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Trump says Elon Musk 'not really leaving' in Oval Office farewell (www.bbc.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Elon Musk's time in the Trump administration has come to an end with a news conference in the Oval Office in which he and the US president defended the work of DOGE - and vowed it would continue, even without Musk.

According to Trump, Musk is "not really leaving" and will continue to be "back and forth" to the White House.

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[-] [email protected] 64 points 4 weeks ago

"Just because you got the monkey off your back .... it doesn't mean the circus has left town"

George Carlin

.... of all the times for someone like George Carlin to leave us alone in this dumb fucked up world ... God I wish he were here.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

Be the change you wish to see in this world

[-] [email protected] 36 points 4 weeks ago

Begins furiously researching necromancy

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I find Bill Burr to be cathartic for the same reasons. Bill is also far more specific on which companies/people he's talking about in his capitalist critiques.

[-] [email protected] 35 points 4 weeks ago

He's officially departing behind a door, into a superposition. Could be anywhere.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 4 weeks ago

Until observed, they will exist in a superposition of Elon and Eloff.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

I want El"off"

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Your comment made me think of Ket'El, a just made up drug crazed Kryptonian that wants to be like Lex Luthor but even Lex thinks he's terrible. Thanks.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

I aim to please

[-] [email protected] 29 points 4 weeks ago

He was leaving, but, you know, TACO 🌮

[-] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, this the truth right here. He's not really leaving, he's just going to be running things in the shadows. We must not fall for Musk's ruse. He's a huge threat to our national and will be a huge threat until he's bankrupt or behind bars.

Keep boycotting Tesla, keep boycotting Twitter, keep boycotting Starlink. Keep urging other people to do the same thing.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

"I can't quit you"

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

He paid for the whole year yknow

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

So i called it, musk is working from home via all his starlink infiltrations.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

The two will surely continue to meet - if only to take drugs together, since they're both such fans of Adderall and stuff.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

I wonder if everybody is going to be stupid enough to fall for it again when he does a PR wash in 20 years.

Actually, we already know the answer from Bill Gates.

this post was submitted on 31 May 2025

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