cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28539608

Speculation of Tesla CEO’s possible departure comes as his influence in the administration appears to wane

Elon Musk is reportedly set to leave his government role because he’s tired of the what he sees as a litany of vicious and unethical attacks from the left, according to a report from The Washington Post.

It remains unclear when Musk will depart as head of DOGE; his special government employee status will expire at the end of next month. A person familiar with his thinking told The Post that Musk thinks that his work at DOGE won’t be diminished because of his departure, noting that staffers have already established themselves across a slew of federal agencies.

But speculation of Musk’s possible departure comes as his influence in the administration appears to wane. The New York Times reported last week that the acting commissioner of the IRS was being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained that Musk had his preferred candidate installed without Bessent’s support. Musk has also annoyed other cabinet members by failing to coordinate with them in cost-cutting moves.

  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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    18 days ago

    See? Bullying fascism works. It’s the only thing that works. Fascism is fought with violence (physical or otherwise) as it’s the only language that it understands.

    When an opponent doesn’t care about rules, playing by those rules only puts you at disadvantage.

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      18 days ago

      When an opponent doesn’t care about rules, playing by those rules only puts you at disadvantage.

      I think the first step is to stop calling out disinformation when it’s against Drump and Co, let that shit ride

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      18 days ago

      We did have a little part in this, but otoh he’s been playing that game for years on his platform, I don’t think it is what drove him out. Him blaming the Left is just - well, it’s what he would do isn’t it?

      But now, even MAGA is against him. DOGE is such a blatant fuck-up on all levels, he probably doesn’t even want to do that anymore. It won’t bring his stock back up.

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        18 days ago

        Entered the kitchen, took some ketamine, shat his pants, took some LSD, set fire to the trash can, complained about the heat.

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    18 days ago

    The bully doesn’t like being bullied, poor baby Mukus 😢

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    18 days ago

    No, he just wants back into the background and do shady things in obscurity again. We all know the rich can’t and won’t stop meddling.

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    17 days ago

    I haven’t heard of any attempts on his life yet, so folks still have more work to do.