Donald Trump and Speaker Johnson were big losers in last week’s debacle over the continuing resolution and looming shutdown. But the man who started it all? He made out very well. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/whats-in-it-for-elon?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
What’s in It for Elon?

The world’s richest man isn’t just trolling our democracy. He’s out for himself, and the press is letting him get away with it.

The Status Kuo

"the big winner out of this mess was #Musk, who saw at least two big things stripped from the CR: a limitation on “outbound investment” in #China and continued funding of the #US agency tasked with tracking foreign #disinformation. Both of these provisions, had they remained in the bill, would have seriously impacted his companies—#Tesla on the China investment side and the X platform on the disinformation side"
- @jaykuo

#ElonMusk #Twitter #PresidentMusk #GOP #Budget #Politics #USPol #News

@ZhiZhu @jaykuo

#Musk won, he got what he wanted.
So that was the start, many more strikes to folllow