Summary

Rachel Maddow criticized Trump’s leadership as “decorative,” arguing that DOGE and Elon Musk wields real power while Trump focuses on publicity stunts.

On her MSNBC show, she described Musk as overshadowing Trump, making him appear “weak” and sidelined.

She mocked Trump’s obsession with “big maps” and suggested Musk is effectively running the government.

In response, Trump lashed out on Truth Social, calling MSNBC a “threat to democracy” and urging Musk to “GET MORE AGGRESSIVE,” despite reports of declining approval ratings.

  • Doug Holland@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Added ‘blister’ to my list of headline action! verbs! only bullshit sites use.

    backlash, blasts, blisters, bombshell, calls out, claps back, goes viral, melts down, mind-blowing, mocks, rages, rips, scoop, skewers, slams, stuns, trolls, weighs in…

    Any others?

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    15 hours ago

    Rachel Maddow and her blistering burns aren’t going to stop trump or save us from musk. They’re throwing sticks and stones while she’s throwing words that’ll never hurt them.

    We need actual action. Ideally from elected officials pushing back, public figures, and every citizen refusing to be sucked into the MAGA cult and their objectives.

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    18 hours ago

    It’s going to be another exhausting 4 more years of “slams” and “blisters”, isn’t it? It’s truly depressing that this is the best that Americans can muster - having their talking heads ‘lay Trump out’ while he goes about doing his thing.

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    11 hours ago

    "In response, Trump lashed out on Truth Social, calling MSNBC a “threat to democracy”

    As usual these dumb pieces of shit misspelled Fox news.

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    18 hours ago

    Didn’t the government argue in court that Musk is just an advisor? Is Trump telling him to advise more aggressively?