Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Musk Says He'll Step Down from DOGE in May

President Donald Trump shared an update on the future of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after its chief architect, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, revealed last week that he plans to step down from his role as a special government employee by the end of May.

Posted by Corky at 11:33 AM | 18 COMMENTS | permalink

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"On Thursday, he told Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier that he believes he can complete DOGE's stated goal of slashing $1 trillion in government spending "within that time frame," which would be by the end of May."

"It's costing me a lot to be in this job. What they're trying to do is put massive pressure on me, and Tesla, I guess, to stop doing this. My Tesla stock and the stock of everyone who holds Tesla has gone in half. It's a big deal."

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Of course, had he actually found any Fraud, there would be indictments, which there aren't.

When this is balanced out as to what it actually saved the American taxpayer vs what it cost, it will be nada, zilch, zero, nothin'.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-31 10:21 PM

Tesla is screwed. Fool alienated his entire client base and blew any goodwill the company had.

#2 | Posted by censored at 2025-03-31 10:30 PM

he can complete DOGE's stated goal of slashing $1 trillion

Which he revised down from the original $2 Trillion. There was no doubt Lewzer was going to give him the boot for sucking up the spotlight.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-03-31 10:35 PM

Mother of Elon Musk's 13th child' sells Tesla after tech boss reduces child support'

Ashley St. Clair, 26, was photographed forfeiting the vehicle, manufactured by Mr Musk's company, to an online seller in Manhattan.

She claimed she was selling the car because the world's richest man slashed the amount he was sending her in order to care for their alleged son.

"I need to make up for the 60 per cent cut that Elon made to our son's child support," she told MailOnline.

Asked why she thought Mr Musk had cut the payments, the conservative influencer responded. "That's a great question".

www.yahoo.com

video interview of her selling the car (before it explodes!) at 4:20 in:

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#4 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-31 10:42 PM

He best get out of the spotlight as quick as he can.

Evil doesn't do well in glare of public attention and a public who always wants answers explanations and receipts.

Evil does better when it works behind the scenes where no one knows or can see what it is doing and it does not have explain itself to the Hoi Polloi.

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-01 11:49 AM

I thought $2 trillion was the goal.......what happened?

#6 | Posted by brass30 at 2025-04-01 12:00 PM

I thought $2 trillion was the goal.......what happened?

#6 | POSTED BY BRASS30

Perhaps Stinky has secured all the government contracts he wants, dissolved all court cases and lawsuits and investigations against him, acquired all the tax breaks he needs and now he's ready to get out of the spotlight so he can pursue his evil plans behind the scenes.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-01 12:04 PM

... he can complete DOGE's stated goal of slashing $1 trillion in government spending ...

Musk says he can cut $2 trillion from budget (October 2024)
fortune.com


Looks like Mr Musk has some trouble with numbers ...


#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-01 12:38 PM

"Looks like Mr Musk has some trouble with numbers ..."

He claimed SS was not only a Ponzi scheme, but the biggest one in history.

He's not only ignorant of Ponzi schemes, he's ignorant of the actual equilibrium equation of Social Security.

We know it's an equilibrium equation, because it was in surplus after Reagan changed the withholding rates.

Regardless: THEY WANT TO SLASH $2 TRILLION, SO THEY CAN BORROW TWICE AS MUCH TO GIVE OVER 60% TO THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT.

Let's see a show of hands: who's for borrowing MORE, so we can give away MORE tax cuts to the wealthy???

#9 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-01 12:45 PM

@#9 ... Regardless: THEY WANT TO SLASH $2 TRILLION, SO THEY CAN BORROW TWICE AS MUCH TO GIVE OVER 60% TO THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT. ...

That looks like their plan.

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-01 12:48 PM

If Musk steps down, who becomes President?

#11 | Posted by eightfifteenpm at 2025-04-01 01:14 PM

Don't be fooled by Musk's lies. He hasn't save the US government a penny. His temporary government employment legally can't run more than 130 days. He was always going to be gone by the end of May.

#12 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-04-01 01:41 PM

They won't "cut" $1 trillion by then. They were never going to.

He'll just have sufficiently sunk his s*&++y AI programs into government departments that the theft will become largely automated.

#13 | Posted by jpw at 2025-04-01 03:16 PM

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya, Herr Elon!

#14 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-02 04:45 AM

Regardless: THEY WANT TO SLASH $2 TRILLION, SO THEY CAN BORROW TWICE AS MUCH TO GIVE OVER 60% TO THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT.

That's how today's "fiscal conservatives" operate and is why the 1% have more wealth than all of the middle class.

#15 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-02 12:52 PM

I guess it's over now.

Elon Musk dramatically steps down from DOGE in shock move after Trump expressed private doubts

www.dailymail.co.uk

#16 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-04-02 04:37 PM

"I guess it's over now."

Elon must've gotten to the end of the list of folks either suing him, or investigating him.

#17 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-02 04:50 PM

I guess it's over now.
Elon Musk dramatically steps down from DOGE in shock move after Trump expressed private doubts
#16 | Posted by lee_the_agent

Aww .. he should have done it yesterday, calling a press conference, announcing "I quit" and then left without taking questions.

Would have left us wondering if it was an April Fools' Day gag. One last troll before he goose stepped out of the White House.

#18 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 07:16 PM

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