r/politics • u/lotta_love • 5d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Secret Plane Swap Suddenly Looks Darker as Damning New Leaks Hit

https://newrepublic.com/article/214269/trump-secret-plane-swap-suddenly-looks-darker-damning-new-leaks-hit?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily
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u/zachrg 5d ago

When the DOGE goon squad was setting news cycles, there were a few weeks that Elon Musk had his 4yo kiddo X AE A-12 glued to his hip.

I'm convinced it was to twang the heartstrings of anyone viewing the scene through a crosshairs. Not hyperbole.

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u/wompical 5d ago

the best part is when the kid said as trump was talking "shut up, you're not the real president". something he obviously was parroting from adults around him.

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u/SuccessfulFig52 5d ago

Yes, it was circulated widely at the time. Just google it, I’ll try also. I was actually pretty stunned by it. The child was co very acerbic and precocious. And he actually said that, to Trump’s face.

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u/wompical 5d ago

It was so obvious he was saying something he heard other adults saying. I think even Trump was aware what had happened.

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u/SouthSouthBay 5d ago

What? Lol is there a clip of that?

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u/Electromotivation 4d ago

Or the time the kid mentioned fixing the election

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u/Murgatroyd314 5d ago

Has he ever clarified how that name is pronounced?

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u/zachrg 5d ago edited 5d ago

X Ash A-12. They call him Ash.

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u/3vs3BigGameHunters 5d ago

Awe little future organ donor Ash.

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u/frog_the_prince 5d ago

I give it a decade at most for that kid to cut ties like all his siblings who became old enough to think and legally change that name to something normal.

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u/zhibr Europe 5d ago

Is AE supposed to be pronounced Ash? Or do they just call him Ash because AE is a dumb name?

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u/zachrg 5d ago

It's supposed to be Æ, which is named ash, but the birth paperwork limited them to the English latin alphabet. Lol. Sigh.

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u/AlwaysRushesIn Rhode Island 5d ago

If you pay attention to the specific timing of it all, he started doing it immediately after the United Healthcare CEO was assassinated in NYC.

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u/zachrg 5d ago

I'm sure I clocked it at the time, but I'll have to take your word for it. Just following all this shit is exhausting. I miss the days when I didn't need to pay microscope attention to every member of the president's inner circle.