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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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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 232 points 4 days ago (12 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.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 73 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 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.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 31 points 4 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.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 26 points 4 days ago

No, they aren't. Just the other day I saw idiots on Facebook calling for DOGE to come investigate our (Democrat led) county. They think he's doing great work saving them money.

As I said, idiots.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

I think the first step is to stop calling out disinformation when it's against Drump and Co, let that shit ride

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[–] oakey66@lemmy.world 144 points 4 days ago (9 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 91 points 4 days ago (6 children)
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

Elon Musk should face justice for being a foreign insurgent.

After that, he can do whatever.

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[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

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

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[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 84 points 4 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@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 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.

[–] couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 4 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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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 73 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Someone free Luigi. His work isn't finished.

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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 68 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Entered the kitchen, complained about it being too hot

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 54 points 4 days ago

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

[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 60 points 4 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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[–] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago
[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 49 points 4 days ago (8 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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[–] WasteWizard@lemmy.world 47 points 4 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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[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (3 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"
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[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 40 points 4 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.

[–] Reziarfg@lemmy.world 39 points 4 days ago
[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 4 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.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 35 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (4 children)
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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 29 points 4 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".

[–] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days 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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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago

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

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 4 days ago (4 children)

elon: slams dick in door

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

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

ODing on Ketamine is quite difficult. LD50 for mice i.V. is 77mg/kg. So for an 80kg mouse that would be more than 6 grams of Ketamine given i.V. typically the bioavailability by nasal or oral consumption is lower and Musk most likely has a high tolerance. So we are talking probably 50grams or more of Ketamine for a lethal dosage for Musk.

I am not sure if Musk could actually snort enough Ketamine for a lethal dosage without it just falling back out of his nostrils or if he could swallow one without his stomach turning before it is adsorbed.

Obviously all of these numbers are speculative and taking drugs is harmful, no matter the amount. Also people often die not by ODing on Ketamine, but by killing themselves in accidents as they loose control over their muscles.

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[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 24 points 4 days ago

Musk: shoots self in ass Musk: WHY R BULLETS SO MEAN

[–] jojop@lemm.ee 24 points 4 days ago

The bully doesn't like being bullied, poor baby Mukus 😢

[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 24 points 4 days ago

What a snowflake

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Who would've thought

Also, that's not how you wear a hat

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[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

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

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

"I'm not fired, I quit!"

-Musk, probably.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 20 points 4 days ago

Good! Get fucked Musk!

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 20 points 4 days ago

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

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days 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.

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

He's going to the back of the motorcade and he doesn't like it. He got used to try to do the dirty work of break put government and I will call my electeds to make sure we fix the damage he did and also hold him and the other tech oligarchs responsible for the rest of my life. Fuck this asswipe.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Now leave the country as well.

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[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

Snowflake Nazi bitch.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 days ago

i hope he leaves politics because he dies

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

Ohh no, the consequences of his own actions.

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