Musk wants to leave politics because he’s tired of ‘attacks’ from the left: report
Musk wants to leave politics because he’s tired of ‘attacks’ from the left: report
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.
Does he need help packing his shit?
BYEEEEEE!
I can't wait to check TSLA stock tomorrow morning
We should totally all agree that we will leave Musk alone and start treating him nicely if he leaves politics wink wink nudge nudge
This is just posturing to make people feel like we're not speed running towards fascism. I doubt that there will be any slow down behind the scenes
They like to flout the law in real time because they know there are no real consequences, but Musk still doesn't want to leave an opening for a federal or state DA to sue him for financial disclosure and conflict of interest, if only to avoid the PR scandals from discovery.
He's probably going to 'officially' bow out, but maintain a totally-not-suspicious amount of digital communications with the army of fuckup loyalists he installed.
You know, just like that time the fuckup in chief relinquished control of his extraordinary number of conflicts of interest.
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.
Must be nice just dropping (what he claims is) important work on the ground when you need a nap.
He's really demonstrating his famous work ethic. Maybe that sleeping on the factory floor legend was not about work ethic but about spontaneous napping when he feels a tantrum coming on.
In all honesty, if he left politics and stayed out of it I wouldn't my just leaving him to his harem and 40k.
America's democracy is in dire enough straits that we don't need to be stuck fighting the world's richest man on top of the whole mechanism of government. If he'll get and stay gone, I say leave him to it.
On the other hand, he's rich enough that he can jump back in at any time and go back to fucking our democracy and he's proven to be impulsive and mercurial, willing to throw his lot in with fascists because he got trolled on Twitter over how skin deep his progressive credentials are.
He should just focus on making rockets fly and cars self-drive.
Not going to change my mind. He’s for Donald.. I’m against him.
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.
This better not be like the time he said he was gonna step down from running Twitter and then he didnt. He better follow through on his promise. And take his tech bros trying to shut everything down with him.
We aren't letting up. Musk is hated, like every Nazi.
Bullying works.
If he leaves that means the autocrats are ready to complete their coup. Then our only chance will be the military.
Facts don't care about your feelings.
Keep up the bullying, it's working.
I'm almost certain that he has been ordered by his board of directors to get back to work, or be removed as CEO of Tesla.
There is almost certainly a shareholder class-action suit brewing over his reckless and irresponsible behavior over the last several months, which has directly caused severe, and possibly irreparable, damage to the company's brand image AND it's sales around the world, as well as tanking the stock price, an unforgiveable sin in the investing world. Now that the bubble has popped, it will never inflate again. As future earnings reports are released, and sales continue to slide, the stock will continue to decline, and the cycle will continue until bankruptcy. And it is all traceable to Skum's self-indulgent, egotistical behavior.
The only question is will Skum be the only defendant, or will the lawsuit also name the individual members of the board, for not reigning him in, or firing him. They don't want to be sued alongside him, so they are forcing him to get back to work saving Tesla, thus letting them off the hook for legal liability.
Its doubtful Skum will be able to save Tesla at this point, its almost certainly too late. It is also probably too late to avoid a shareholder lawsuit. Investors have lost millions of dollars, not due to the vagaries of the market, but due to Skum's outrageous behavior, which, as CEO, he should have realized would damage his company and its investors significantly.
And arguing that he didn't recognize the danger in advance is no excuse at all for a CEO, who should have been able to predict the response to his self-indulgent ego bender.
Shareholders have lost many millions, and they won't just let that go with an "Oh well." He's likely going to get sued, and the board is just making sure they don't go down with him.
Alternative title. One of the richest men in history can't 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.
Lots of people would like to "leave politics", as they find themselves under "vicious and unethical attacks" by politicians. However, those people's political existence was forced upon them, they didn't want to be a "political" object, especially not in the current landscape.
Musk instead took up his political role consciously, and used it to further attack and harm many who would prefer to be left in peace. He had the luxury to activate himself, commit far worse violence upon the people than he has been subjected to by the people, and when he realises he doesn't really like it, even though the issues he's facing are probably comparatively trivial, he (believes he) has the luxury to return to a more secluded, safe position.
It's really quite disgusting. And I fear he'll get away with it. But I am at least satisfied that his story (a supposed tech guru with his marketing bullshit and his comically immature behaviour) has damaged much of the aura of the modern technocapitalist elite.
Politics is a form of negotiation with other elements of leadership to make a nation's major policy decisions.
Musk, you never DID get involved in politics. You hired a private army and got involved in criminal intimidation.
Even the hat in that picture is looking to escape that douce.
You hear that guys? It's working; keep it up.
Somebody call the wambulamce.
"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..."
OR...hear me out...Trump is sick of him and wants him gone (because two egos that large cannot coexist in the same space indefinitely) and this is the cover story.
OR...Elon has already accomplished 99.9% of what he wanted by gaining access to all the data he wanted and further embedding SpaceX, Starlink, etc., into government contracts.
OR...some mix of all of the above.
"The left is attacking me."
Fuck this guy forever.
As he should be. All billionaires should be afraid.
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.
We did it Lemmy
You keep pressing it until it hurts, then you know where to look.
Holy shit, I didn't think the bullying campaign would acturally work. This is a grand victory for all workers of the world and a sign of whats to come. When all the workers of the world unite we can overcome the iron hand and destroy any fascist.
