Time to fire that White House ‘apprentice’


Even in bust: Only Ben Franklin with his stone-faced scowl could show how he really felt as Musk spewed his ‘nonsense’ at the White House recently, says the writer. — TNS

EVERYBODY seated around the long oval table was working hard at remaining expressionless as Elon Musk stood and began to speak in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet Room recently.

They sure as hell weren’t about to tell you what they were really thinking. Or give you even a wince or a grimace that might hint at what they knew was the truth. And what they knew was the truth about what their boss (who is also Musk’s enabler-in-chief) knew was the truth (despite what he was repeatedly asserting!).

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