NYT’s Schleifer: Musk Has a Messiah Complex, He Got Involved in the Trump Campaign Believing He Could Save the Western Civilization

RUSH TRANSCRIPT HAYES I ░░░░░░░░ there s also just ░░░░░░░░ mean independently reporting None ░░░░░░░░ the there s a ░░░░░░░░ bit of like a ░░░░░░░░ sense alarm that goes ░░░░░░░░ in my head about ░░░░░░░░ following This is an ░░░░░░░░ who has 5 or ░░░░░░░░ companies He s running ░░░░░░░░ the boring company and ░░░░░░░░ and Tesla and spacex ░░░░░░░░ he s also running ░░░░░░░░ operation at the government ░░░░░░░░ s got a video ░░░░░░░░ system installed in the ░░░░░░░░ that he gets in ░░░░░░░░ lobby while he s ░░░░░░░░ taking a lot of ░░░░░░░░ and is managing a ░░░░░░░░ life that involves like ░░░░░░░░ a dozen children with ░░░░░░░░ women like at a ░░░░░░░░ point it starts to ░░░░░░░░ like can he really ░░░░░░░░ doing all this Actually ░░░░░░░░ Well I mean there ░░░░░░░░ been some credible reporting ░░░░░░░░ he s not even ░░░░░░░░ playing the video game ░░░░░░░░ I think that s ░░░░░░░░ important important caveat here ░░░░░░░░ the on the Elon ░░░░░░░░ resume That could Be ░░░░░░░░ most damaging thing I ░░░░░░░░ today But look I ░░░░░░░░ Musk Musk clearly is ░░░░░░░░ believer That you know ░░░░░░░░ s in the messiah ░░░░░░░░ here right The reason ░░░░░░░░ he got involved in ░░░░░░░░ Trump campaign is because ░░░░░░░░ believed that he could ░░░░░░░░ western civilization from the ░░░░░░░░ of illegal immigration and ░░░░░░░░ and only he can ░░░░░░░░ it You know he ░░░░░░░░ Said You know that ░░░░░░░░ he lost in Wisconsin ░░░░░░░░ that judicial race earlier ░░░░░░░░ year that American western ░░░░░░░░ would crumble The reason ░░░░░░░░ he Is so overextended ░░░░░░░░ think is related To ░░░░░░░░ way He sees His ░░░░░░░░ in the world which ░░░░░░░░ if I don t ░░░░░░░░ Tesla no one s ░░░░░░░░ to create Tesla If ░░░░░░░░ don t create AI ░░░░░░░░ one s going to ░░░░░░░░ AI And if I ░░░░░░░░ t save America from ░░░░░░░░ deficits and debt then ░░░░░░░░ Trump is cooked So ░░░░░░░░ you know the reason ░░░░░░░░ he is you know ░░░░░░░░ fact having so many ░░░░░░░░ based on a reporting ░░░░░░░░ is in part because ░░░░░░░░ this belief that you ░░░░░░░░ he is the type ░░░░░░░░ person who should kind ░░░░░░░░ continue to populate the ░░░░░░░░ So these things are ░░░░░░░░ just coincidental He is ░░░░░░░░ all these things motivated ░░░░░░░░ a core belief in ░░░░░░░░ of his own power.”