NEVER BACK DOWN FOR THEY ARE WEAK AND WE THE WORKERS ARE STRONG
He realized that he pissed off the people that were buying his cars. Sorry my dude, this is your identity now. We will not forget.
Bye! Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Lol. U mad bro? If you can't take the heat...
If only they were physical attacks. Musk is a vile piece of shit with incomprehensible wealth and he's squandering it. Worse, he's making the world worse. I want him to suffer. I want him removed from power and I want him to feel pain. I want every sad little man that would follow in his footsteps to see musk dangling from the gallows and think better.
Whether he stays or goes, he'll still be a cunt.
Yeah, boo hoo, fuck off forever you egomaniacal nepo-baby.
Get fucked musk for the rest of your days.
May he never have a moments peace in the remainder his life.
Excellent, please do, Elon. Arguably he has never been in politics, he just bought off Trump to get a job.
Is this his planned escape route after he's already gutted and skullfucked government programs that benefit lower income and working class people, environment, etc? Also after he's redirected government funding, tax money, to his businesses?
I'm not saying I have evidence there's truth to this, but I wouldn't be surprised. If he does go away, much of the public will forget really quickly. His shittiness and his obvious nazi salutes should never be forgotten.
To be fair, from where he’s sitting, everyone is to the left, and any sane opinion is an attack on his point of view.
Good. And you should take that filthy little nosepicker out of the oval office at the same time. Oh, and the kid as well.
When he dies, I hope they at least do me the courtesy of marking the ditch they dump his body in so I know where to piss.
Damage done. It's not even good news at this point.
Like that will save him. He has always been a dickbag and will always be one. Just took a lot of people way too long to realize it.
Maybe get back to Tesla, I hear it’s stock is tanking.
The one downside to his leaving is now all of the disruption of doge wont be announced to the world. He was the worst person to put in charge because he loved the spotlight and thus it made it easy to see all the fucked up shit that was going on. Now we'll have to pay attention a little harder.
He's got to be extra delusional if he think the 'left' will stop criticizing his Nazi ass.
What do You mean 'Leave politics'? You were never in politics. You bought yourself a made up job at the white house. That's not the same as being a politician.
Good. It's working. Also you're not "in politics" you pathetic little bitch. You're just fucking around ruining peoples lifes so you can get some selfies in the Whitehouse and try to make your life even easier than it already is.
Is this the same fatigue that Trump feels when fact checkers are present? He's always annoyed because the fact checkers frequently pipe up to correct him, but apparently it hasn't occurred to him they would be silent if he told the truth.
To co-opt the Right's terminology: what a fucking snowflake
Man, fuck this guy. I hope he gets burned badly just like everyone else in Trump’s wake.
🖕Musk
Also Musk: "This is the woke mind virus in action. Now, it is time for the mind virus to die."
No one fucking invited you bro.
I would care, except the muskmelons said that empathy is a sin
Please leave your billions too, or the attacks will continue
What a bitch.
Important to point out: It's working. Keep it up.
He has already hobbled the organizations that oversee his companies/interests/etc. He can say whatever he wants but for all we know this is just a planned exit.
I'll be glad if he does step down but he has already caused unrepairable damage.
No one gonna mention that his contract was for a set time and he has to leave?
We hate you.
Tesla earnings call, tomorrow. That's the only reason he's saying that right now.
Too late. We’re coming for you Elon
Self-care. So important.
No, no. Stay. It seems like it's working out so well for you. Hey, here's a shotgun with a nice short barrel and a trigger facing the wrong way. Please, take it with my compliments.
How long was that honeymoon period?
This cunt must be dealt with by the public.
by all means
Aww little pissbaby snowflake getting sad? Did the meanie weenie wittle lefties hurt your wittle baby feelers? Wittle baby bitch sad he lost millions over a state court election and tesla stocks? Do you need your wittle tesla robot to give you your bottle? Did daddy trump not give you ice cream to make you feel better? Maybe get out of our government you unelected fascist fuck, go take a ride on your spacex rocket and hope your overworked and underpaid engineers put all the bolts in the ship
Bye, crybaby bitch.
As the great Philosopher and Entrepreneur Craig Jones would say "Bye Felicia."
I think the left should take musk at his word here actually. Take the W. Keep calling this stupid Nazi shitstain fraud exactly what he is.
Hopefully his crimes against the people will eventually catch up to him. And by that point I hope people will remember his stance on empathy.
Does fElon think it's only "the left" that doesn't like him?
🤣
As if .... this guy is like lice or bed bugs or cockroaches ... you can treat it and get rid of it for a time but you've already been infected and you can never get rid of it. You can reduce the infection but you're stuck with it forever.
Everyone, it’s working! Don’t let up!
"Unethical," Lol... oh how the turn-tables.
Good riddance
Aww, does the poor little baby want to go home and have a cry about it?
As long as the damage persists, Im not done bitching
Sure, leave after the damage is done, hundreds of thousands of workers were fired (some rehired), they accessed confidential data on millions of Americans (some of which made it to Russia), and your own numbers prove you barely saved any money at all! No one voted for you, you've done lasting damage to this country, and you're a pathetic Nazi. I hope you are a pariah from society for the rest of your life...