MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow peddled fresh conspiracies ahead of Election Day, warning that a Democrat victory would necessitate a break from Elon Musk’s space programs.
Maddow’s fear-mongering take on the billionaire’s role in former President Donald Trump’s campaign and his effect on U.S. national security matters due to his tech and space companies was over the top. MSNBC noted Musk’s “unnervingly close relationship with Vladimir Putin and other U.S. adversaries” in its description of the Maddow segment.
In her rant about the national security mess wrought by Musk, Maddow warned that global powers could be affected as well as the tech CEO exerting his supposed influence on Trump.
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Calling Musk the “de facto CEO of the Donald Trump for president campaign,” Maddow went on to spew about the billionaire’s fundraising and campaigning efforts as well as accuse him of turning X, formerly Twitter, into an “all Trump all the time conspiracy theory and propaganda machine.”
She cited a Wall Street Journal report that claimed Musk is in “frequent and secret” communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government. Maddow also cited Bob Woodward’s claim that Trump has been in “frequent secret communication” with Putin since leaving the White House.
In one of her many wild takes, Maddow warned viewers that if Trump is elected, the U.S. will be joining the “axis” of countries being pulled together by Russia, including North Korea, Iran, and China. She claimed without evidence that the former president has “telegraphed” that if he returns to office, the U.S. will “switch sides” in the Ukraine war with Russia.
“The countries in the world who are the most violently opposed to the United States and most determined to seek the diminishment of America and the end of American influence on the world stage, they will have their resident installed with Elon Musk’s help” Maddow insisted. “If Trump wins. that’s what’s going to happen to America on the world stage. And Americans who think that’s a bad idea are going to have a lot of work to do, right? Your country will need you.”
But a loss for Trump in the election is also of concern to Maddow who lamented the “national security disaster” this would mean for a potential Kamala Harris presidency.
Maddow’s political screed was not enough as she took to disparaging Musk personally as well, noting reports of him having “regularly used Ketamine, plus LSD, cocaine, ‘shrooms and smokes pot on a podcast.”
Even in a potential Trump loss at the voting booth, the Defense Department and NASA will need a “new arrangement” for space programs and contracts set up with Musk’s companies, Maddow insisted.
“The U.S. is going to have to either, I mean, unwind from all of those contracts or Elon Musk’s companies are going to have to unwind from him,” she breathlessly told viewers.
“This is an untenable reality in national security terms,” she added.
Not surprisingly, social media users blasted the MSNBC host for her wild hypothesis and for suggesting the government sever ties with Musk.
Just for fun, I decided to tune in to Maddow’s MSNBC show the night before the election- and it’s truly deranged
Her mono is bizarre hysteria about Trump-Elon-Russia-North Korea-Fascism
It’s honestly like Maddow and her audience are living on another planet.
So bitter. So…
— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) November 5, 2024
MSDNC needs to have their license pulled for being the campaign headquarters of the @DNC . @maddow @MSNBC
— LR_Cadyz (@LR_Cadyz) November 5, 2024
@maddow is a psychopath that belongs in an institution ♂️
— Stephen Richardson (@richirich1968) November 5, 2024
Not an abuse of power whatsoever
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) November 5, 2024
The Left is petty tyrants, all the way down.
— Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) November 5, 2024
At least this bitch is saying the quiet parts out loud.
— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) November 5, 2024
That’s what wrong with you, @maddow, and what’s wrong with our oversized, over opinionated government.
Government & the News Media are NEVER to take sides against We the People; NEVER “punish” or threaten American Citizens for their cherished beliefs.
If, as a news person, you…— Leslie Diamond (@LDiamond39) November 5, 2024
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