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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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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 19 points 1 day ago

Good! Get fucked Musk!

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

Call me when this space nazi leaves the planet.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So we're winning? I'd still love for him to meet his Luigi. Is that enough hate to get you to quit before you do any more damage? I can go more extreme if it isn't.

[–] 1847953620@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

!go more extreme

[–] sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 23 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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[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

He's broken the departments investigating him and it isn't fun anymore, he doesn't have to be there at this point to win.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Ahem.... musk a lousy bitch

[–] oakey66@lemmy.world 143 points 1 day ago (10 children)
[–] Catchmeifyoucan@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

We had a good thing going.

[–] Kurious84@eviltoast.org 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Does this mean he's done rigging elections too?

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

He'll carry on doing that in his spare time, as a labour of love.

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[–] Nocomment@reddthat.com 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, the russian agent side quest is nearly fool proofed and he’d really prefer the wealthy genius perception return?

[–] RedPostItNote@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Luckily that’s gone forever

[–] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago
[–] xzot746@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

You know what bud, you got the cash to completely disappear and know one will make fun of you anymore.

Well we still will cause you're a Nazi fuck but hey at least you won't get your feelings hurt by actually seeing and hearing about it.

Take your money and fuck off. How can someone be so rich and still be a complete and utter moron.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 70 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's far too late for that, Elon; we want your fucking head now.

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Too late, shitbird.

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Musk is the Mike Lindell of this second season of the (cursed) apprentice....

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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Entered the kitchen, complained about it being too hot

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Entered the kitchen, set fire to the trash can, complained about heat

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Okay, buh-bye.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 4 points 21 hours ago
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fuck this baby. Go overdose on ketamine. We will all mourn. Zzzzzzz 😢😣☹️😰

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[–] WasteWizard@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

The "attacks" aren't going to stop because you walk away, fuckhead

[–] DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I appreciate his hope that capitulation will grant him mercy, but I'm not buying a Tesla unless he kills himself.

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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day 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".

[–] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

When it comes to Elon and Trump, what I assume is:

Whenever they say they are going to do something bad, it is the truth.

Whenever they say they are going to do something good, it is a lie.

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