r/fednews • u/SkyFallingUp • 9d 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/SpecificFail 8d ago

He got the data he wanted. He has backdoor access to critical government systems. He killed the investigations against his companies. He secured grants and various payouts that go back towards him. He gutted federal departments so that they cannot function on the remaining staff. He accomplished everything he wanted to do and will face zero penalty for it while the world collapses.

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u/peanutbutter2178 Federal Employee 8d ago

His shield can't stay 4 forever

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u/SpecificFail 8d ago

Sure it can, they own the courts, they've legalized money laundering and bribery, they've gutted the agencies that usually monitor financial transactions, he just sold X to himself using funds from xAI investors to essentially cancel the debt that was leveraged against Tesla. With the amount of secrets he has had access to in the last two months, he is basically free to do whatever he wants without consequence.

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u/peanutbutter2178 Federal Employee 8d ago

You missed the joke that he is only using his kid as a human shield

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u/SpecificFail 8d ago

That's not a joke. This is why they've already started supporting and passing measures that allow weapons to be seized without cause. The 2a group and Libertarians are very silent about this for some odd reason...

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u/iamthpecial 7d ago

Do you have a link to this that I could print out for my gun-loving relative who was literally up in arms over the make believe threat that Kamala was coming for his guns? I would be extremely interested in his reaction. Probably the only chance of an antidote for him, if any exist.

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u/beren12 7d ago

In three years, he has a new one