Musk wants to leave politics because he's tired of 'attacks' from the left, report says
Source: The Independent
Monday 21 April 2025 17:51 BST
Elon Musk is reportedly set to leave his government role because he’s tired of the what he sees as a litany of vicious and unethical attacks from the left, according to a report from The Washington Post.
It remains unclear when Musk will depart as head of the Department of Government Efficiency; his special government employee status will expire at the end of next month. A person familiar with his thinking told The Post that Musk thinks that his work at DOGE won’t be diminished because of his departure, noting that staffers have already established themselves across a slew of federal agencies.
But speculation of Musk’s possible departure comes as his influence in the administration appears to wane. The New York Times reported last week that the acting commissioner of the IRS was being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained that Musk had his preferred candidate installed without Bessent’s support. Musk has also annoyed other cabinet members by failing to coordinate with them in cost-cutting moves.
Meanwhile, Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives has said that Musk should leave his government role and once again focus his efforts on Tesla, arguing that the company is facing a “code red” moment.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-b2736753.html
He's not needed anymore. All his lethal destroyers and other booby-traps are now in place in every agency like a virus.

Vinca
(51,962 posts)I imagine with the magic "Golden Dome" project he'll pass his trillion-dollar goal. Thanks, King Donald.
"There's too much truth telling and exposing my past."
homegirl
(1,709 posts)on Musk:
No more government contracts for billions, not even for $1.99!
Investigation and hearings by the House and Senate of all Musk government contracts.
Same for erroneous granting of U.S. Citizenship based on false statements on application to enter the USA.
Kick the punk out!!!!
live love laugh
(15,204 posts)kimbutgar
(24,928 posts)And has been exposed as the villain he is by supporting, rigging the election and putting in the White House the orange Hitler!
Bye bye Elon you won’t be missed!
unblock
(55,037 posts)Mission accomplished.
PortTack
(35,587 posts)Irish_Dem
(68,783 posts)Trueblue1968
(18,485 posts)#DeportMusk
CBHagman
(17,253 posts)He's not going to be able to make everything go away.
Inkey
(383 posts)Sue and impoverish many of his
detractors for his own amusement.
Who knows with these people any more.
bluestarone
(19,664 posts)Talk about a LOSER!!! Please take STINKY with you.
Hornedfrog2000
(138 posts)He got what he wanted. He is making shit up about why hes leaving. He stole every bit of data russia needed in a few months. They literally ransacked the bank vault under the guise they were gonna catch the robbers, now they are strolling out hands in their pockets whistling as they wait to haul it out the backdoor at the perfect time.
CountAllVotes
(21,720 posts)Loser boy didn't last long -- not even 100 days.
GOOD RIDDANCE!
Cha
(309,990 posts)The Teslas and it looks like mump is throwing in towel.. maybe. We’ll see 🔥
Iamscrewed
(161 posts)Run before the corruption charges come.
Oh and then treason, insider trading, possible racketeering, ect, ect, adnosiem.
Karasu
(1,006 posts)Or his money. Or his fucking DOGE.
Can't stand the heat? Get the fuck out of the kitchen. Or better yet, don't even open the fucking door.
Get fucked, Elon.
Wicked Blue
(7,897 posts)and looted whatever he could find in the government.
F'ing snowflake
NEOH
(215 posts)PSPS
(14,494 posts)eggplant
(4,057 posts)BumRushDaShow
(151,362 posts)But 45 insisted, like he has done everything else, that he planned to "ignore the rules".
Old Testament Libera
(78 posts)...at Space X with him six dozen offspring and his tech bros.
relayerbob
(7,158 posts)That he is NOT a government official. DOGE is NOT an actual agency.
Then, we can continue with..... Good fucking riddance. And hopefully, he takes down Tesla, along with his career.
Next up, deport him, since he apparently got his citizenship illegally.
eppur_se_muova
(38,939 posts)Keep it up until he's GONE.
Jail him, deport him, hang him -- I really don't care. JUST GET RID OF HIM.
lonely bird
(2,272 posts)We confiscate his assets.
Then he can fuck off.
kacekwl
(8,230 posts)Nazi team with you.
Aristus
(69,765 posts)Time to get, as the miniseries "I, Claudius" worded it: some justice.
Grokenstein
(5,966 posts)Better flee the country, little lord illegal. Take the money and run, and hope you don't get "detained."
drmeow
(5,555 posts)I'll be happy to continue to attack, villify, and be thoroughly vicious to him after he leaves government and up until the day he dies. He is using up air, food, and shelter that could go to a far more redeeming person aka almost anyone not involved with this administration.
Marie Marie
(10,156 posts)people don't like him anymore. Good! These narcissists are so surrounded by worshippers that when they get a glimpse at reality - they fall apart. Good riddance.
Canada Kid
(104 posts)I can hold the door open for him and hope it doesn't hit him in the ass on the way out!

