Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Elon Musk Says America Doesn't Have a President

The US does not have an actual president and has not had one "for a while", Tesla and SpaceX founder, Elon Musk has suggested. 
 
Musk took to his X social media network to dip into the ongoing political debacle in the aftermath of the debate between US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump. He reposted a message by another user, with a screenshot of an opinion piece by The New York Times titled "Does America need a president?" 
 
"Real question... since we obviously haven't had one for a while lmao", Musk wrote. The piece itself, penned by social conservative columnist Ross Douthat, polemizes with other authors on the role of the president in US society, on whether a dysfunctional president can be fully substituted by others in the executive branch, the impact such a 'leader' has on decision-making and accountability, and other topics.

Douthat himself, has been arguing long before the disastrous debate that Biden "needs to be replaced because it would be incredibly dangerous to have a senescent president in the White House for the next four years – and not just because Democrats fear he might lose to Trump in November".

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