Elon Musk gave young men 'purpose' by going out and voting, says WSJ's Tim Higgins (youtube.com)
On Joe Rogan, he did say that if Democrats won, X would be shut down. Is there a method to do that? He said there was.
‘They might have already been Trump supporters, but this (Elon’s talks or performances on stage) just took them to another level.'
Young men draw inspiration from Musk. 'The idea that Musk is giving young men purpose by going out and voting, that's pretty powerful.' Right now, I think this is the case. There does seem to be a big charge of possibility, so many things could change. RFK doing health and vaccines, the way we have been opposing and oppressed and feeling helpless about them. Musk doing that with the beurocracy. Men in general have been at a low for a decade or two, in this weird feminismEtc movement that oppresses men. They don't do much, they're afraid of the negative consequences if they do anything, if they even be men, so if that changes and suddenly they feel they can do things and be men, there might be a change in a lot of things, including productivity.
Maybe other billionaires endorsed a candidate and maybe their endorsement didn't matter much, the way Musk's did.
Lots of rich people put money into an election. Musk's celebrity, his platform and commanding the media narrative, were perhaps much more important than the big sums of money he put into the race.
What happens with TruthSocial? There are a lot of dramas to play out.
Musk's ‘corporate empire’. But they're all 7 separate companies. It's not Microsoft or Google.
SpaceX is valued at $210b. OpenAI at $157b. What exactly does OpenAI have that anyone can't make in a month and some servers?
Fed cut a quarter point and the markets didn't really seem to move. The markets seem to be balancing or settling after the big move of post-election-day one day before. The Fed has to ‘rethink their plan’ after Trump win. Fed Cuts Rates by 0.25% — Trumps Changes 2025 Fed Plan! (youtube.com)
Expected to cut taxes and impose tariffs. If Trump cuts taxes, tax collections down, deficits not paid as much, Reserve has to print more, interest on debts altered.
The budget and inflation, a sort of failure, could be what allows people to accept government cuts and changeups. ‘Well, we have to.’
Jan 2 debt ceilng will be reached, so US will
tap treasury general account which has $800b. That's a form of stimulus because it comes into banks, into the economy, argued Clifton. Evan Brown disagreed, saying it was a liquidity that just stayed within the bank system.
Meacham said that maybe Trump thrives less on order than on chaos. Historian Jon Meacham shares message to all voters on Trump win (youtube.com)