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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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[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 days 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"
[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor 240 points 5 days ago (13 children)

See? Bullying fascism works. It's the only thing that works. Fascism is fought with violence (physical or otherwise) as it's the only language that it understands.

When an opponent doesn't care about rules, playing by those rules only puts you at disadvantage.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

We did have a little part in this, but otoh he's been playing that game for years on his platform, I don't think it is what drove him out. Him blaming the Left is just - well, it's what he would do isn't it?

But now, even MAGA is against him. DOGE is such a blatant fuck-up on all levels, he probably doesn't even want to do that anymore. It won't bring his stock back up.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago

Yeah. We can assume he gave himself an insane amount of extra cash through his access (like the surprising-wink-wink gov contracts his companies have now), but we don't know truly know how much and he'd be stupid to let anybody know.

He has to get the fuck out now though because obviously him gaining a few more billions cost the american state + public hundreds of billions in long-term damage, if not trillions. It also made swaths of the american government dysfunctional, things like veteran aid etc.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 148 points 5 days ago (9 children)
[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Dude lost a hundred billion. Boohoo. He hasn’t lost enough yet.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 5 days 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.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago

Snowflake Nazi bitch.

[–] [email protected] 86 points 5 days ago (3 children)

My take: He's been told to pack his shit and doesn't wanna admit it. He knows full well "the Left" isn't gonna forget what he's done.

[–] Timecircleline 36 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So there's that, but also the position of "special counsel" or whatever dumb title he holds is time limited. You can't be an unelected government official indefinitely (although I'm sure the current administration would change the rules if they cared enough to keep him). He's making it sound like he's bowing out, when it was the plan to step down in May from the beginning.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago

All the rules this administration has chosen to ignore, i refuse to believe this is the one they're going to follow. He could always stay on as an outside contractor or whatever other bs they want to tell us. If he's leaving, there must be a reason.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

i hope he leaves politics because he dies

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 73 points 5 days ago (3 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

What a snowflake

[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Elon is a weird duck with delusions of grandeur who can't understand the left's disgust. It was the nazi salute, Elon. It'll always be the nazi salute. All your other dank shit runs secondary to that.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Entered the kitchen, complained about it being too hot

[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 days 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.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Watch this video of Elon Musk being booed for 7 minutes straight at a Dave Chappelle show https://mastodon.social/@LupoLaLupo/114242322785596710

 

Elon would be very depressed if you saw it https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11/08/elon-musk-almost-needed-sfpd-wellness-check-after-breakdown-getting-booed-at-dave-chappelle-show/

Do your part!

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

Don't you think he looks tired?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 days 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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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Who would've thought

Also, that's not how you wear a hat

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago (4 children)

elon: slams dick in door

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days 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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

Awww, poor baby has had his fee fees hurt.

Caring face not found.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days 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.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago

"I'm not fired, I quit!"

-Musk, probably.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Its working guys!

[–] peteypete420 2 points 3 days ago

Why stop with leaving politics? Heck you make rockets, why not just leave earth altogether?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 days 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".

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

what a fucking baby

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago

Good! Get fucked Musk!

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