With some prominent Democrats and liberal pundits arguing for the party to try to win Elon Musk back to its side, you have to ask: Is American politics simply a matter of who can best kiss the ass of narcissistic reactionary billionaires?
In the wake of the catty social media meltdown between President Donald Trump and former “First Buddy” and possibly drug-addled Elon Musk last week, some Democrats are seeing an opportunity to bring the world’s richest and most deranged man back into their tent.
On Friday night’s episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, for instance, Maher argued that Democrats should aim to “win [Musk] back.” He claimed that, though Musk had previously supported Barack Obama and backed Joe Biden’s campaign in 2020, Musk had been “driven into the other camp by bad attitude