The Daily Blast
Trump-Musk Fiasco Worsens, Exposing How Badly MAGA Voters Got Scammed
As Donald Trump and Elon Musk fuel chaos in the ongoing government shutdown fight, the author of a book on rural America explains how this fiasco is already revealing how Trump hoodwinked his voters.
As of this recording, lawmakers are still chaotically rushing to avoid a government shutdown. And one thing is already clear from this fiasco: Donald Trump will betray his voters very, very badly. Trump and Elon Musk killed a compromise bill, demanding deep spending cuts that would inflict real harm on Trump country, portending a lot more like this to come. (After we recorded, the House voted down the second government funding bill House Republicans advanced.) We chatted with Paul Waldman, the co-author of White Rural Rage. He explains why all this is happening, the tensions it reveals among Republicans, and how the Trump-Musk alliance looks poised to sell out MAGA voters.
