contains a statement about some "theory" that Elon might become "co-President." Who the fuck was proposing that theory?
It's an interpretation of the hopes Elon had been expressing. Even recently he's been calling himself the "first buddy".
It's definitely exxagerated, but that's just how Americans talk - if we take every boisterous claim made by an American as a "lie", then Americans can't even buy groceries without lying through their teeth. They're just a fundamentally dishonest people, not ready for the benevolence of the superior western civilisation.
Wants to point out the DOGE has no budget. What if the work will be done with no paycheck?
That was part of a longer list of things that make DOGE "not a real department". The point isn't that things can't be done without a budget, but rather that even very unimportant departments do get one. By extension, DOGE is laughably unimportant.
Elon paid Trump for the privilege of prostrating himself, and he got scammed in return. It's a big win for Trump, who's always been good at this sort of manipulation.