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To be clear, he meant it as a compliment.

“It’s kind of interesting,” Gonzales said during an interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” “We have a president, we have a vice president, we have a speaker. It feels like as if Elon Musk is our prime minister.”

Gonzales continued to praise Musk’s influence on the funding process, even as moderator Margaret Brennan pointed out that Musk has not been elected to any formal position in the U.S. government.

“Well, unelected, but, I mean, he has a voice, and I think a lot of —large part of that voice is a reflection of the voice of the people,” Gonzales said.

Also, tell me you don't know what a prime minister is without telling me you don't know what a prime minister is.

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[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 120 points 8 months ago (1 children)

“Well, unelected, but, I mean, he has a voice, and I think a lot of —large part of that voice is a reflection of the voice of the people,” Gonzales said.

Yeah, generally the richest person alive is super in touch with what poor people are thinking. That makes total sense.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 34 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

When a Republican listens for the "voice of the people", all they hear is their own voice. Everything is projection and they lack the ability to imagine other people's lives, so they assume what they want is what the people want.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 8 months ago

Conservatives literally cannot feel empathy

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 49 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Why are Republicans' feelings so important while everyone else's feelings are so unimportant to Republicans ?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

Because they still get the votes

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 45 points 8 months ago (3 children)

If Elon keeps this up, someone is going to be his Luigi.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Somebody call Nintendo, we're about to have a Year of Luigi.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

We can only hope

[–] jonne 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Musk runs around with a lot of security, I doubt it would be that easy.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

Plus he now carries one of his offspring around as a human shield.

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Except a prime minister is typically not only elected by their constituents, but also elected by their party to be prime minister, right? So not at all then.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not necessarily. In semi-presidential republics, the prime minister is nominated by the president in agreement with the parliament. In normal circumstances this is functionally equivalent to having the prime minister be elected in the parliament but there are cases like Russia and France where the relationship between the president and the prime minister is similar to the dynamic between Trump and Musk.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Of course, for that you need a parliament.

Which the U.S. doesn't have.

It could just be that Gonzales is very stupid.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You need a legislature which the US has. And you need the institutions centered around having a head of government that's not the head of state, which the US doesn't. Gonzalez is an idiot that doesn't understand the US constitution but that's implied by his party membership.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

A parliament is a type of legislature, but not all legislatures are parliaments.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

Oh for fuck's sake.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 10 points 8 months ago

Elon is the new Goebbels.

[–] enbyecho@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Is that drool on his chin?