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Elon Musk reportedly to step down from lead Trump role as service limit nears (www.theguardian.com)

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Elon Musk’s polarizing stint slashing and bashing federal bureaucracy will probably soon end, with the world’s richest person’s government service hitting its legal limit in the coming weeks.

“He’s got a big company to run … at some point he’s going to be going back,” Donald Trump told reporters on Monday.

“I’d keep him as long as I could keep him,” the president added.

As a special government employee, Musk faces a strict 130-day cap on his service – probably expiring in late May if counted from the day of inauguration, despite earlier White House claims Musk was “here to stay”.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's annoying that this news rebounded Tesla stock.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Trump is annoying but he does make all the right people lose money.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol do people really think a simple term limit is gonna stop him? The only thing that'll stop him is if his companies go to shit so much that he either has to focus on them or go bankrupt. Besides, I feel like him focusing on the companies might honestly be a bad thing for them, he doesn't have the best track record in charge.

[–] Typotyper 3 points 1 day ago

He’s also torched his name with consumers so why would they want him back.

They should be purging top management to show they are independent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I believe it when he is gone for good. Until then, keep driving Tesla stock down.