To Comfort The Afflicted
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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Friday, June 13, 2025

Observercast

Feeling Sorry For Elon Musk Is Not Impossible

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Elon Musk may have thought that dropping more than $250 million into Trump’s re-election campaign would have bought permanent affection from the president. No, it was a show of obeisance that labeled Musk as one to be played. Besides, in Trump’s dog-eat-dog view of wealth, the far-richer Musk may have needed cutting down to size. Trump knows about human nature. Musk, for all his awesome faculties, does not. Like Heracles brought down by trusting a […]

Froma Harrop
Froma Harrop
Harrop is an American writer and author. She is best known for her bi-weekly syndicated column which appears in about 200 news outlets including the Seattle Times, Newsday, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Arizona Republic, Detroit News, and Real Clear Politics and The Providence Journal. She is represented by Creators Syndicate Inc. in Los Angeles. Media Matters ranks her column 20th nationally in total readership and 14th in large newspaper concentration.