WASHINGTON, D.C. — Elon Musk's involvement in this week's failure by Congress to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government ignited outraged speculation that he may be pulling the strings and controlling President-elect Donald Trump, with the most pointed criticism coming from the behind-the-scenes power players who have been controlling President Joe Biden's every policy decision for the past four years.

Upon news of the bill's failure, Alex Soros — son of billionaire George Soros — posted his displeasure on social media, expressing concern that all the work he had accomplished while controlling Biden would be undone by the moves Musk was making while controlling Trump.

"Elon is controlling Trump!" Soros said on X. "No billionaire should hold the power to influence the incoming leader of the free world to make decisions that counter the power we have to influence the current leader of the free world. Something has to be done to stop this. But only for presidents we don't like."

With only a month until Trump's inauguration, Democrat leaders warned that Trump's age may make it easy for Musk to manipulate him. "It's dangerous and unconstitutional for some billionaire businessman to hold so much sway over a president," said Biden's White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a very important lunch with Alex Soros to receive marching orders for President Biden's last month in office."

At publishing time, politicians and members of the media had still not decided what to call Musk's unprecedented petitioning of Congress, though some were unofficially referring to it by using the more familiar term "lobbying.