Elon Musk bought the US presidency by losing $44B on the purchase of Twitter.

I knew something was up when Elon was “forced” to purchase Twitter way back in 2022. The amount he paid made little sense with respect to Twitter’s actual worth. He did it anyway, in large part because of hubris.

Whether he went into the purchase in order to sway the US elections is unclear, but he did change his persona to his true conservative grifter self once he took over. It is likely that Elon has always been this person. He grew up in apartheid South African after all. He just used the environmentalism and liberal support to build up Tesla and make his billions before completely switching back to the self-centered, grifter, cheating, lying, bigot that he really is.

Since he is not a native born American citizen, he cannot be president. At least until Trump and the GOP change the rules. Instead, Elon used his money to buy one of the most influential social media platforms and change its focus to be a mouthpiece for MAGA extremism, racism, and misogyny.

It cannot be denied that Elon’s influence in the tech bro and perpetually online community had an effect. Either it kept people interested in another Trump presidency or convinced some to show up and vote for chaos, anti-immigration, pro-crypto, and anti-women sentiment.

Elon thinks he is now Trump’s right-hand man. He thinks that he replaced JD Vance or even Melania. He is eating McDonald’s hamburgers and drinking Diet Cokes next to Trump on the airplane. Elon is giving Donald all of his high IQ thoughts and anti-woke insights.

All signs point to this not ending well for Elon.

First off, Trump has zero loyalty to anyone. It does not matter how much money you gave him to win back the presidency.

Second, Elon loves being in the spotlight. So does Donald. They cannot both be Public Figure Number One. Only one of them will be in official control of the free world. My bet is on Trump.

Led By Donkeys made this informative installation artwork describing how Elon bought his way into politics. Watch it all the way through.