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> He’s literally the richest person the earth has ever known. He’s never going to suffer financially. He has countless levers of power he can pull.

Just being rich doesn't mean he's got all the power to stop that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Madoff

Him being a Trump associate is a lever, but not a financial one… unless and until they have a falling-out. I'd be surprised if that's any less than 6 months away, or more than 3 years away.

> The same fantasy applies to any past or current president ever spending a day in jail. He literally commands the most powerful military apparatus the world has ever seen. Even a sliver of that capability and influence ensures nobody will ever dare to try and slap some cuffs on him

Depends if he dies in office (~10% all causes, he's old etc.), and if the dems regain congress in two years.

Trump was already very close to getting one day in jail due to inability to behave himself in the trial where he got all those felony convictions, and he did get impeached twice.




> unless and until they have a falling-out. I'd be surprised if that's any less than 6 months away, or more than 3 years away.

That's the other thing: Trump's tastes and whims are super fickle. Trump and Musk have already clashed on a bunch of things, and there's no reason to believe that won't continue and/or get worse. And Trump's priorities could change, without a corresponding shift in Musk's.




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