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US ELECTION AFTERMATH MSNBC ... LAWRENCE O'DONNELL ... NOV 12TH 2024 Lawrence: Elon Musk suffered a humiliating demotion by Donald Trump PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPt_B802cag Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
Lawrence: Elon Musk suffered a humiliating demotion by Donald Trump MSNBC Nov 12, 2024 7.58M subscribers ... 854,952 views ... 20K likes #VivekRamaswamy #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why Elon Musk will be the first person kicked out of the Trump administration when the position Musk and his Trump assigned partner, Vivek Ramaswamy, were given does not exist and will end in 18 months. The rest of Donald Trump's announced appointments to his administration, Lawrence says, range between 'okay' and 'not as bad as it could be.' » Subscribe to MSNBC: / msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok / msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram / msnbc Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance: https://www.msnbc.com/information/dow... Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: https://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog ReidOut Blog: https://www.msnbc.com/reidoutblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House, The ReidOut, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and Alex Wagner who brings her breadth of reporting experience to MSNBC primetime. Watch “Alex Wagner Tonight” Tuesday through Friday at 9pm Eastern. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: https://www.msnbc.com/ Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: https://link.msnbc.com/join/5ck/msnbc... #ElonMusk #VivekRamaswamy #DonaldTrump Transcript 0:00 HUMILIATING DEMOTION TONIGHT BY DONALD TRUMP. THE THEORY THAT ELON MUSK MIGHT BECOME IN EFFECT A CORE OR THE REAL PRESIDENT. WHILE DONALD TRUMP IN EFFECT RETIRES TO A LIFE OF GOLFING SUFFERED A SIGNIFICANT SETBACK TONIGHT WHEN DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD GIVE ELON MUSK A JOB THAT DOES NOT EXIST AND WILL LAST AT MOST 18 MONTHS AND WORST OF ALL, ELON MUSK, THE RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD WAS ASSIGNED A WORKING PARTNER WHO LIKED MUSK HAS ALSO NEVER WORKED IN GOVERNMENT BEFORE VK RAMASWAMI, WHO'S NOT EVEN A BILLIONAIRE, ELON MUSK DIDN'T EVEN GET HIS OWN PRESS RELEASE FROM DONALD TRUMP. HE HAD TO SHARE IT WITH VIVEK RAMASWAMY. ELON MUSK GOT THE FIRST SHARED PRESS RELEASE OF ANY OF DONALD TRUMP'S APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1:03 EVEN THE FOX HOST WHO ISN'T EVEN THE RICHEST PERSON AT FOX GOT HIS OWN PRESS RELEASE FROM DONALD TRUMP WHEN DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD NOMINATE PETE HEGSETH AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. THAT'S RIGHT. A FOX WEEKEND MORNING HOST FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. TODAY WAS THE SILLIEST DAY YET IN THE TRUMP PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE WILL GET TO MORE OF THEM IN A MOMENT. BUT FIRST VOTES ARE STILL BEING COUNTED IN AMERICA TONIGHT, THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE RACE REMAINS TOO CLOSE TO CALL WHEN THAT ELECTION IS DECIDED, THE REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE 53 SENATORS IF THE REPUBLICANS WIN IN PENNSYLVANIA TO THE DEMOCRATS, 47. IF DEMOCRAT BOB CASEY WINS IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE 52 SENATORS TO THE DEMOCRATS. 48 LATE LAST NIGHT, ARIZONA DEMOCRAT RUBEN GALLEGO DEFEATED 2:01 REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE CARRIE LAKE. IT NOW SEEMS THE REPUBLICANS ARE LIKELY TO CONTROL THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AS OF THIS HOUR, REPUBLICANS HAVE 216 SEATS IN THE HOUSE AND DEMOCRATS HAVE 207 SEATS IN THE HOUSE. ACCORDING TO NBC NEWS WITH 12 SEATS REMAINING TO BE DECIDED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE FINAL NATIONAL POLLS INDICATING THAT THE RACE WAS A TIE WITHIN A THREE POINT MARGIN OF ERROR ARE PROVING CORRECT. DONALD TRUMP CURRENTLY HAS A 2% LEAD OVER KAMALA HARRIS AT 5248. ANYONE WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT POLLING DATA ACTUALLY MEANS KNOWS THAT THAT RESULT IN THE ELECTION IS WITHIN THE THREE POINT MARGIN OF ERROR OF ALL THE CREDIBLE NATIONAL POLLS IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN. THIS AFTERNOON, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE FIRST 3:01 TIME SINCE THE ELECTION BEFORE HER SCHEDULED LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WAS GREETED BY WHITE HOUSE STAFF. