Trump Has Disaster Presser as Elon Quits
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But Donald Trump stated during this press conference that Elon is really not leaving. Also notable, Elon has a black eye, which was very noticeable during this disastrous press conference. Listen to Trump say Elon is not leaving during a press conference where Elon claims to be leaving. Play this clip. So they're not leaving.

And Elon's really not leaving. He's going to be back and forth, I think. I have a feeling. It's his baby, and I think he's going to be doing a lot of things. But Elon's service to America has been without...

comparison in modern history is already so next elon is asked about his eye here's what he says play this clip i wanted to ask quickly mr musk what is your eye okay what happened to your eye i noticed there's a bruise there well it wasn't uh i wasn't anywhere near france so um

so yeah i just forced around with the lex and i said uh go ahead punch me in the face and uh he did it turns out even a five-year-old punching me in the face actually just that was exodus if you knew actually

I didn't really feel much at the time. I guess it breezes up. But I just watched him out of the gate. I didn't notice it, actually. Elon Musk spends his time during this press conference talking about the Oval Office being painted gold and how great it looks being painted gold. I've heard many people refer to it as the Predator's bordello. Play this clip. By the way, isn't this incredible? This incredible...

I mean, it's stunning, I think. The way that the Oval Office, how the President has just completely redone the Oval Office is beautiful. I love the gold on the ceiling. It's pretty nice. Yeah. It's been there a long time. That was plaster. Nobody ever really saw it. They didn't know the Eagle was up there. We highlight it. Essentially, it's a landmark, a great landmark. And

That's 24 karat gold and everybody loved it. Now they all see it when they come in. So it's been good. The Oval Office has, you know, finally has the majesty that it deserves thanks to the president. So Donald Trump then lies and claims that $8 million was being spent on transgender mice, which has been debunked repeatedly. Play this clip. He's been able to find it $8 million for making mice transgender. So they spent $8 million on making mice transgender.

transgender, and those are better than many of those. I could sit here all day and read things just like that, but we have other things to do. So it's much-- Elon Musk then says that he has a few more words that he wants to say, and then he says it's really not the end of Doge, but really the beginning. Play this clip. Large, large lie. Well, let me say perhaps a few words, that this is not the end of Doge, but really the beginning.

My time as a special government employee necessarily had to end. It was a limited time thing. It's 134 days, I believe, which adds in a few days.

So that comes with the time limit. But the Doge team will only grow stronger over time. The Doge influence will only grow stronger. I liken it to a sort of bosom of Buddhism. It's like a way of life. So it is permeating throughout the government. And I'm confident that over time we'll see a trillion dollars of savings and a trillion dollars of wasted forward reductions.

The calculations of the Doge team thus far, in terms of FY20... Elon Musk is asked about the failure of Doge, which claimed it was going to cut $2 trillion in government spending and make $2 trillion in government cuts. Actually, federal spending is significantly higher now under Donald Trump than it was in the same period under former President Biden. Also, based on Donald Trump's disastrous budget,

the deficit is going to increase by trillions, making Doge the most unsuccessful government program in American history. Here, play this clip. - Mr. Masher, on Doge, you said that there was a trillion dollar promise for cuts from Doge. - Yes, I think we do expect over time to achieve the trillion dollars. - But what have you found in your time here was the biggest roadblock to getting those cuts? Was it the cabinet or was it Congress or something else? What was the biggest roadblock from your work?

It's mostly just a lot of hard work. It's really not any one person or Congress. It's going through really...

millions of line items and saying, does each one of them make sense or does it not make sense? Obviously at times when you cut expenses, those who are receiving the money, whether they're receiving that money legitimately or not, they do complain. And you're not going to hear someone confessing that they received money inappropriately, never. They're going to always say that they received money appropriately for an important cause, naturally. That's what you'd expect.

