly? Is it the Supreme Court?

Just spitballin here ..

Let’s see the department of defense budget gets cut. That ain’t gonna happen but they wanna fukk with every other program. Ok.

Who says that wont happen? Defense budget is a HUGE part of our nations spending.. and they can come up lovely, if even just tinkering the total amount spent yearly.

 

[Reality Check]

Let me ask something.. hypothetically speaking..

Follow this timeline and help me understand.

- Mike Johnson gets bushed.
- Musk is named speaker of the house.
- Trump has a health episode (or worse), forcing him to step down.
- Vance gets sworn in.
- After a few weeks, Vance gets Impeached and Removed.

Isn't the speaker of the House up next?

If so.. and Musk can't be president.. I'm assuming that can be challenged. But before who exactly? Is it the Supreme Court?

a) it can't be challenged based on the constitution and the SC has shown they are originalists.
b) I'm assuming they'd skip him and go to the next person who is President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

[kevin arnold]

Imma be honest, I agree with Trump on the debt ceiling. Its not a real thing.

I also don't think a lot of the GOP agree with that.

lol

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

 

[Spatial Paradox]

While I don't think they'll do it, if I were the Dems, I'd strongly consider calling his bluff on it.

Aside from him actually being right about the debt ceiling being bullshyt, the GOP has been using raising the debt ceiling as leverage in spending negotiations for the better part of the past 15 years. They've largely been unsuccessful at it, but that doesn't stop them from loudly trying to do so over and over whenever a Democrat is in the White House.

They might be more muted about the debt ceiling the next few years since it'll be a Republican in the White House this time around and they'll be pursuing spending cuts in other ways. But I imagine a lot of them wouldn't be too happy about the thought of losing a weapon they can use to try to threaten a future Democratic administration, so whatever grumbling they make towards Trump basically throwing their future leverage in the bushes is just icing on the cake

All that said, I don't trust a word that comes out of Trump's mouth about what he'll do when it comes to anything that might actually be beneficial to the country as a whole, so until he's in office and actually making an effort to toss out the debt ceiling, I'd just assume it's him just talking.

 

[br82186]

Great Depression here we come

 

[mastermind]

Trump gonna put us in super inflation and just start printing money with no accountability without a debt ceiling. Ya’ll forget that he basically manipulated the markets last time by removing all restraint from his approach to the economy to make it seem like everything booming and that led us to an economic collapse.

He literally ran the country into the worst recession ever. No if he wants to do this he can wait until it’s entirely his party.

He’s projecting.

bredrin, they all do this. The debt ceiling is made up. The debt ceiling is only used to hold funding certain services hostage.

The markets went up due to zero interest rates. It was just sugar.

 

[mastermind]

But I imagine a lot of them wouldn't be too happy about the thought of losing a weapon they can use to try to threaten a future Democratic administration, so whatever grumbling they make towards Trump basically throwing their future leverage in the bushes is just icing on the cake

You see it.

 

[Loose]

You see it.

Imo they should get rid of it under trumps administration. Let trump take credit for it. For right now i wouldn't budge this only hurts trump

 

[Voice of Reason]

Did someone hack twitter or am I tripping

 

[Spidey Man]

Did someone hack twitter or am I tripping

Maybe the CIA is finally handling business.

I would die happy if Bush v Gore was the last constitutional crisis I experience, but making Elon Musk speaker is scary. We all know what the Constitution says about him being President, but only 9 people matter and the majority are for sale

 

[MushroomX]

a) it can't be challenged based on the constitution and the SC has shown they are originalists.
b) I'm assuming they'd skip him and go to the next person who is President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Democrat Patty Murray...

 

[jmegamar]

Democrat Patty Murray...

Have the first female President look like “Jan” in HR brehs

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Imma be honest, I agree with Trump on the debt ceiling. Its not a real thing.

I also don't think a lot of the GOP agree with that.

This shouldn't even be a controversial things to say. It always seemed like the debt ceiling and the ensuing fight to raise it was more political theater and self-sabotage than anything else. Congress already decides how much to spend and tax, so it's not like the ceiling actually controls debt, it just adds an extra step that creates unnecessary crises over paying bills we've already committed to.

 

[MushroomX]

Have the first female President look like “Jan” in HR brehs

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