Elon Musk's Takeover of the U.S. Government Fulfills Curtis Yarvin's MAGA Fascism

Over the past two months, I have argued that the victory of Trump's MAGA movement is Janus-faced.  The liberal face of the movement is manifest in the multiracial and multiethnic coalition of Trump voters and in the liberal pluralism of Trump's Inaugural Address.  But the illiberal face of the movement was displayed at the inauguration by the prominence of the billionaires seated behind Trump, which suggested that Trump might be headed towards Curtis Yarvin's fascism of dictatorial rule by a tech CEO.

Now, in the first two weeks of Trump's presidency, we have seen that the illiberal face of Yarvin's fascism has prevailed, and it's the face of Elon Musk taking over the U.S. Government, which is exactly the billionaire oligarchy proposed by Yarvin.  (Doesn't Musk look like the perfect James Bond villain--the world's richest man who wants to take over the world?)

Whether this exercise of fascist power can be stopped will depend upon the actions of the Congress, the courts, and the military.  The Constitution gives the Congress all the power necessary to check the exercise of arbitrary absolute power by the President and those working for him.  But there's no evidence that the congressional Republicans loyal to Trump and Musk are willing to check their assertion of dictatorial power.  

If the Republicans were to lose control of the Congress in the mid-term elections of 2026, the new Congress might try to impeach Trump again.  But in that case, Trump and Musk would probably overturn the elections by asserting that they were rigged, and they could call out the MAGA militias for another insurrection.

The courts can declare the actions of Trump and Musk illegal and unconstitutional.  But as I have indicated, the Supreme Court justices loyal to Trump have ruled that the President is a "King Above the Law."  And even if the Supreme Court were to rule against Trump and Musk, they could simply ignore their ruling.

As I have suggested in the past, when Trump lost the election in 2020, some of the people around him urged him to call out the military to overturn the election, but he was warned by General Milley and others that the military would not obey.  But now, we see that in planting his loyalists in the Defense Department, he could be preparing the military to support his fascist rule.

So, it all comes down to one question.  Will the military obey the commands of Trump and Musk in support of a fascist oligarchy?