By Douglas V. Gibbs
Elon Musk is going through a transformation. I do not believe he is a “conservative,” or die-hard Republican. He is, however, someone who sees Donald Trump for what he is — a man who loves America and ready to work to get government under control.
Musk began his rise as the richest man in the world when he made PayPal and then sold it for oodles of money. He then grabbed the Democrat Party’s all-electric dream by the horns, coupled with government subsidies, and rode an electric pony to higher riches with Tesla. Meanwhile, Space-X and SkyNet … StarLink came next. He’s into transhumanism and all kinds of other high-tech freaky stuff. Not exactly the foundation for a Republican Party superstar.
Trump can be persuasive, and his agenda is something that is easy to recognize as a good thing. Elon Musk is a big tech ally I am willing to welcome into the family, even if it might be temporary.
Then again, like Trump, perhaps Musk is traveling through his own growth and change. Perhaps he is, like Trump, not a pure conservative or GOPer, but he leans in that direction more than the other and may be learning more and more about why Trump’s policies are the way to go.
The lefty Democrats hate Trump, and people like Elon Musk, because they are outside their realm of control. Neo-Con establishment Republicans are a part of the establishment, and like the Democrats, operate in a world of institutionalized government and feeding the leviathan for the sake of feeding their own power and pocketbooks. They can’t win in the arena of ideas, so they smear and attack — like they did to Trump, like they did to Matt Gaetz, and like they’ve been doing to Pete Hegseth.
Their main attack is to try to convince everyone that their opposition is worse than history’s worse dictators. During the entire campaign season they called Trump a NAZI and fascist; an accusation that goes all the way back to attacks against Barry Goldwater back during the 1960s…
So, when in a speech Elon Musk reached into his heart and said, “my heart goes out to you,” finishing the moment with a motion that went from his chest to the crowd, the Democrats jumped on the opportunity accusing Musk of throwing out a NAZI salute.
As with anything, it’s a smear with no truth attached to it. It’s what they do. They smear. Which proves they have not learned a thing. Americans want policies, not smear tactics.
Like they did with Trump, they are literally throwing Musk into our arms. He is learning who his allies are.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
