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Imagine looking at Elon Musk or Rogan and thinking he's less of a drag than Giulliani or Bannon
I'm not really that well read into the US political or media/news scene but from what I can ascertain:
- Giuliani was a super boomer (80 years old currently) political crony (the guy who did a press conference in front of the four seasons gardening center lol) and...
- Steve Bannon was also a super boomer (70 years old currently) who had a varied background and owned Brietbart which is a little bit of a controversial and not that reputable news outlet and wasn't really that mainstream and was probably only read by old fucks. It also seems to have been a place that attracted endless controversial figures.
Compare that to:
- Elon Musk (aged 53 years) currently leading like 4-5 different major companies involved in major areas of economic growth that have very consequential and topical interest in the world economy and technology (electric vehicles, battery tech, space race, space internet access) and also owns Tweeter (arguably the single most influential "news" or media platform to currently exist). While not exactly universally loved and without controversy, is unarguably someone of much higher standing and influence than Giuliani and Bannon put together)
- Rogan (aged 57) isn't even a part of Trump's campaign from what I can tell, but I guess even if he is in an advisory sense, he runs a podcast that has billions of views and the annual deal for it is $200m USD (compared to Brietbart which had an endowment of just $11m USD from what I can see) and has like 20 million subscribers and 5+ billion views. Rogan alone has more attention command by like 1000x compared to Brietbart.
- If you were a world leader or a multinational corporate conglomerate and Trump came to your office with either (Giuliani/Bannon or Musk/Rogan), who would you take more seriously?
- If you were an investor of person considering starting a company, would you trust the decisions of Trump with either (Giuliani/Bannon or Musk/Rogan) attached?
It's a literal no brainer. Giuliani and Bannon were both old fucks who were out of touch with young people and haven't done anywhere near as much as someone like Musk or have the influence that Rogan has.