But so we just have to, it's just a lot of work. Donald Trump then says, as a result of the current condition, that he loves debt, basically. We need to extend the debt. We need to extend it. More debt. Extend the debt. Listen to him in his own words. Play this clip. Coming weeks, and I think it's going to be a pass.

passed. The Republicans want to pass it with all of the great things it does, including an extension of debt. It's the extension. We have to extend the debt. If we don't extend debt, we're in default. Now, the Democrats might like our country to be in default, but in 250 years, we've never been in default.

That was handed to them by a very well-meaning man that gave it to them because he thought it was the right thing to do. It could have been their problem before the election, but this man thought it was the right thing to do, and he was well-meaning. I don't hold anything against him for that, but that was put on our plate when it should have been on the Democrats. September 28th, a famous date. It should have been taken care of by the Democrats, but this person, a man of power...

gave it to us so that in June that comes due. Well, we have to take care of that because Elon Musk is asked about Donald Trump. They're both asked about a report about Elon Musk being addicted to ketamine and mushrooms and taking cocktails of drugs while he was running Doge and running our country into the ground. And then Elon Musk goes, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. Here, play this clip. Thank you, President Trump.

The president mentioned that you had to deal with all the slings and arrows during your time at Doge. There's this-- Some of the people-- some of the media organizations in this room were the slingers. Well, so there is a New York Times report today that accuses you of blurring the line between-- Oh, wait, wait. Is the New York Times-- is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on the Russiagate?

Is it the same organization? I got to check my bullets or counter. I think it is. I think the judge just ruled against New York Times for their lies about the Russiagate hoax and that they might have to give back that bullet to Price. That, New York Times, let's move on. Okay, then next question. I got one for President Trump.

President Trump. Next up, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are asked if the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump are going to hurt companies like Tesla. And then Donald Trump idiotically responds, no, because everything's going to be manufactured in America, all the parts, everything. So it's all going to be great. That's not going to happen. And we know that Donald Trump is a taco. Trump always chickens out. Play this clip. I'm sorry.

I'm concerned that tariff may also affect companies like Tesla, which has parts manufactured abroad. And this is also to you, Mr. Musk. Well, he's going to end up building his whole car here. I mean, I thought he built his whole car. Pretty much he does. He's got incredible factories. And like I looked at one in Texas, it's unbelievable. I know all of the manufacturers will build their parts here, too.

I mean, it used to bother me. They make a part in Canada, a part in Mexico, a part in Europe, and sent all over the place, and nobody knew what the hell was happening. I think it's really... You build a car, make it in America. And I gave them a little leeway on that, you know, gave them some leeway. But over the next year, they've got to have the whole thing built in America. That's what we want. We want America to buy American-built cars. Thank you very much, everybody.

Thank you, guys. Thanks, guys. Thanks, guys.

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Tariffs continue because without the tariffs, our nation would be in peril. We would really be in peril. I think I can say that with great charity, Scott and Howard.

And so we were very happy to get that decision, that big decision yesterday. All right, then if that's true, then why did you withdraw your tariffs against the world? If you think they're so great, if you think they're so great, then why did you withdraw 145% tariffs on China and make them 30%? Tariffs are a absolute disaster. They cause a great deal of harm and Trump always chickens out.

Next, Donald Trump with Elon standing next to him plays news clips on a laptop. Play this clip. People who I've respected over the years from, you know, Joe Kiernan and Rick Santelli. This just came out and we'll just play that for a second. Personal income is up eight tenths, up eight tenths of a percent. That is almost triple the expectations. The income.

You know, watching this, I don't know. I mean to take this seriously. Like if you have an elderly person in your life who may suffer from dementia or someone, when they would be like, come here, Ben, I want to show you a video. I want to show you a video. I'm going to debunk that video in just a moment because actually the job, the income increase is actually caused by retroactive social security benefits caused by former President Biden.

