Speaking of the Trump/Musk relationship, the power of the latter seems enormously more real than the power of the former. It does feel like a Monarch/Prime Minister relationship. Or, as I’ve said before, if you want to use a chess metaphor, then a stationary king and an all-powerful Queen.
Actually, I suppose we’ve been working toward that…at least with GOP presidents…for quite some time. Reagan, by the end of his term, was largely a symbolic figure, wheeled out to make pronouncements, and then wheeled back in to resume his nap. Real governing was done by the powers behind the throne. Similarly, George W. Bush was more a head of state than a head of government, and genuine power devolved to Dick Cheney. Now, with the second Trump Administration, we’ve gone all the way to golfer-in-chief (Trump) and a national Corporate CEO (Musk).
But I wonder how comfortable Trump should be with that. Yes, it gives him lots of time to work on his birdie, but the position of do-nothing-king is not a long term profession.
One will recall that shoguns and majordomos and others have the interesting habit of deposing and replacing their kings.
And sometimes removing a royal head in the process.
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