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY OK FOR TO PUBLIC SERVICE. THAT ONE 4:02 WORKING SO GREAT. LET'S GET BACK TO WORK BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE WORK TO GET DONE IF ALL GOES WELL FOR THE PERSONNEL IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, UNLIKE THE LAST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, IF ALL GOES WELL, ELON MUSK WILL BE THE FIRST ONE KICKED OUT BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP ALREADY KICKED HIM OUT IN THE PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING HIS APPOINTMENT TO DO A NON-EXISTENT JOB. DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED QUOTE ELON MUSK, WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH VIVEK RAMASWAMY WILL LEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. IF YOU LEAD A DEPARTMENT IN THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, YOU ARE A CABINET SECRETARY. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS LED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. 5:02 THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY IS LED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY AND SO ON. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY CREATING SUCH A THING WOULD REQUIRE AN ACT OF CONGRESS AND A BUDGET FOR SUCH A DEPARTMENT. THE PRESS RELEASE REVEALS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY WHICH DOES NOT HAVE AN OFFICE OR A DESK OR AN OFFICE CHAIR ANYWHERE IN THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROBABLY BE HOUSED IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING BESIDE THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE THE TRUMP PRESS RELEASE SAYS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY QUOTE WILL PARTNER WITH THE WHITE HOUSE AND OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO DRIVE LARGE SCALE STRUCTURAL REFORM. SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE ELON MUSK WILL BE ALLOWED TO SEND HIS BUDGET IDEAS 6:00 TO THE YET UNNAMED DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, WHICH ACTUALLY IS A REAL JOB IN THE WHITE HOUSE. MAYBE ELON MUSK MUSK WILL GET AN OF AN OFFICE AT OMB OR MAYBE HE'LL WANT ONE OF THOSE VERY BIG OFFICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING BESIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. HE COULD GET ONE OF THOSE, BUT IT SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY HE WILL GET AN OFFICE IN THE WEST WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE THE ACTION REALLY IS AND BE ABLE TO JUST WALK DOWN THE HALL TO SEE THE PRESIDENT WHENEVER HE WANTS TO THE BIG OFFICES IN THE WEST WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE, GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE VICE PRESIDENT WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, SUSIE WILES WILL NO DOUBT USE MUCH OF HER BUREAUCRATIC INFIGHTING SKILL TO KEEP ELON MUSK AS FAR AWAY FROM REAL POWER AS POSSIBLE. IF ELON MUSK WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE HEAD OF AID DEPARTMENT, A CABINET SECRETARY, 7:01 HE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH CONFIRMATION HEARINGS WHICH WOULD BE A TELEVISED FESTIVAL OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR A MAJOR DEFENSE CONTRACTOR, ELON MUSK, TAKING A POSITION INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM TO PUSH FOR MORE MONEY FOR HIS GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND PREVENT ANYONE FROM EVER EXAMINING ANY WASTE THAT MIGHT EXIST. AND ELON MUSK'S MORE THAN $15 BILLION IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACT, THE FUNNIEST PART OF THE TRUMP PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING ELON MUSK'S APPOINTMENT TO A POSITION THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN WHICH HE IS BEING FORCED BY DONALD TRUMP TO WORK WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THE SUBJECT THAT HE'S BEEN ASSIGNED. VK RAMASWAMY IS THAT THEY ARE BOTH GOING TO BE THE FIRST PEOPLE KICKED OUT OF THE TRUMP GOVERNMENT. THE TRUMP PRESS RELEASE SAYS THEIR WORK WILL CONCLUDE NO LATER THAN JULY 4TH 2026. 