Donald Trump is toxic to everything, including a former close adviser and friend who is now "MAGA roadkill," a conservative strategist said.
Rick Wilson, who helped found the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, which is consistently filled with current and former Republicans who oppose the President, commented Wednesday on the "humiliating exile" of richest man Elon Musk.
"If I’m remembered for nothing else—and there’s a nonzero chance I won’t be—it will be for a single ironclad political law that holds across time, space, and every variable in politics: Everything Trump touches dies," Wilson wrote. "What started as shorthand for the emotional, legal, and reputational annihilation of Trump’s cronies has metastasized into something bigger and bleaker. It now includes America’s global influence, our economy, our system of government, our rule of law, and the increasingly fragile scaffolding of liberty itself. Even Trump’s most obsequious sycophants—especially them—eventually get the knife. Some in public, many in private."
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That same concept then came for the richest man in the world, and "first buddy," Elon Musk, according to Wilson's analysis.
"And now, the latest name added to the long, sad ledger of MAGA roadkill is none other than former Co-President and Viceroy of DOGE: Elon Musk," he said on Wednesday.
He continued:
"Remember Elon just a few short months ago? He wasn’t just powerful—he was the power behind the throne. The real Prime Minister of the United States. The Lord Regent of Dark Elite Ultra Gothic Hyper Cyber MAGA governance. He had Trump on speed dial, could make senators grovel with a tweet, and walked the White House halls like he owned the place."
Wilson added, "Because, for a while, he rather did."
"He became bigger than Trump," according to Wilson, who detailed Musk's rise to GOP fame before showing his quick downfall.
"Elon was the belle of the MAGA ball, fawned over by every frothing, red-hatted courtier in the palace. But the Trump curse is patient. And now?" Wilson asked. "Elon’s deep drink from the poisoned chalice has cost him billions. It’s left him on the outs with Trump’s White House (Susie Wiles, to her credit, wanted him gone before they even took office) and exiled from even Trump’s island of misfit toys. Right now, clearly in the hands of very, very, very expensive crisis communications professionals, he’s out chasing press hits and groveling before normies on what can only be described as a Humility Tour."
