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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    2 months ago

    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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    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.

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    lol Dave Anthony so called this. He’s going to throw all the young guys he has working on doge under the bus and claim that it wasn’t his fault because he left when the entire country shits the absolute bed.

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        They already did de facto insider trading advice when the Mango Mussolini posted “this is a great time to buy” on Truth Social hours before pausing his stupid tariffs.

        That cesspit is TECHNICALLY publicly available, but apart from a few journalists with the shittiest assignment ever, the only people likely to be there at 9:37am are members of his cult and adjacent sickos.

        Besides, even if it’s not insider trading, it’s one of the most blatant examples of deliberate market manipulation ever, which is also illegal.

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          Insider traders are picking the bones of the 401K folks. Best move you money into an IRA where you can go with the flow, as in buy in low the sell on the manipulated highs.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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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    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.

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    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…

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    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.

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    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.