8:03 EVERY REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT HAS CAMPAIGNED ON THE PROMISE THAT THEY WILL ELIMINATE WASTE AND FRAUD IN GOVERNMENT INCLUDING DONALD TRUMP. HOW COULD THERE BE ANY WASTE IN GOVERNMENT AFTER DONALD TRUMP'S FOUR YEARS IN THE PRESIDENCY WHICH WERE SUPPOSED TO ELIMINATE WASTE? HOW COULD THERE BE ANY WASTE IN GOVERNMENT? AFTER REPUBLICAN HERO RONALD REAGAN WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEND EIGHT YEARS GETTING RID OF ALL THE WASTE. I'M TALKING ABOUT REDUCING WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE AND MISMANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT. YEAH, HE TALKED ABOUT IT. RONALD REAGAN HAD EIGHT YEARS TO GET RID OF THE WASTE IN GOVERNMENT. THE BUDGET OF THE UNITED STATES WENT UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR OF THE REAGAN PRESIDENCY. THE BUDGET OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS GONE UP EVERY YEAR OF EVERY REPUBLICAN PRESIDENCY SINCE RONALD REAGAN, THE BUDGET OF THE UNITED STATES WENT UP 9:00 DRAMATICALLY EVERY YEAR OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. EVERY YEAR WAS THE MONEY FRAUD AND ABUSE ALL OVER THE PLACE, WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE. SO DONALD TRUMP FAILED TO GET RID OF THE WASTE IN FOUR YEARS AS PRESIDENT WITH ALL THAT POWER. AND NOW DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO GIVE ELON MUSK 18 MONTHS TO JUST RECOMMEND HOW TO GET RID OF ALL THE WASTE IN GOVERNMENT SOMETHING DONALD TRUMP DISCOVERED HE COULD NOT DO IN FOUR YEARS. DONALD TRUMP NOW JUST MIGHT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT GOVERNMENT TO KNOW HOW HUMILIATING THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR ELON MUSK. ELON MUSK IS GOING TO FAIL MISERABLY AT THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT. DONALD TRUMP HAS GIVEN HIM AN ASSIGNMENT 10:01 THAT DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T BELIEVE ELON MUSK CAN DO WITHOUT THE HELP OF VIVEK RAMASWAMY. WHY DID DONALD TRUMP INSULT ELON MUSK BY ASSIGNING HIM A HELPER SOMETHING DONALD TRUMP HASN'T DONE FOR ANYONE ELSE. HE HAS ANNOUNCED FOR POSITIONS IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. I SAID IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, ELON MUSK AND HIS ASSIGNED SIDEKICK WILL BE THE FIRST ONES OUT THE DOOR, BUT WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO EXPECT THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE AT A PERSONNEL LEVEL, AT LEAST IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR EVERYTHING TO GO. WELL, DONALD TRUMP'S FIRST WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF WAS FIRED AFTER SIX MONTHS, DONALD TRUMP THEN WENT THROUGH THREE MORE OF THEM. DONALD TRUMP FIRED HIS FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE AFTER A YEAR THAT SECRETARY OF STATE HAD CALLED DONALD TRUMP AN EFFING MORON. SO THE CHANCES OF EGOMANIAC ELON MUSK SURVIVING 11:02 18 MONTHS IN ANY KIND OF FAKE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH EGOMANIAC, DONALD TRUMP ARE NOT GOOD. VEK RAMASWAMY WILL NO DOUBT BE HOPING FOR ELON MUSK TO QUIT SO THAT HE CAN MOVE UP TO THE TOP JOB IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT DOES NOT EXIST. THE REST OF DONALD TRUMP'S ANNOUNCED APPOINTMENTS TO HIS ADMINISTRATION RANGE FROM OK TO NOT AS BAD AS IT COULD BE TO TERRIBLE AND SILLY. THE POSSIBILITIES FOR WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL INCLUDED A BUFFOON WHO HAS BEEN A PERMANENT FIXTURE IN DONALD TRUMP'S POST PRESIDENTIAL ENTOURAGE. BORIS EPSTEIN, WHO IS TECHNICALLY A LAWYER BUT DOES NOT PRACTICE LAW AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER INDICTMENT IN ARIZONA FOR CRIMES HE IS ACCUSED OF COMMITTING AND TRYING TO OVERTURN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. BORIS EPSTEIN DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT FOR WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL 12:01 NOR DID THIS GUY. LET ME JUST SAY THIS TO BIG TISH JAMES, THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL. I DARE YOU, I DARE YOU TO TRY TO CONTINUE YOUR LAW FAIR AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP. WE WILL PUT YOURS IN PRISON FOR CONSPIRACY AGAINST