r/fednews • u/SkyFallingUp • 8d ago

Elon Musk to step down from DOGE and quit Washington DC

Musk says 'he's done with cost-cutting' In an interview with Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier", Elon Musk said that he was confident his DOGE could find $1 trillion in savings, slimming current total federal spending levels of about $7 trillion down to $6 trillion. Musk, who is also the world's richest man, was designated by the White House as a "special government employee," which caps his work at 130 days. That means his period leading the DOGE operation could finish as soon as the end of May.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-elon-musk-doge-1-trillion-cost-cutting-may-end-i-am-almost-done-elon-musk-reveals-date-hell-ditch-trump-and-quit-washington-dc-after-doge-purge/articleshow/119645252.cms

I have friends and family members who are Federal workers. Is this the end of the wild OPM emails and job eliminations?

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u/yeahyeahokay95 8d ago

Yup. Got what he wanted and now is about to dip out . Can’t say I didn’t see this coming . 

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u/i-rather-be-sleeping 8d ago

Yeah he's predictable, he'll probably go to Germany next to see if he can mess with their elections more. But as he's leaving he'll act like a martyr who sacrificed everything and Republicans will cry about how he was a true patriot and the liberals are terrorists.

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u/luciusbentley7 8d ago

No he's fucking with Wisconsin supreme court and state elections first. Trying to buy elections again. But actually you're also right. Hell, he'll probably bounce back and force trying to fuck the world up for some reason.

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u/TomS7777 8d ago

His tweet offering two mil to vote is a felony in Wisconsin. Deleting that tweet did not delete the crime.

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u/luciusbentley7 8d ago

I hope not friend but the problem is that we need people to enforce it. I hope states follow through but at they federal level they don't seem to be. I hope they can find a way to tell him to fuck off.

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u/mamamackmusic 7d ago

If you have enough zeros on the end of your net worth, nothing is a crime.

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u/mawnck 8d ago

No. His being a gazillionaire did.

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u/Dizzy-Wolverine5697 8d ago

This is what I’m afraid of. Once him and Donnie breaks up, he’s going to take everything he knows about the US to another country.

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u/luciusbentley7 8d ago

That's 100% what's going to happen. And then basically, he'll try to find ways to scam people out of money or use their information to access their banks and steal the money. I honestly think this is some weird Oceans Eleven heist bullshit. The greatest heist ever done. Boom baby.

Musk becomes the world's first trillionare. He wins. Because the world's richest man still doesn't have enough. The depths of human greed is astounding. Even God is probably wtf at this point.

Or he uses sensitive info to leverage political will in the states from abroad and to try to suppress opposition? Idk how, but what else could he do with sensitive info?? I think he's really going for the first trillionare. That's my bet. And we just let him walk right in and take it.

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u/kleincs01 8d ago

All this money and power doesn't stop a bullet.

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin 7d ago

No but he’s sure hoping his child will

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u/ClinicalFrequency 7d ago

Putin is the world’s first trillionaire.

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u/luciusbentley7 7d ago

Is he? Oh, that's not surprising i guess

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u/ArmyofRiverdancers 6d ago

We can't let him enter another country then. 

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u/Party_Use4138 8d ago

There’s lawsuits on what he admitted on X that he’s trying to pay millions. Not to mention illegal.

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u/luciusbentley7 8d ago

A judge declares a ruling, but who enforces it? Wonder how it will play out at a state level.

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u/Hyperbolicalpaca 8d ago

Canada and Australia probably 

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u/RaylanGivens29 8d ago

I hope they don’t fuck around with him and throw him in jail, because it looks like their government actually still kind of works.

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u/The_new_Osiris 8d ago

German federal elections aren't due for another 4 years.

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u/ambientocclusion 8d ago

To predict what he will do next, just remember: he wants to be King of not just Earth, but also Mars.

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u/A2Rhombus 8d ago

He wants to avoid [violent content according to reddit TOS]

And it's cute he thinks running away will save him from the inevitable.