• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    It’s downright shocking that a man that rich doesn’t know a fall guy when he sees one.

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    Yeah, it TOTALLY doesn’t have anything to do with him getting caught tripping balls on camera right next to his lady friend at the White House table who was so disassociated that the poor girl couldn’t stop stimming.

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    Honestly, I hope Musk throws a temper tantrum and just starts leaking shit like crazy. He’s unstable and unhinged enough that I wouldn’t put it past him, especially since he basically paid for this election.

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      Yeah, I hope that plays out too, and it’s never out of the question with how unhinged and drugged up Musk is, but unfortunately I think this is less Musk stepping back for real and more of a bullshit PR move to get some of the heat off of Trump and Elon both -

      The president remains pleased with Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency initiative, but both men have decided in recent days that it will soon be time for Musk to return to his businesses and take on a supporting role, according to three Trump insiders who were granted anonymity to describe the evolving relationship.

      One senior administration official said Musk is likely to retain an informal role as an adviser and continue to be an occasional face around the White House grounds. Another cautioned that anyone who thinks Musk is going to disappear entirely from Trump’s orbit is “fooling themselves.”

      The transition, the insiders said, is likely to correspond to the end of Musk’s time as a “special government employee,” a special status that temporarily exempts him from some ethics and conflict-of-interest rules. That 130-day period is expected to expire in late May or early June.

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      Here’s hoping they can find all the backdoors that Big Balls or whatever put into all the government software to funnel money or accelerate the collapse or whatever if/when sane people once again are in control.

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      Maybe we can convince Musk that we’d all find him really cool and based if he did that

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    Not shocking, although it was quicker than I expected. I was thinking more towards the end of the year once he got everything he wanted, but I think he is taking too much heat even for his comfort.

    The only enjoyable part is knowing that the people can make it bad enough that they will leave.

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      Historically speaking, stealing Trump’s spotlight for 3 months is actually a contender for the record.

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      That’s what I’m expecting. They aren’t going to fix what Musk broke and they are going ahead with tarrifs, which wasn’t Musk led.

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        I’m guessing that DOGE will also continue cutting funding left and right without Musk at the helm. Nothing changes with him stepping back.

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    God they’re going to say everything people are angry about was Musks fault and try to shift the blame.

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    Anybody notice that Trump doesn’t give the Scaramucci treatment to people in this go-around? He was hiring then firing left and right in his first term, but this time around - nothing.

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      Last time he didn’t know he had to hire his staff, he knew nothing (it was an extreme embarrassment, possibly the biggest embarrassment I can think of, Huge really). This time the staff was pre-organized and gathered essentially by project 2025.

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    Well, considering that pretty much everything he says is a lie, I’m going to assume that Elon will be around for a long time.