Except a prime minister is typically not only elected by their constituents, but also elected by their party to be prime minister, right? So not at all then.
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Not necessarily. In semi-presidential republics, the prime minister is nominated by the president in agreement with the parliament. In normal circumstances this is functionally equivalent to having the prime minister be elected in the parliament but there are cases like Russia and France where the relationship between the president and the prime minister is similar to the dynamic between Trump and Musk.
Of course, for that you need a parliament.
Which the U.S. doesn't have.
It could just be that Gonzales is very stupid.
You need a legislature which the US has. And you need the institutions centered around having a head of government that's not the head of state, which the US doesn't. Gonzalez is an idiot that doesn't understand the US constitution but that's implied by his party membership.
A parliament is a type of legislature, but not all legislatures are parliaments.
If Elon keeps this up, someone is going to be his Luigi.
We can only hope
Musk runs around with a lot of security, I doubt it would be that easy.
Plus he now carries one of his offspring around as a human shield.
“Well, unelected, but, I mean, he has a voice, and I think a lot of —large part of that voice is a reflection of the voice of the people,” Gonzales said.
Yeah, generally the richest person alive is super in touch with what poor people are thinking. That makes total sense.
When a Republican listens for the "voice of the people", all they hear is their own voice. Everything is projection and they lack the ability to imagine other people's lives, so they assume what they want is what the people want.
Conservatives literally cannot feel empathy
I watched this segment. As is typical, Republicans know shit is insane, but they still have to make sure to slob the orange knob to ensure they don’t get labeled as the anti-whatever during primaries.
Why are Republicans' feelings so important while everyone else's feelings are so unimportant to Republicans ?
Because they still get the votes
Oh for fuck's sake.
Elon is the new Goebbels.