Ketamine Musk Leaves Govt, But Does He? Thiel Gets DOGE data, Plan Gets Executed: US Politics Extra

Hello Team

🎦 00:00-00:16⏩
Jonathan welcomes viewers to a US political news extra, promising additional context on Elon Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and the White House.

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Elon Musk's Role as "DOGE" and Lack of Tangible Savings

🎦 00:16-03:01⏩
Jonathan details Elon Musk's 130-day tenure as a "special representative" for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), initially alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, whom Musk reportedly found "very annoying." Jonathan suggests Musk's primary goal was to "scrape data from the state." He critiques DOGE's performance, noting a lack of fraud indictments despite claims of identifying "fraud and waste." While some expenditures were cut (e.g., USAID funding), leading to forced redundancies, Jonathan highlights that some sacked staff had to be rehired, potentially costing the government more due to re-hiring, legal cases, and the ongoing need for the cut work. He concludes that the overall result is likely to cost the American government more and has damaged US soft power.

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Elon Musk's Declining Political Popularity and Business Woes

🎦 03:01-05:48⏩
Jonathan reports that Donald Trump has removed Elon Musk's name from Truth Social, with GOP insiders considering Musk "finished." Trump had previously posted about Musk four times a week but ceased, as Musk was found to be "far less popular than even Donald Trump," making him "PR poison" for the Trump administration. Despite a public 'goodbye' from the White House, Musk continues to claim he will work for the government two days a week, a commitment Jonathan finds concerning given Tesla's significant financial troubles (71% lower profits) and declining sales, despite a global rise in EV sales. Jonathan notes that both Tesla's board and the Trump administration effectively told Musk to "shut up" due to his damaging public rants and erratic behaviour, such as making "Nazi salutes."

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The Quid Pro Quo: Musk's Data Scraping for Trump's Campaign

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Jonathan elaborates on the perceived 'quid pro quo' between Musk and Trump. He asserts that Musk's significant financial contributions (reportedly $290 million) to Trump's campaign led to his appointment at DOGE. Jonathan argues that Musk’s true objective wasn’t to save money but to acquire data from US government agencies, which he has now achieved. With his businesses struggling and public approval ratings plummeting, Musk has served his purpose for the Trump administration and is now being sidelined.

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DOGE's Stated Goals vs. Actual Achievements and Costs

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Jonathan examines the official mission of DOGE, which, according to BBC analysis, was to end "the tyranny of the bureaucracy," save taxpayer money, and reduce national debt. DOGE's activities included agency closures, defunding programmes, and mass layoffs. While Trump claimed DOGE identified "fraud and abuse," no criminal charges resulted. Jonathan highlights Musk's shifting estimates for savings, from an initial $2 trillion to eventually just $175 billion reported on the DOGE website, with only a fraction ($32.5 billion) having verifiable evidence. He concludes that DOGE achieved "essentially anything other than ruining American soft power around the world" through cuts to USAID.

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Comparison of DOGE's "Savings" to US National Debt and Spending

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Jonathan starkly contrasts the purported savings from DOGE with the US national debt and new spending bills. He points out that the US national debt stands at $36 trillion, and a new spending bill before Congress is estimated to add $5.2 trillion to the debt and increase the budget deficit by $600 billion. Jonathan quotes Steve Bannon, a former Trump confidant, who called for a "forensic accounting of the savings" from DOGE, noting the drastic reduction in Musk's claimed savings and stating, "None of this makes sense." Jonathan agrees that Musk's efforts to reduce spending were ultimately undermined by the Republican Party's massive spending bill.

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Trump's Bizarre Oval Office Press Conference with Musk

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Jonathan describes a highly unusual Oval Office press conference featuring Trump and Musk. Trump began the event by playing positive news clips from CNNBC on a laptop, nodding and smiling, which Jonathan found "insanely dictatorial" and "almost contrived state propaganda," leaving a "really bad taste" in his mouth. He criticises mainstream news for not broadcasting such "crazy stuff" that Trump does. Jonathan then plays a snippet from CNBC's Rick Santelli discussing strong personal income numbers, implying a disconnect with the "waste" narrative of DOGE.

