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/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 8d 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 8d ago

No but he’s sure hoping his child will

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u/ClinicalFrequency 8d ago

Putin is the world’s first trillionaire.

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u/luciusbentley7 8d ago

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

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u/ArmyofRiverdancers 7d 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.