Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon

Wednesday, April 02, 2025

President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader and Washington hatchet man.

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Elon Musk spent millions in a failed scheme to buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat. Voters decisively rejected Donald Trump, Musk and the rapidly deteriorating Republican brand. Back up off the American people.

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-- Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social) April 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM

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Undoubtedly a coincidence that this happened right after Tesla released data showing sales plunged 13% in the first three months of this year. /s

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2025-04-02 01:25 PM | Reply

To say nothing of last nights diabolical in Wisconsin...

Sort of gives a new meaning to the term 'Liberation Day', doesn't it.

I suspect that Musk will soon be learning the extent, of lack there of, of Trump's loyalty to former employees and associates.

OCU

#2 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-04-02 02:21 PM | Reply

I thought Mush was a smart man.

I guess he didn't learn from Mike Pillow.

Or Rudy.

Or Clark.

Or Bumble.

Or the Secy of State in Colorado.

Dotard has left a wake of destruction behind him as wide as the grand canyon

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-02 03:02 PM | Reply

I have always wondered how personally annoying Trumpf found untelegenic, unsmooth, ugly-mouthed Felon Musk to be. The Dotard didn't like the booger-eating kid Musk brought to the Oval Office either.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-02 03:05 PM | Reply

"Tesla Board Asks Elon Musk to Step Down*"

cleantechnica.com

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-02 03:06 PM | Reply

"But many others say he's an unpredictable, unmanageable force who has had issues communicating his plans with Cabinet secretaries and through the White House chain of command led by chief of staff Susie Wiles, frequently sending them into a frenzy with unexpected and off-message comments on X, his social-media platform " including sharing unvetted and uncoordinated plans to gut federal agencies.

The political threat Musk poses was highlighted Tuesday after Democrats seized on Musk's roughly $20 million investment in the Wisconsin race, with some openly calling it a referendum on the polarizing mogul."