RIGHTS AND I PROMISE YOU THAT THAT GUY MIKE DAVIS WAS AT THE TOP OF MANY SPECULATIVE LISTS ABOUT WHO WOULD BE THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL. AND INSTEAD DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL, A POSITION THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE WILL BE WILLIAM MCGINLEY, WHO HAS BEEN A PARTNER IN SERIOUS WASHINGTON LAW FIRMS AND HAS THE STANDARD REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT RESUME THAT COULD HAVE LANDED HIM A JOB IN A BUSH. WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL'S OFFICE. ON THE LESS SERIOUS SIDE OF THE APPOINTMENT SCALE COMES MIKE HUCKABEE WHO WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR SENATE CONFIRMATION TO SERVE AS AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL. 13:01 THAT IS THE KIND OF APPOINTMENT THAT COULD OFFEND MANY PEOPLE IN ISRAEL WHO HAVE COME TO EXPECT THAT THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR WILL BE A JEWISH AMERICAN WITH LONG HELD INTEREST IN ISRAEL. MIKE HUCKABEE'S FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN INTEREST IN ISRAEL, LIKE OTHER CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIST REPUBLICANS IS BASED ON THEIR BELIEF THAT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST WILL OCCUR IN ISRAEL AT WHAT WILL BE THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT'S SPARKED BY A WAR IN ISRAEL THAT WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE DEATH OF ALL JEWISH ISRAELIS OR THEIR CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY. THAT IS NOT A VIEW OF ISRAEL'S ROLE IN THE WORLD THAT ANYONE IN ISRAEL HAS EVER ACCEPTED OR BELIEVED. SOUTH DAKOTA'S GOVERNOR CHRISTIE NOME WILL BE NOMINATED AND NO DOUBT CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE AS SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY. THE CIA DIRECTOR WILL BE JOHN RADCLIFFE WHO SERVED AS DONALD TRUMP'S DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SURVIVED JOHN RATCLIFFE'S FIRST TOUR OF DUTY 14:04 THIS TIME AROUND JOHN RADCLIFFE AND OTHERS WITH SOME EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT DONALD TRUMP'S CHOICE FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, PETE HEGSETH. TONIGHT IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SAID THAT PERSON'S NAME OUT LOUD, BUT AT LEAST I HAD A VAGUE IMAGE OF HIM IN MY MIND WHEN I HEARD HIS NAME TODAY, WHICH IS MORE THAN YOU CAN SAY FOR THE TOP DEMOCRAT ON THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE WHICH HAS JURISDICTION OVER EVERYTHING THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DOES. I CONFESS, I DID NOT KNOW WHO PETE HE WAS UNTIL ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO. HE DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE MUCH OF A DETAILED BACKGROUND IN DOD POLICY. UM TO THE EXTENT HE'S WORKED ON ANY OF THAT STUFF. IT HAS BEEN ON VETERANS POLICY, UM NOT ON, YOU KNOW, DOD ISSUE. SO I I IT'S THE LACK OF EXPERIENCE IS CONCERNING. 15:01 UM NOW I HAVE NOT HEARD WHAT HIS PLANS ARE, SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HIS PLANS ARE. UM BUT IT WAS SURPRISING AND IT IS, IS CONCERNING JUST GIVEN THAT LACK OF EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, AND THE PENTAGON BIGGEST BUREAUCRACY IN THE WORLD, IT'S A HARD THING TO RUN. UM SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE IN THE PRE TRUMP WORLD. IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR A PETE HEGSETH TO GET THROUGH THE SENATE CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR ANY JOB IN GOVERNMENT. BUT THE 52 OR 53 REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO WILL SHOW UP FOR WORK NEXT YEAR HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM VOTING FOR ANY RIDICULOUS INCOMPETENT TRUMP APPOINTEE HERE IS A SAMPLE OF WHAT TO EXPECT IN PETE HESSE'S CONFIRMATION HEARING REPUBLICANS FOR DECADES. 16:00 FOR YEARS HAVE SAT IN THE KILL ZONE AND SAID JUST KIND OF LIKE US. WE'RE OK. WE'RE NOT THAT BAD. WE'RE OK. WE'RE NICE BEHIND OUR PODIUMS, YOU KNOW, DRESSED UP LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE GONNA CUT TAXES JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT DOESN'T WORK. DONALD TRUMP SAID IT'S TIME TO THROW THE GRENADES IN CHARGE AT THE ENEMY.

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