Watch the hissy-fits in the next few weeks from people who thought that their tough talk was going to land them a Trump cabinet position.
Trump is utterly without useful memory. I would not be surprised if he promised top jobs to more than 1 person, just to get short term ca$h.
@gshevlin It'd be a shame if he were to shiv Elon.
@Coctaanatis He will not shiv Elon. Elon has too much of strategic importance to the USA (unfortunately).
@gshevlin And that makes him a potential threat to Trump. There's nothing that Elon has that can't be taken from him.
Putin relied on the Russian oligarchs to take and cement power, and then neutered the most powerful among them.
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/03/29/1088886554/how-putin-conquered-russias-oligarchy
@Coctaanatis Trump cannot possibly act like Putin He has dementia.
Vance, I predict, will not be able to control the plutocrats.