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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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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 hours ago

i hope he leaves politics because he dies

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago
  • Elon: goes full nazi
  • Elon: goes full corrupt
  • Elon: destroys government and thousands of lives
  • People: angry, outraged
  • Elon: feelings hurt, "why don't they like me"
[–] obinice@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Don't you think he looks tired?

[–] Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

He can't step out now. It's too late.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 7 points 5 hours ago

he means he wants to step down, and do it behind the scenes.

[–] SamHoppers@lemm.ee 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

And how many will miss him?

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

hopefully they miss him like that one protester missed richard spencer

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 11 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 4 points 6 hours ago

Big if true

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

reddit will do it for them, if your in one.

[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

Awww, poor baby has had his fee fees hurt.

Caring face not found.

[–] AbraKadabra1993@reddthat.com 8 points 9 hours ago

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

[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 18 points 11 hours ago

What a snowflake

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Hope he goes to Mars and never comes back

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

You know this costs the taxpayer billions right? If he gets shot or ODs it's much cheaper.

[–] Tracaine@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Good. Do it.

[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 51 points 17 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 27 points 16 hours ago

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

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago

eat shit bitch, it will never stop.

#nazi free or find a tree

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 29 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago

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

[–] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 7 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Inshallah it shall be done

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 8 points 13 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.

[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

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

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago

He won't

Fascists only leave power when they die

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 20 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Who would've thought

Also, that's not how you wear a hat

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 16 hours ago

Also, that's not how you wear a hat

Good catch, you're absolutely right 😄

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 20 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.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 20 points 18 hours ago

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

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 21 points 19 hours ago

"I'm not fired, I quit!"

-Musk, probably.

[–] Reziarfg@lemmy.world 37 points 21 hours ago
[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 29 points 20 hours ago (3 children)
[–] sowitzer@lemm.ee 5 points 15 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.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

elon: slams dick in door

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

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

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

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Call me when this space nazi leaves the planet.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 28 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

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

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 16 hours ago

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

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Ahem.... musk a lousy bitch

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 19 points 20 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.

[–] Catchmeifyoucan@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

We had a good thing going.

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