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“I have been in the same room with Elon, and he always tries to be funny. And he’s not funny. Like, at all,” a senior Trump administration official told Rolling Stone. “He makes these jokes and little asides and smiles and then looks almost hurt if you don’t lap up his humor. I keep using the word ‘annoying’; a lot of people who have to deal with him do.”

Musk’s insufferable behavior has caused several high-ranking officials to walk out of important meetings and sincerely question if he was high on drugs, the publication reports, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio is said to be barely able to hide his immense dislike of the DOGE chief and State Department officials routinely call him “Crazy Uncle Elon” behind his back.

Other officials have suggested subjecting Musk to a mandatory drug test, which he has said is a “great idea” for federal employees, as a way to push him out of the door. The Tesla CEO has denied taking any illegal drugs, although numerous people claim to have witnessed him use LSD, cocaine, Ecstasy, and mushrooms behind closed doors, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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    A shy guy who desperately wants to be a nerd’s nerd somehow gets tangled with the party of RAM truck buying adult frat bros who see themselves as “alpha”. I just can’t figure out the culture fit, and articles like this don’t surprise me at all. Like, isn’t Trump the kind of guy who would endlessly bully someone for saying they play videogames at all?

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    I’m a bit confused, cause Trump isn’t funny. It must be awful to be in a room with either of them.

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    “behavior has caused several high-ranking officials to walk out of important meetings and sincerely question if he was high on drugs”

    Bet you dollars to donuts that he is, so, yes.

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      he already revealed what he thinks is comedy when he talked about his pitch to SNL. it’s unbelievable.

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        His reaction to the dead deer in the pewdiepie episode all those years ago was what first caught my eye about this lol

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    Trump officials deserve everything that is coming to them, and that includes dealing with an attention-seeking narcissistic billionaire who owns their boss.

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    Elon has control of nearly all government systems including the Treasury. How does Trump and company think this will go when they finally come to heads?

    Hint: Trump will lose. Badly.

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    I was sick of this guy at least back in 2022, and I don’t work with the guy. Reading about his douchebaggery in his takeover of xitter was more than enough to flip the bozo bit on this guy.

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    DEPORT Them! Not the Illegal Immigrant Stealing EVERYONES jobs and Tax Dollars, the ones HURTING his FEELINGS!

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    If republicans had senses of humor and hadn’t decided to boycott most entertainment except for things that are blatantly right leaning, they would have realized this a lot sooner.