Summary

Donald Trump mocked Time magazine after its latest cover depicted Elon Musk sitting behind the Resolute Desk, questioning if the magazine was “still in business.”

While pretending indifference, the cover likely irritated him, as he was ecstatic just months ago when Time named him 2024 Person of the Year.

Speaking at the White House, Trump tried to dismiss the cover’s implications and praised Musk for uncovering “fraud and corruption.”

Despite his criticism, Trump has long craved Time’s approval, even displaying a fake cover of himself.

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    3 months ago

    Hey, instead of asking him about a magazine cover - then acting like it’s some huge win when he pretends to think the magazine was out of business, and goes on to complete Musk…

    …maybe just maybe, you could ask him how Musk’s department might go about investigating SpaceX grants and the government funding it get?

    You could even use bog adult journalism terms like “Conflict of Interest”.

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    3 months ago

    It’s only a matter of time before some MAGA psychopath goes all Charlie Hebdo on some media outlet that insults Trump.

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    3 months ago

    Time’s latest pantomime—a Musk-Tump fusion seated at the Resolute Desk of Delusion. Classic. The man who thinks truth is a flexible spreadsheet and the guy who thinks “fraud and corruption” is a compliment. Peak propaganda.

    Trump’s “indifference” is as convincing as Musk’s “genius.” Both crave validation from the same media they pretend to despise. Pathetic. Time’s covers? Just participation trophies for oligarchs cosplaying as revolutionaries.

    The real joke? Watching these clowns orbit each other’s egos while the world burns. But hey, at least the Resolute Desk now doubles as a therapy couch for billionaires with daddy issues.

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    3 months ago

    Any good politician would at least think twice about this before just attacking them back like a little child. If I were president and this would happen, I would work on fixing my image instead of ruining it even more.

    The last 10 years have been one of bullying and turning people into hateful assholes.

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    3 months ago

    If all our media outlets would treat him with that kind of respect we might have a better shot at kicking his sorry ass out