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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    7 months ago

    Good. GTFO!!

    Need more “attacks from the left” to help you decide?

    Elonazi, you’re a miserable product of an apartheid era that you’ve never let go. You’ve an inordinately inflated assessment of your own validity/value/intelligence that is based simply on your “net worth” with no actual physical or mental substance to back up that assessment. You’re a fucking ugly deluded craphorn retarded dumbfuck that was gifted a “nest egg” from your family to start you on a journey of fucking all those around you and in business with you to further enrich yourself. You are the basest scum of steal-ionnaire possible.

    I could probably continue, but that’s all for this particular moment. Until I edit.

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    He already gave himself backdoor access to everything. Don’t believe he’s really gone.

    He’s gonna come back like a ransomware hacker, threatening to delete whole systems unless he gets what he wants.

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    7 months ago

    I wish.

    He’s running because Trump is getting tired of him and he achieved his strategic goals of removing business regulation hurdles.

    Blaming attacks from the left makes him look like a victim and play up the “evil leftists” angle so they can attack them more, while giving him a “safe” out.

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    Yeah, everyone who disagrees with you is “The Left”, even conservatives, independents, moderates, and libertarians.

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    WHAT? People are HURTING his FEELINGS? This is TERRORISM! Can we COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE VA and the DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION so we can have Enough Resources to Help with Elon’s FEEWINGS? I will HAPPILY pay MORE in Taxes if it makes him Feel Better!

    -Fuck Your Feeling Republicans who get FURIOUS when you Mention Student Loans!

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    his tenure has always had a built in expiry date after which much more throughout background checks and vetting are required. he will be gone before then. he’s just setting the table so it is seen as “his idea”.

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    7 months ago

    Man, fuck this guy. I hope he gets burned badly just like everyone else in Trump’s wake.

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      It could stop if he were capable of empathy or self awareness, but he’s just going to keep being a dickhead, which annoys and upsets people, so he’ll keep blaming them because growing as a person is just too hard for him I guess? Blaming everyone else is so much easier!