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submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

The departure of a man who once appointed himself Trump’s “first buddy” was quick and unceremonious. Musk did not have a formal conversation with Trump before announcing he was leaving the administration, according to a source with knowledge of the matter, who added that his exit was decided “at a senior staff level.”

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

I've done my job, like I always do. I made myself important and in the spotlights, I destroyed everything, I'm leaving behind ruins and a pile of shit. It costed the tax payers a lot of agony and money, but I had a lot of fun and I made a lot of money so it was worth it. Thank you!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 84 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

he did what he needed to do, end all investigations against him, award all contracts to him that were blocked. fire all department employees as a distraction.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Come on now, Elon's paid >$250 million dollars to trump's campaign (that we know of) he deserves to have he needs met, the US isn't called "land of the free" for nothing! /s https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/07/elon_election_spending/

[-] [email protected] 16 points 23 hours ago

Of course he hasn't left. He has too much money that they want, and they have too much power that he wants.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago

Isn't this the 3rd or 4th time in the last month Musk has "left the government"?

[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago

Even if this is true the damage he managed to do in just a few months will continue for a long time. Go fuck yourself, Elon.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Plus all the data he now has... That he stole.

[-] [email protected] 94 points 1 day ago

This clown show plays the American public like a circus act

I won't believe the circus has left town until I see them take the monkeys off the stage

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Actually that's an Orangutan, which are great apes. Well this one isn't so great, but it's a different family than monkeys.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

That’s an insult to orang-utans, who are quite intelligent, unlike Agent Orange

[-] [email protected] 57 points 1 day ago

Didn’t this happen a few times already?

[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago

"I'm going!"

"I'm leaving!!"

"Watch me, I'm walking out the door for sure!"

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Apparently they have to make sure even the most dimwitted has recieved the notice that Elon Musk "definitely isn't part of this administration anymore, pinky swear and everything".

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

"Now please buy my shiny dumpsters!"

[-] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

“Please forget about my Nazi salute, my support for Nazi parties all over the world, my white suprematist AI, my alt right communication platform, my racist and hateful remarks, and please buy my cars again!”

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

It did. I remember media saying he was out at least once or twice before. But he was still there so IDK. It's probably just smoke so people don't look too much into it.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago

Exactly. They've realized Elon is deeply disliked by everyone. He's too rich to just cut out entirely, so they're just taking the cameras away from him.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 23 hours ago

All according to the script. Raise curtain for Act II.

[-] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago

I haven’t been paying attention, but weren’t we a couple weeks or days away from his active involvement with DOGE coming to an end per a previously agreed upon timeline?

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Hopefully he departs earth next.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just say it... You were fired. you were DOGED.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

okay, so i normally hate LLMs, but this is pretty funny.

here's my joke: "you think he'll share his breakup spotify playlist? i bet it has lots of evanescence on it"

here's what it suggested instead: "You think he'll drop his breakup playlist? Bet it’s just Grimes tracks and the sound of him refreshing Trump's DMs."

edit - LMAO

"Can’t wait for Elon’s breakup playlist. Probably just Grimes songs and audio clips of him begging Trump to like him again."

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

You "normally" hate llms yet run to them to generate jokes for you after reading news headlines?

[-] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago

when LLMs are used to replace actual intelligence, then yeah i hate them. they're pretty funny sometimes, too. just like autocorrect.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

That doesn't address why you would immediately try to use chatgpt to change a joke.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

I really think this is just about him wanting to stop pissing off Tesla customers and get people to go back to buying his cars. I don’t believe at all that this break is legit.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago

People will still not buy Teslas. Even if he stops gutting important government offices, he's still a fucking nazi.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

May he take a long walk off a very short, but very tall, bridge.

Not that it matters much that he is "leaving" DOGE as I'm sure his cronies will continue his "work" for him.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Maybe he can ride the next rocket his company tries to launch.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Dear Elon,

It's not in your head. It's real, nobody loves you. Nobody will ever love you.

Sorry not sorry, Everyone

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

No one cares bro! Go die if you want, you already did enough to destroy the world.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Good to see you go. Now time for you to leave the country Nazi.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Yet another in a long list of people that Donnie doesn't need any more.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Gotta save face, even if your 'contract' expires in 3 days...oh, and frumpy already kicked you out.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

LOL KEK

(Am I doing that right?)

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