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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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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 29 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

We all know Musk is lying. He doesn't plan on leaving. There's too much power.

What's kind of amazing is that so many articles don't point this out in the title or the first sentence. I really wonder why. When you know the person is a liar and they are in a situation like this, with a strong motive to lie, why in heck would you not make that the subject line?

Or, if you want to be polite about it, you could write a headline that says something like "Musk supposedly considering retiring, but actions speak louder than words".

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

Sadly that would open them up to accusations of libel/slander. (I'm not a lawyer)

I guess we'll just have to think for ourselves

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 14 points 20 hours ago

He's taking the fall because of the lack of popularity gained by Trump.

It's great as we won't see his smug face paraded around the oval office.

However he need to remain vigilant as the department he helped create will not stop sitting all over the bureaucratic hardware of America.

Which is by design as bureaucrats resist change and try to come to the status quo. (I'd never thought I would write about the merits of bureaucracy).

He must be held accountable for that!

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 20 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

He's going to the back of the motorcade and he doesn't like it. He got used to try to do the dirty work of break put government and I will call my electeds to make sure we fix the damage he did and also hold him and the other tech oligarchs responsible for the rest of my life. Fuck this asswipe.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 18 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Now leave the country as well.

[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 13 points 23 hours ago

And go back to Swakopmund or any other nazi-african shithole he's coming from.

[–] jojop@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago

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

[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago

Musk: shoots self in ass Musk: WHY R BULLETS SO MEAN

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 12 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)
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[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 22 hours ago

Cry more, stupid manchild.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 17 points 23 hours ago

Ohh no, the consequences of his own actions.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 14 points 1 day ago

Fucking loser snowflake!!

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (5 children)

A brief synopsis of Elon's career:

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 hours ago

Huh, I wanted to post the same gif, but just as a response to keep bullying Elmo.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

Booooohooooohooooo, those big meanies hurt my widdle feefees by resisting my fascist takeover! How can anybody be so heartless?

[–] jojo@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 19 hours ago
[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 23 hours ago

We've seen who you are. There is no way back for you.

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