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Tim Walz Triggers Trump’s Communication Director Into Bizarre Meltdown

It didn't take much to trigger him.

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Elon Musk, in the opening weeks of the Trump presidency, has been running roughshod over the government, announcing his intention to close government agencies and seeking to block money that was duly appropriated by Congress. Musk, while claiming to be a free speech absolutist, has also falsely called it a “crime” to name the young men who are working for him.

With Musk on a clear power trip, some Democrats have sought to drive a wedge between President Trump and Musk, believing that since the two men are used to being #1, a falling out is likely inevitable.

That was perhaps the strategy of Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, who declared on X Monday that “Elon Musk is a terrible president.”

This led to a schoolyard insult-level response from Steven Cheung, the White House communications director.

This is an indication, perhaps, that the implication that Musk is the “shadow president” is beginning to touch a nerve inside the White House. Less than a week earlier, Musk had made noises about suing Walz, after the Minnesota governor referenced Musk’s so-called Nazi salute, although it does not appear any such lawsuit was ever filed.

Throughout Walz’s time as the vice presidential nominee, there appeared to be a concerted campaign to question the masculinity of the former football coach. He was given the nickname “Tampon Tim,” after Minnesota passed an initiative to place tampons in school bathrooms throughout the state, while falsely claiming the law had placed the feminine hygiene products in boys’ bathrooms as well.

Later, there was an attempt to imply that Walz had been accused in the past of child sexual abuse, but that turned out to be fabricated as well, including through the use of a deep fake video of a bogus “accuser”; the same fake account was also to blame for the “ABC News whistleblower” hoax.

There were some surprised reactions to what Cheung said.

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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