It sounds made up

My dad has never really followed the news or politics. He’s been retired for about a decade now, and basically only watches Two and a Half Men, and baseball. He’s not a dumb guy (despite him liking Two and a Half Men) he's just not exactly up on current events.

Yesterday I tried explaining to my dad what’s going on with my federal job and the white house antics in general. When you break it down and explain things in simple terms to someone completely unaware, it sounds completely unhinged, like the ramblings of someone off their meds.

Dad: “wait, who's Elon Musk”

Me: “The CEO of Tesla, spaceX, and Twitter.. The richest man in the world”

Dad: “what does he have to do with anything? The richest guy in the world? Doesn't he have better things to do? Was he elected to something?”

Me: “No, he basically owns Trump because he bought or possibly rigged the election. So Musk, this unelected South African guy with a well known family history of white supremacy and who also tossed up a couple nazi salutes at the inauguration, is one of Trumps highest advisors. Trump also made up a department for Musk to lead which he staffed with a group 19-26 year olds. The department hasn't been approved by congress but his team has access to everything, they've fired thousands of people on a whim, and will likely fire more.”

Dad: “huh…are you sure? That doesn’t sound legal”

Me: “😵‍💫 Also, they renamed the golf of Mexico, they're besties with Putin, and they're chatting about invading Greenland.”