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Explosive Revelations of Elon Musk's Extensive Drug Use

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Jonathan delves into public revelations from the New York Times article concerning Elon Musk's alleged extensive drug use. He notes that Musk has previously admitted to ketamine usage and smoking with Joe Rogan. Jonathan points to instances like Musk wearing sunglasses indoors while "stumbling and muttering" as prime examples of when he was allegedly on drugs. The article claims Musk took "so much ketamine, it battered his bladder" and travelled with a daily medication box containing "about 20 pills," including Adderall. Jonathan also mentions earlier Wall Street Journal reports from January 2024 detailing Musk's use of cocaine, LSD, psychedelic mushrooms, and ecstasy, which had already raised concerns among board members at SpaceX and Tesla. Jonathan asserts that the probability of the New York Times claims being true is "pretty damned high" given his behaviour and prior revelations.

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New York Times Article Details Musk's Drug Consumption and Erratic Behaviour

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Jonathan quotes directly from the New York Times article, "On the campaign trail, Elon Musk juggled drugs and family drama," calling it a "fascinating article" that portrays Musk as "one complete mess." The article reveals Musk's drug consumption went "well beyond occasional use," confirming he told people he took so much ketamine it affected his bladder (a known side effect of chronic use). He also took ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms and carried a daily pill box. The article questions if Musk was under the influence during his White House tenure, noting his "erratic behavior, insulting cabinet members, gesturing like a Nazi, and gobbling his answers in a staged interview." Jonathan also alludes to private, heated fallouts, potentially physical, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, involving "lots of swearing." The article also touches on Musk's increasingly tumultuous family life, aligning with his pro-natalist views.

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Further Allegations: Musk's Moral Compass, Fascist Gestures and CPAC Appearance

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Jonathan continues to cite the New York Times article, highlighting criticisms from Musk's former friends. Sam Harris, a public intellectual, ended his friendship with Musk, accusing him of using his platform to "defame people and promote lies," and stated, "there is something seriously wrong with his moral compass, if not his perception of reality." The article also details an incident at a Trump inauguration event where Musk "thumped his chest and thrust his hand diagonally upward, resembling a fascist salute," telling the crowd, "It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured." Dr. Lowe, a neurotechnology CEO, emailed Musk to curse him for the "Nazi salute" and later posted his concerns publicly, saying he had "no sympathy for this behavior." Jonathan also recounts Musk's bizarre appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where he was handed a chainsaw by Argentina's President Javier Milei, shouting, "This is a chainsaw for bureaucracy." During his onstage interview, Musk spoke in "disjointed bouts of stuttering and laughing with sunglasses on," leading viewers to speculate about possible drug use.

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Musk's Disjointed Oval Office Appearance and Bruised Eye Explanation

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Jonathan references clips of Musk's strange movements and expressions during the Oval Office appearance, suggesting he looked "in a bit of a weird place," possibly under the influence of drugs. He shows a screenshot of Musk with a bruised eye, for which Musk's explanation was that his five-year-old son, X, gave it to him after being asked to punch him in the eye. Jonathan finds this excuse "weird" and mentions speculation that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent might have been involved in the injury.

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Trump's False Claim on "Transgender Mice" Research

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Jonathan highlights Trump's repeated false claim at the press conference that "Biden spent $8 million to make mice transgender." Jonathan vehemently refutes this, calling it "demonstrably false" and an "absolute lie" that smacks of "1984 levels of truth manipulation." He clarifies that Trump is confusing "transgender mice" with transgenic mice, which are genetically modified mice used in essential biomedical research worldwide to study conditions like cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, and multiple sclerosis. Jonathan condemns this as an "absolute donor" or "pretty evil" tactic to continually spread lies.

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The Real Purpose of DOGE: Data Scraping for Peter Thiel's Palantir

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Jonathan argues that Musk's work with DOGE was a strategic move to facilitate Peter Thiel's long-term plan to control the US government. He presents evidence from "Capital Hunters" suggesting that DOGE was primarily a front for data scraping for Thiel's company, Palantir, which then received a no-bid contract directed by DOGE to merge data on Americans throughout government agencies. Jonathan asserts that Thiel, a "techno-authoritarian" who "doesn't really believe in democracy," had a protege, Greg Barbaccia (a former Palantir employee with a physical security background), installed as US Federal Chief Information Officer just four days after Trump's inauguration. Jonathan concludes that Musk's role was to "rip to destroy the federal workforce," allowing Thiel's Palantir to "replace" it with their software and control data. He highlights that this "unfolding horror" was predicted as early as February 2022 and stresses that the "DOGE effort is not over; it's just the beginning," with the pieces in place for Thiel's plan to be executed.

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Wrap up

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Jonathan concludes the video, humorously noting that this is "some more good news from the United States" and signs off.

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