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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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[–] mr_jawa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

Ooh. Let me try. “Fuck your feelings snowflake”.

[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 26 minutes ago)

Hahah too fucking late. You can't just "get out" of the public eye whenever you want loser

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 minutes ago

what a fucking baby

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

Right wing nutjob can't help but be a right wing nutjob even on his way out.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 points 1 hour ago

Its working guys!

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 21 points 6 hours ago

Get fucked. I hope he's given flak the rest of his goddamn life. Nazi piece of shit billionaire.

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 16 points 6 hours ago

Snowflake Nazi bitch.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 9 hours ago

i hope he leaves politics because he dies

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 38 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
  • 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"
[–] MaxPow3r11@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

"they must be paid protesters. There's no other explanation" ~nazi fuck

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 points 28 minutes ago

Says the guy who buys voters. And who lacks basic brain functionality to understand people hate him for being a nazi asshole who destroys people their lives by disrupting fragile systems made to protect lives and support the poor and ill. "they must be paid by terrorists"

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 6 hours ago

Kholed dickhead spends way too much time in fellating echo chamber, steps outside and loses shit at reality

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago

Don't you think he looks tired?

[–] Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 11 points 13 hours ago

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

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 21 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

You have committed a crime.

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 6 points 13 hours ago

Big if true

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago

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

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

Awww, poor baby has had his fee fees hurt.

Caring face not found.

[–] SamHoppers@lemm.ee 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

And how many will miss him?

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

hopefully they miss him like that one protester missed richard spencer

[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 23 points 19 hours ago

What a snowflake

[–] AbraKadabra1993@reddthat.com 10 points 17 hours ago

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

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Hope he goes to Mars and never comes back

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Kurious84@eviltoast.org 1 points 34 minutes ago

Haha. Good point! He thought he bought the country the moron.

[–] Tracaine@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

Good. Do it.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 28 points 23 hours ago

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

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago

eat shit bitch, it will never stop.

#nazi free or find a tree

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who would've thought

Also, that's not how you wear a hat

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[–] mPony@lemmy.world 9 points 20 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.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago

He won't

Fascists only leave power when they die

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 day 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.

[–] ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Inshallah it shall be done

[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Reziarfg@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago
[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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