The United States is for the first time being run by
a president who many say is wrapped around the
finger of one previously political unknown but
nonetheless is now well known for his money,
namely, Elon Musk.
It is not the first time a president
was in the control of someone else; that happened when
George W. Bush was President and Vice President Dick
Cheney was known to call all the shots.
The difference between Cheney and Musk is like day
and night; Cheney was all about growing American
influence globally and doing the usual bidding of
conservative causes such as limited government, lower
taxes and a strong military.
Musk’s idea of limited government is to sack everyone
who works for the government.
Both America’s influence
globally and a strong military are things that offend
Russian leader Vladmir Putin, so you can count on Musk,
and therefore President Donald Trump, to relegate these
two conservative ideals to the dustbin of history — until
they leave office, and America starts putting its pieces
back together.
There’s already growing resentment of the man, even
among Trump’s most loyal supporters.
It’s only a matter
of time before there’s a move to sideline Musk — or force
him to return to South Africa where he was born.
That will be quite the irony because Trump —
obviously with the insistence of Musk, recently rolled
out the white carpet for white South Africans to migrate
to the US as refugees simply because the South African
government is implementing fair and equitable land
policies that the occupiers and their sympathisers in
Washington laughably deem unfair.
So, while some of those white South Africans scramble
to get visas to come to America on this ridiculous basis,
when MAGA wears out with Musk, and he finds himself
lonely and most hated and despised at the top, he may
as well swap places with the brethren he’s airlifting to
America and return to South Africa.
Until then, Musk has a government to ruin with the
total acquiesce of Trump.
Many are seeing parallels
between what is happening in the United States between
Trump and Musk, and what is happening in Kenya
between President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila
Odinga.
There is no doubt Raila saved Ruto from being chased
out of State House when Gen Z said ‘enough’ last July.
Upon losing his bid for AUC chairman, many expected
Raila to toss his UDA-ally hat, don his usual ODM cap
and go back to the trenches to once again vie for the
presidency.
That has not happened and is likely not to happen
Like Trump and Musk, Ruto owes both his presidency
and his survival thus far to Raila.
Had Raila mounted a different and more effective
campaign in 2022, he would be the president today,
not Ruto.
Had Raila not supported Ruto during the Gen Z
awakening, and instead joined forces with Gen Z, Ruto
would have been ejected from State House and Rigathi
Gachagua would have likely been forced to resign after
holding the fort for the requisite 90 days — but we leave
it there, as there is no need to take this to its logical
conclusion.
But none of that happened, primarily because
of one man, and that is Raila.
Raila is so essential to
Ruto’s political survival that the fifth president will do
everything to keep him happy and on his side.
He would
even give him the keys to Harambee House.
Gachagua
sees this and calls it as well, noting, “The President’s
current life support is Raila Odinga.
If we switch it off,
it will be the end.”
On the other hand, Raila has nothing to lose to stay
with Ruto.
Some argue he will lose the best opportunity
to win yet again but finally be sworn in as president, but
a balancing of all the pros and cons would lead someone
else to try to fill his shoes.
He would stay put in the broad-based government
formed to save Ruto, which is going to be even broader,
with Raila practically running the show and Ruto
cheering him on.
In other words, Raila will be our Elon
Musk except doing constructive, not destructive things.
