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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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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Thanks for the nightmares, I guess 🤷😬

[–] Lupo@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours 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!

[–] mr_jawa@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

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

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 hours ago

what a fucking baby

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 points 12 hours ago

Its working guys!

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 23 points 17 hours ago

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

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 19 points 16 hours ago

Snowflake Nazi bitch.

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 44 points 22 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 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours 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 5 points 16 hours ago

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

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 19 hours ago

i hope he leaves politics because he dies

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago

Don't you think he looks tired?

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

You have committed a crime.

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 6 points 1 day ago

Big if true

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[–] Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 11 points 23 hours ago

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

[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Awww, poor baby has had his fee fees hurt.

Caring face not found.

[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago

What a snowflake

[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 60 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 11 hours ago

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

[–] SamHoppers@lemm.ee 5 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

And how many will miss him?

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

hopefully they miss him like that one protester missed richard spencer

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[–] AbraKadabra1993@reddthat.com 10 points 1 day ago

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

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 35 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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[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

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

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

Hope he goes to Mars and never comes back

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Whatever it takes and the sooner the better.

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

Who would've thought

Also, that's not how you wear a hat

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[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 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.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

eat shit bitch, it will never stop.

#nazi free or find a tree

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I missed being on a platform where implying the only good nazi is a dead nazi wasn't a ban worthy offense. I like lemmy.

[–] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 1 points 43 minutes ago

That type of talk got me three Reddit bans. One for using 'burn it down' in a clearly rhetorical sense. They can get bent.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 237 points 2 days ago (15 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.

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[–] Tracaine@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Good. Do it.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 86 points 1 day ago (4 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.

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[–] Reziarfg@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago
[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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