yep, that trope exists for a reason. its far from the first time that leaders have been subtley controlled and influenced by schemers who whisper in their ears. remember in his first term, kushner fulfilled this role for a long time and people on this board kept calling it out as trump lost focus of any of his original promises and got sidetracked by a bunch of the shit that kushner was influencing him to do. now elon is in a similar role obviously, maybe even more corrupt and concerning this time.
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