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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.

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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

EVERYONE in this Thread needs to be DEPORTED for TERRORISM for HURTING Elon's feewings!

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 1 points 22 minutes ago

Big if true

[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Awww, poor baby has had his fee fees hurt.

Caring face not found.

[–] AbraKadabra1993@reddthat.com 6 points 3 hours ago

QQ more. Don't think that people will forget who you really are.

[–] Tracaine@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Good. Do it.

[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 13 points 5 hours ago

What a snowflake

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Hope he goes to Mars and never comes back

[–] ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Inshallah it shall be done

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

eat shit bitch, it will never stop.

#nazi free or find a tree

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

All logical assessments aside, he's probably got plenty in ill-gotten gains squirrelled away in Crypto holdings.

Watch him run for office, against Trump.

[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 47 points 11 hours ago

What does he mean he wants to leave politics? He is not in politics, he did not run for any office and was not voted for by anyone. He is free to leave whenever he wants.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 23 points 10 hours ago

It would be a real shame... if leftists stopped attacking him after he leaves politics.

[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

Don't stop there, leave earth you psychotic parasite.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 26 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

SEE?! Bullying bad people DOES work. I've been trying to tell people FOR YEARS.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

Not really though. He's lying about leaving, of course.

[–] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 7 points 9 hours ago

Well, it does work for some, especially those that crave approval as much as this guy.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago

He won't

Fascists only leave power when they die

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Who would've thought

Also, that's not how you wear a hat

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 hours ago

Also, that's not how you wear a hat

Good catch, you're absolutely right 😄

[–] Catchmeifyoucan@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

We had a good thing going.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 20 points 12 hours ago

Classic "I can dish it out, but I can't take it" energy.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 14 hours ago

There's really nothing he can do about it at this point short of completely disappearing from the public eye. He's so thoroughly fucked his reputation that anything associated with him is fucked by extension.

Even if he completely leaves any interaction with politics at all, he still has SpaceX, Twitter, and Tesla that will all maintain his status as a public figure. He's not going to de-Nazify twitter. Telsas aren't going to suddenly become good cars without a reputation of being swastikcars.

The only way he could stop being bullied by "the left" is if he sold off every company he owns and disappeared into obscurity. Even then, he'll still get roasted online all the time. But if he avoids social media he could probably ignore it.

But that would all go directly against his nature. So there's nothing he realistically would do that could get "the left" to stop being mean to him. It's the rest of his miserable life.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Ahem.... musk a lousy bitch

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 19 points 13 hours ago

"I'm not fired, I quit!"

-Musk, probably.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 hours ago

Might be easier if he just stopped being an asshole all the time.

[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 29 points 14 hours ago (3 children)
[–] sowitzer@lemm.ee 3 points 9 hours ago

That’s if you take anything g this asshat says as truth. But he doesn’t tell the truth. He’s not going to leave on his own. He is just whining.

[–] match@pawb.social 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] Reziarfg@lemmy.world 35 points 15 hours ago
[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Call me when this space nazi leaves the planet.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Billionaire oligarchs should have been stopped by peaceful means like taxes if they didn't want to be stopped the other way.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

elon: slams dick in door

elon: oh man i'm tired of my dick being slammed in the door

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Note: Musk died on the way back to his home planet.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 27 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Kurious84@eviltoast.org 13 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

He carries a small child around with him.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

According to the World's Most Humane Military^tm^ that would mean that he MUST be targetted DOUBLE HARD because he is using a HUMAN SHIELD! Like those Khamas terrorizerites.

A massive /s just to make it completely clear.

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[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 10 points 14 hours ago

Well since the bullying won't ever stop, and he's doomed to eternal "attacks", he can take it all way too personally and take the problem off our plates.

And saving this kid from having too many memories of him.

The younger he dies, the better for everyone.

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago

Awww, is the Nazi tired of being hated? Too fucking bad. Our grandfathers (great grandfathers for the young folks) killed people like him, so he ought to be happy he's upright and able to ruin millions (or more) of people's lives.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Okay, buh-bye.

[–] sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Nobody should listen to this fucking pathetic clown. He's extremely responsible (due to his sponsoring of the GOP) and aligns himself with vicious attacks on regular people from the right because of """DEI""" and the "woke mob". Elon is a pathetic scoundrel who lives and breathes hate through every orifice that he inhibits. His words mean nothing.

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 18 points 15 hours ago

Good! Get fucked Musk!

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 79 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

My take: He's been told to pack his shit and doesn't wanna admit it. He knows full well "the Left" isn't gonna forget what he's done.

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 4 points 11 hours ago
[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 48 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Elon is a weird duck with delusions of grandeur who can't understand the left's disgust. It was the nazi salute, Elon. It'll always be the nazi salute. All your other dank shit runs secondary to that.

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