Speculation of Tesla CEO’s possible departure comes as his influence in the administration appears to wane

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.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    10·
    50 minutes ago

    Too late buddy, you will never extricate yourself from what you’ve done here and it will haunt you for the rest of your miserable life.

  • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    1·
    35 seconds ago

    And it has nothing to do with the expiry on the special appointment coming up where Trump will either have to make him a real federal employee with all the legal exposure that confers or let him go.

    As others have pointed out, he’s already compromised systems, downloaded what data he could for Peter Thiel/Palantir, broken those organizations to the furthest extent he is able, and likely will have continued access to the data through illegal means in the future for himself/his handlers.

    He’s not ‘leaving politics’ because those mean liberals, he’s leaving because as a useful idiot, he’s fulfilled his use and maybe realized he was being used as an idiot, but likely not.

  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 minutes ago

    He is the richest man in the world. He has every resource available to him. He constantly punches down. He doesn’t deserve any sympathy.

  • barnaclebutt@lemmy.world
    6·
    60 minutes ago

    Alternative title. One of the richest men in history can find happiness and shifts blame away from his terrible decisions, stolen valor video game clout, fascism, and fucking over poor people. Decides to radically change the modern world because supposedly it wasn’t working out for him, then cries that people don’t like him.

  • D_C@lemm.ee
    28·
    3 hours ago

    Alternate title:
    “Scumbag musk has got all the info he needs from all the government servers. Now he’s going to distance himself from everything then use that info as blackmail, or sell to Russia etc etc.”

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 hour ago

      Primary goal was to neuter and disarm any agency that was actively investigating him, or had the authority to investigate him in the future.

      The stolen data was just a happy little side dish he came into, that I’m sure isnt totally already in Russias hands. Just like how government credentials and login information didnt immediately end up in Russia’s hands after Musks sham of an agency got a hold of them (it totally did)

  • Hikuro93@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    4 hours ago

    I think he means “tired of the pushback and profit loss from actively bribing the system into becoming the shadow POTUS running the world behind the scenes”.

    How else could he attempt to advance to Mars Colonization, his lifelong dream as someone with a God-Iron-Man-Savior complex, during his lifetime?

    He knows with the current progress rate he could help pave the way to Mars for humanity, but not live the dream himself, or take full credit for that achievement. And we know just how “selfless” he is.