{"id":15617,"date":"2024-08-21T20:37:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/trump-and-musks-talk-of-a-cabinet-position-is-all-hot-air-but-we-shouldnt-ignore-it-brian-merchant\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T20:37:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:37:30","slug":"trump-and-musks-talk-of-a-cabinet-position-is-all-hot-air-but-we-shouldnt-ignore-it-brian-merchant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/trump-and-musks-talk-of-a-cabinet-position-is-all-hot-air-but-we-shouldnt-ignore-it-brian-merchant\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Musk\u2019s talk of a cabinet position is all hot air, but we shouldn\u2019t ignore it | Brian Merchant"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two are, after all, cut from remarkably similar cloth \u2013 each demands attention the way a flame demands oxygen<\/p>\n

What if Elon Musk went to Washington to serve in Donald Trump\u2019s White House? There have been worse pitches for a comedy sketch, I suppose. Veep\u2019s Armando Iannucci<\/a> could probably do something with it. Sadly, the notion is all too real. Sort of.<\/p>\n

A Reuters reporter recently asked Trump<\/a> whether he\u2019d consider appointing Musk to his cabinet. \u201cHe\u2019s a very smart guy,\u201d Trump responded. \u201cI certainly would, if he would do it, I certainly would. He\u2019s a brilliant guy.\u201d Musk replied<\/a> with an AI-generated rendering of himself alongside a decade-old crypto meme and tweeted, \u201cI am willing to serve.\u201d It\u2019s not the first time the idea has come up \u2013 Trump floated the possibility in May<\/a> \u2013 but it is the first time that Musk has responded in the affirmative, winkingly or otherwise.<\/p>\n

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\nThe two are, after all, cut from remarkably similar cloth \u2013 each demands attention the way a flame demands oxygen
\nWhat if Elon Musk went to Washington to serve in Donald Trump\u2019s White House? There have been worse pitches for a comedy sketch, I suppose. Veep\u2019s Armando Iannucci could probably do something with it. Sadly, the notion is all too real. Sort of.
\nA Reuters reporter recently asked Trump whether he\u2019d consider appointing Musk to his cabinet. \u201cHe\u2019s a very smart guy,\u201d Trump responded. \u201cI certainly would, if he would do it, I certainly would. He\u2019s a brilliant guy.\u201d Musk replied with an AI-generated rendering of himself alongside a decade-old crypto meme and tweeted, \u201cI am willing to serve.\u201d It\u2019s not the first time the idea has come up \u2013 Trump floated the possibility in May \u2013 but it is the first time that Musk has responded in the affirmative, winkingly or otherwise. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The two are, after all, cut from remarkably similar cloth \u2013 each demands attention the way a flame demands oxygen What if Elon Musk went to Washington to serve in Donald Trump\u2019s White House? There have been worse pitches for a comedy sketch, I suppose. Veep\u2019s Armando Iannucci could probably do something with it. Sadly, …<\/p>\n

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