Confusing and capricious, he started as he means to go on. To all the leaders pledging to work with him: good luck with that, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Priscilla Chan, Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk among the ‘nerd broligarchy’ at Donald Trump’s inauguration.Priscilla Chan, Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk among the ‘nerd broligarchy’ at Donald Trump’s inauguration.Confusing and capricious, he started as he means to go on.
The day marked a personal tipping point for Trump, who has now pulled out of more international agreements than Playmates. Among his withdrawals on Monday were the Paris climate agreement, and the World Health Organization, a body that seems to have been about as prepared for this news as it was.
But on to Musk, slated to head up the new Department of Government Efficiency , which was sued no fewer than four times within its first hours of the Trump administration’s existence, perhaps to be expected in a country where there are far more lawyers than physicians. At the Trump supporters rally after the inauguration, where he unleashed those two eye-catching diagonal arm salutes, Musk promised: “We’re going to take Doge to Mars!” Interesting.
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