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Elon Musk calls reports he will step back from government role 'fake news'

news.sky.com Elon Musk calls reports he will step back from government role 'fake news'

A senior White House official told NBC News that Donald Trump discussed Elon Musk transitioning back to the private sector at a cabinet meeting in March.

Summary

Elon Musk denied reports that he plans to step down from his role as a special government employee, calling them “fake news.”

The White House and Musk both rejected claims he would leave at the end of his 130-day term on May 30.

DOGE has faced backlash for rapidly dismantling federal agencies and cutting tens of thousands of jobs, prompting lawsuits and threats against Musk’s team.

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So as a thought experiment, if he does get pushed out by Trump then he'll have been rejected by the right and the left. What in the world would the world's richest man do at that point to redeem himself in his eyes? Any chance we can inception him to go to war against oil or something positive like that?
- He could go buy a small country or something
  
  Maybe go back to South Africa and buy the Apartheid back.
  
  Considering USAID was instrumental in the ending of Apartheid, it would not surprise me if that's part of his plan already.
  
  Nah, the tariffs there are crazy
- The only people who care about that shit are common folk. Tesla is still doing well because those who care about money still think he's a tech genius that will invent the next great idea - robots, AGI, space colonies - and investing in/high evaluations of Tesla is investing in Elon.
  Elon's feelings might be hurt if commoners reject him, but he's still going to have plenty of friends and opportunities. Once you're wealthy, your social circle stops being about other personal values and become entirely about money and power. Which he still has plenty of.
  
  He'll still have plenty of friends, but he obviously feels the need to be in the public spotlight. He could easily retreat into a private life and have a great time for the rest of his life but I don't think he'll do that.

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