How Trump's Chaos Distracts from Elon's Power Play | Pivot

Swisher and Galloway argue that Musk’s team trespassing into agencies, shutting off payments, and possibly unmasking CIA officers is an unlawful seizure of power—not a creative management experiment—and should be labeled and treated as such.

They contend that Gaza relocation fantasies, DEI smears, helicopter crashes, and talk of sovereign wealth funds are deliberate ‘weapons of mass distraction’ pulling attention from the real crisis: control over federal payment systems and core democratic mechanisms.

Galloway calls on Democratic senators and representatives to physically go to buildings where Musk-aligned staff are operating, refuse to leave, and if necessary be arrested, to force public confrontation and judicial review rather than issuing toothless statements.

They highlight a Canadian province canceling a Starlink contract as a model, urging other nations and institutions to withhold subsidies, contracts, and purchases from Starlink, Tesla, and related entities to penalize Musk’s political intervention.

Using Netflix and Spotify as examples, Galloway explains how asymmetric data (creators don’t know how well content performs) and offshoring production let platforms squeeze artists, actors, and local crews, transferring value to shareholders and cheaper overseas labor.