"Elon Musk deserves much credit for what he did with DOGE and as a senior advisor to Trump."

Metaphor bombs
Look, here’s on Danielle Smith [playing the Alberta separatism game], I think it is difficult sometimes to spot the difference between someone who’s trying to wire the bomb and someone who’s trying to defuse the bomb. By the way, you also have to have confidence in the person who’s holding the tool, and I don’t have a lot of confidence in her.
So I worry that she thinks she’s snipping the yellow wire and she’s activating this bomb by snipping a red.
—Scott Reid, Curse of Politics, May 26, 2025.

Confuse them for billions and the millions will take care of themselves
Elon Musk deserves much credit for what he did with DOGE and as a senior advisor to Trump. While some will focus on his disappointment with the President’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, it doesn’t negate what he accomplished in Washington in a very short period of time.
—Michael Taube, Troy Media, May 29, 2025.

As of May 26, DOGE’s online “wall of receipts” touts estimated savings of $175bn since the start of Trump’s term, or $1,086.96 per taxpayer. The problem is that this figure may simply be nonsense. ...Read More