By Lafe Tolliver, Esq
Guest Column
You could not even write a soap opera about the recent shenanigans of Dear Leader and his most “loyal” chainsaw carrying MAGA mustang… Elon Musk, formerly of apartheid South African fame.
I mean, one day, they are kissy-kissy with each other, throwing bouquets of love and happiness at each other and now they are engaged in the hissy fit of the ages!
As Diana Ross and The Supremes so eloquently stated in their smash song, “Where Did Our Love Go?” Trump and Musk have all but signed the divorce papers and are just waiting to see who gets the heirloom silverware and the family photo albums.
Each combatant has leveled invectives and charges against the other and then waits his turn to unload more salvos hoping to win public support of his hair-raising political divorce.
Trump has even reportedly returned the Tesla sports car that Musk gave to him as a symbol of Musk’s undying love for all things, MAGA.
Now the vitriol has heated up to the point that Musk, feeling outflanked, has brought Trump’s name into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, hoping that such an association will repel some MAGA voters against Trump.
Don’t count on it. Trump has had his own sexual indiscretions and they apparently did not hurt him with his forever and always base of voters.
Now Trump, feeling emboldened about taking on any insolence from any source, is threatening to revoke all of the Musk’s contracts with the government. If done, that would mean a loss of billions of dollars to the bottom line of Musk’s balance sheet.
Who could have predicted such a high-wire falling out of “bros” who were, “In This Love Together?” Can two objects occupy the same space at the same time? No! Both Musk and Trump, media hounds as they are, were in narcissistic love with themselves and their images. Both were performers playing to the ever hungry media who eyeballed every word from either of them as if they were speaking Delphi oracles.
And when Trump or one of his buddies raised the ire of exporting Musk, good ol’ Putin saw an opening to add his two rubles and offered sanctuary to Musk! Note to self: Musk ain’t leave the US of A for Mother Russia!
Needing to get reliable answers on what the future looked like for these two charlatans, I consulted Madam DeBountibon from the voodoo capital of the US of A…New Orleans.
I called her on her cell phone and asked for an over the phone séance as to what lies in store for these warring misfits.
Her answers were sobering to say the least.
ME: Madam DeBountibon, thank you for taking my call. I need some answers on this Musk-Trump dust up and where is it going.
Madam DeBountibon: Hi Lafe…! Great to hear from you. Are you still in Toledo and when do you plan to see visit me again?
ME: Hey…! Let the good times roll! I am still in T-town and maybe hope to get to your parts sometime in the Fall. If I do, you still owe me a dinner at Peche!
Madam DeBountibon: Yes! Not to worry. Peche’s is still going great.
As to your question about those two star crossed wannabee dictators, my crystal ball is telling me that Musk and Trump have too much at stake to be
cross at each other for too much longer.
Musk will calm down and take a call from Trump because he wants to be in
his good graces with his space program contracts.
For his part Trump will play to the media and act like the grown up in the room and mollify Musk so that Musk will not fund opposition candidates to his
lackeys in the House or the Senate.
Putin will offer Musk unlimited access to their space program but Musk
likes the comforts of his acquired lifestyle and will refuse sanctuary in Russia.
Putin will continue to insult Trump about the Ukrainian war and Trump, now
known as TACO Trump, will continue to hee haw about standing up to Putin.
The Democrats will sweep the mid-term elections and would then have the platform to stand up to Trump and issue subpoenas to Hegseth, RFK, Jr.
and Pam Bondi.
Musk will spend millions on opposition candidates to Trump simply to show him and the GOP that his money can alter the outcome of politics but the American voter, tired of the lack of a winning domestic policy from Trump, will go in another direction.
ME: Wow! That is a lot from one session!
Madam DeBountibon: My crystal ball is showing me more ominous things about the future but I am concerned that too much information at this time
will cause people to lose heart and give up.
ME: I understand completely. I will catch up with you down the road. Stay
healthy and lay off of those sugary beignets!
Contact Lafe Tolliver at tolliver@juno.com