{"id":27674,"date":"2024-11-07T20:58:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=27674"},"modified":"2024-11-07T20:58:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:58:58","slug":"unelected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=27674","title":{"rendered":"unelected&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click link for AXIOS article<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/07\/elon-musk-trump-election\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/07\/elon-musk-trump-election<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Behind the Curtain: The most powerful (unelected) man ever<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>America just elevated one man to an unfathomable status: the most powerful civilian \u2014 ever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Court-Painter-scatteredMusk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27690\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Court-Painter-scatteredMusk.jpg 633w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Court-Painter-scatteredMusk-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/business\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 the most influential backer of President-elect Trump, thanks to his money, time and X factor \u2014 now sits at the pinnacle of power in business, government influence and global information (and misinformation) flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Higher ambitions:<\/strong>&nbsp;Listen to Musk, and he always circles back to his belief in creating a multi-planetary future. He believes the future of our species is wholly dependent on it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Well, you get there by controlling space \u2014 satellites, space travel and ultimately colonization. He has a virtual global monopoly on satellites and the hottest space company on the globe, Space X \u2014 one NASA depends on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Musk-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27685\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Musk-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Musk-1-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Musk-1-768x550.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tucker-Elon-interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27678\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tucker-Elon-interview.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tucker-Elon-interview-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tucker-Elon-interview-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tucker Carlson interview with Elon Musk on election night describing Trump <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MUSK<\/strong>: This is why I posted on X, like, nothing would do more damage to Kamala\u2019s campaign than going on Joe Rogan, because she\u2019d run out of non sequiturs after about 45 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CARLSON<\/strong>: You can\u2019t hide in three hours!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MUSK<\/strong>: Yeah, like hour two and three would be a complete melted puddle of nonsense. So, it would just be absolute game over. That\u2019s why she didn\u2019t go on. But, on the other hand, <strong>Trump, he\u2019s there, there\u2019s no talking points.<\/strong> <strong>He\u2019s just being a normal person, having a conversation<\/strong> and doing three hours of Rogan, no problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Elon-jumping-T-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27681\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Elon-jumping-T-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Elon-jumping-T--300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Elon-jumping-T--768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MUSKred.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27688\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MUSKred.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MUSKred-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MUSKred-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click link for AXIOS article Behind the Curtain: The most powerful (unelected) man ever America just elevated one man to an unfathomable status: the most powerful civilian \u2014 ever. Why it matters:&nbsp;Elon Musk&nbsp;\u2014 the most influential backer of President-elect Trump, thanks to his money, time and X factor \u2014 now sits at the pinnacle of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=27674\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;unelected&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27674"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27693,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27674\/revisions\/27693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}