But we'll get into that in a moment. Donald Trump then says, "Elon's service has been the greatest thing in America." Play this clip. Many of the Doge people, Elon, are staying behind, too, so they're not leaving. And Elon's really not leaving. He's gonna be back and forth, I think. I have a feeling. It's his baby, and I think he's gonna be doing a lot of things. But Elon's service to America has been without

comparison in modern history. More of Donald Trump attacking Harvard University and saying he wants to take Harvard's money and put it into trade schools or Donald, you can do what former President Biden did, which was invest in trade schools and invest in research institutes. It's not a zero sum game that you have to destroy America's top universities. And also you're not helping trade schools either. You're actually destroying them and running them into the ground. But play this clip. Every

Three days, we find another $100 million that was given. Last two days ago, we found $200 million more. The money's given to them like gravy. I'd like to see the money go to trade schools where people learn how to fix motors and engines, where people learn how to build rocket ships. Because, you know, somebody has to build those rocket ships. And I'd like to see trade schools set up because you could take $5 billion plus

hundreds of billions more, which is what's spent. And you could have the greatest trade school system anywhere in the world. And that's what we need to build his rockets and robots and things that he's Elon Musk whining about judges play the clip. I think the fundamental moral flaw of the left is empathy for the criminals and not empathy for the victims.

Empathy for the criminals, but not empathy for the victims. And there's been way too much of that. That needs to stop. To the President's point, there's been immense judicial overreach that is unconstitutional, that was never intended. And it's undermining the people's faith in the legal system. It needs to stop. It's gone too far.

Donald Trump then gives Elon Musk this weird key. Here, you can see this, play this clip. A little special something we have here. Thank you. A very special that I give to very special people. I have given it to some, but it goes to very special people. And I thought I'd give it to Elon as a presentation from our country. Thank you, Elon. Take care. Thank you.

All right, let's talk about Elon's black eye for a second. I don't know if it's related to this, but the Daily Mail was reporting that Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Besson got into a physical altercation recently, and Caroline Levitt from the White House

did not deny that a physical altercation took place. Apparently, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson confronted Elon Musk about not making any cuts and actually adding debt. And then apparently Elon Musk pushed him and a fight broke out. So I'm not sure if that's what caused the black eye. I hear many people are calling it a DE black eye, I guess, or something like that.

Also, Elon Musk took Stephen Miller's wife to work with him. As Raw Story reports, rumors swirl as Stephen Miller's wife leaves the White House to work for Elon Musk. Hard to surprise me anymore, but a somewhat credible rumor of a throuple between Stephen Miller, his wife, and Elon Musk has really thrown me for a loop.

We're seeing memes like this. Stephen Miller watching his wife go to work for Elon. The cuck chair. Rumors swirl as Stephen Miller's wife leaves the White House to work for Elon Musk. Rick Wilson posted that. Even the Democrat account posted a photo of a cuck chair. I'm apparently learning what that is.

I wasn't sure what that meant, but okay, that's the cuck chair. And Donald Trump is then asked about, is Putin a good guy or a bad guy? Here, play this clip. Do you look at this and see Putin as the good guy or the bad guy? So I've known him very well. And I went through a lot of things with him because Russia was, you know, the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax turned out to be a total hoax. New York Times, they got a Pulitzer Prize. They have to give back the Pulitzer Prize. That's my lawsuit.

And they're doing very poorly in that lawsuit. But, you know, they wrote stories about how it was true and it was false. And, you know, a lot of Washington Post also. I have gotten to see things that I was very surprised at. Rockets being shot into cities like Kiev during a negotiation that I felt was maybe very close to ending. We were going to solve a problem and then all of a sudden rockets got shot into cities.

a couple of cities and people died. I saw things that I was surprised at, so, and I don't like being surprised. So I'm very disappointed in that way. With that being said, I'd like to see it end. 5,000 people, I think the numbers are even more than that, but 5,000 people a week are being killed. Mostly soldiers, but also people that live in little cities and towns throughout Ukraine.

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