Make America Gripe Again [2025: Trump vs. Musk – The Subsidy Smackdown]

 

TITLE: Make America Gripe Again

SETTING: Apartment TV blaring news, Rosa from 14C scrolling X, Mr. Johnson holding a Tesla key fob

CHARACTERS: Rosa from 14C (left), Mr. Johnson (right)

PANEL 1:

ROSA: “Trump threatened to deport Musk.”

MR. JOHNSON: “Over a tax bill?”

ROSA: “And Musk praised him... right after.”

MR. JOHNSON: “That’s not politics. That’s a toxic situationship.”

PANEL 2:

ROSA: “Now Trump wants to sic DOGE on him.”

MR. JOHNSON: “The crypto?”

ROSA: “No. The Department of Government Efficiency.”

MR. JOHNSON: “Ah. Bureaucracy with bite.”