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.

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
      1·
      14 hours ago

      It’s up, despite them completely shitting the bed on earnings. We’ll see if it stays that way. Having traded stocks as a hobby, the market can be stupidly irrational sometimes. I believe it’s up because he said he was going to distance himself from doge a bit, and do more for Tesla. Imo the damage is done, and he has done irreparable harm to the brand. Working less days for Doge doesn’t change the fact that he founded Doge and pissed a lot of potential customers off in the process.

  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    75·
    1 day 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.

  • HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    22 hours ago

    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.

  • D_C@lemm.ee
    30·
    2 days 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
      18·
      1 day 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)

  • kreskin@lemmy.world
    1·
    20 hours ago

    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.

  • HipHoboHarold@lemmy.world
    2·
    24 hours ago

    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.

  • FireAtWill@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    If he leaves that means the autocrats are ready to complete their coup. Then our only chance will be the military.