Ol Janx Spirit
(155 posts)...because all of the criminals were saying bad things about him? Probably not--because doing something on principle means you can take the attacks and the criticism. This really only demonstrates how much principle was behind his moves all along--as all of us at DU knew anyway.
It is far less about extracting everything he could from this relationship and then running back to the private sector to sit on his ever-growing mountain of money; and more about running into a situation thinking he knew a lot more than he did and screwing the whole thing up while damaging his own business brands in the process.
There was far more for Elon to gain from this relationship even beyond the supposed principles he had to destroy Democrats and liberals in government, but he proved even to F-47 that he was an amateurish imbecile with a god complex and a bunch of bad ideas--and breaking through to that guy takes a lot of effort.
Deminpenn
(16,745 posts)You will continue to be mocked and villified for political gain regardless.
I'm willing to bet that all the DOGE stuff you did will be quickly reversed by Bessent, Rubio and others.
Buns_of_Fire
(18,380 posts)After all, he's absorbing a lot of the heat that should probably be pumped up Donwuld's cloaca.
Irish_Dem
(68,783 posts)efhmc
(15,426 posts)marble falls
(64,916 posts)... go away, he is sadly mistaken.
electric_blue68
(21,077 posts)Lovie777
(18,138 posts)dweller
(26,459 posts)Yes it’s in the floor but it’s a door all the same .
It leads straight to Hell , good riddance
✌🏻
Hassler
(4,274 posts)Creating shit hole trucks.
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,118 posts)



























~ The DU Synchronized Tiniest Violin Team
usonian
(17,280 posts)Stream dried up.
And people are NOT going to forget.
Especially at Christmas.
Ponietz
(3,560 posts)I laugh every time I see it.
iluvtennis
(21,158 posts)FloridaBlues
(4,537 posts)Onthefly
(830 posts)patphil
(7,724 posts)Phase 1: Invade as many Federal Agencies as possible.
Phase 2: Loot these agencies of all useful computer information they contained.
Phase 3: Get all that stolen information to a safe place. Note: out of country for sure.
Phase 4: See to it that their tracks are covered so the actual heist isn't easily identifiable.
Phase 5: Assess the value of what they stole so they can send their bill directly to Putin.
Phase 6: Laugh all the way to the bank.
TearsOfDaClowned
(11 posts)radical noodle
(10,017 posts)
marble falls
(64,916 posts)... no amount of mea culpa, I was only following orders, the libruls sabotaged, executive immunity will change anything: his hand-prints were all over the disaster.
I wonder if he's extorted a Presidential immunity/pardon out of Mango yet.
LetMyPeopleVote
(162,149 posts)Ponietz
(3,560 posts)bluescribbler
(2,324 posts)He was never needed.
xuplate
(84 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 21, 2025, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)
I’m going to take my toys and go home.
calimary
(85,984 posts)
SuzannaD
(11 posts)He's exposed himself as the idiot Nazi that he is and always has been. Whether he's in Washington or anywhere else, he's going to have to deal with everyone's negative opinions. Hope they don't buy his shit, or give him government contracts anymore. For every one of his businesses, we should find an alternative and use it.
struggle4progress
(122,896 posts)dchill
(42,146 posts)And no, leaving now won't make it go away.
Cha
(309,990 posts)From a NON Fascist
Fla Dem
(26,570 posts)They don't need to be there in person anymore.
Paladin
(30,275 posts)Here's hoping Musk, his Swasticars, and his personal finances suffer the same fate as others who have been stupid enough to make common cause with trump---paging Pillow Guy!
Pisces
(5,937 posts)SSJVegeta
(432 posts)Maybe wishful thinking tho
Metaphorical
(2,400 posts)A funny thing happens when you become the head of an agency. You've been handed the keys to the feifdom, and even if you are an incompetent imbecile, it's YOUR domain. Musk didn't respect that, essentially assumed he could do anything he wanted to and with Trump backing him up, there was nothing you could do about it. I suspect that with Musk gone, DOGE will fall apart pretty quickly.
tanyev
(46,175 posts)
Blues Heron
(6,827 posts)Fuck Nazi Elon!
ToxMarz
(2,366 posts)zorbasd
(392 posts)outlet in the world, is butt hurt from the "vicious and unethical attacks from the left"
Projecting much, you dickless human excrement.
Karasu
(1,006 posts)BeyondGeography
(40,430 posts)Maybe then we can talk.
sakabatou
(44,641 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(772 posts)Trying to control the narrative, huh Leon. Too late, you may still be rich but you're a loser. You have been exposed for the cretin that you are. Like the Felon, you alone are responsible for the failure of Tesla. Not because of the product but because your ego and greed got in the way. You have shown your cards before all bets have been placed. America will now do what it can to thwart your goals. Like in Wisconsin, your money will be useless. We know you.
Voters know, the more money backing a candidate the more likely it's for a bad candidate without merit. Fool them once, shame on you, fool them twice shame on them. There's been far too much shame on them.
aggiesal
(9,960 posts)Federal whistleblower dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures.
DOGE came in, data went out, Russians attempting logins w/new valid DOGE passwords.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1913023007263543565.html
Justice matters.
(8,316 posts)Personal data robbery is a crime in both wartime and peacetime.
calimary
(85,984 posts)Things not going your way, Elon? We know all about that shit. YOU made it and YOU pushed us into it.
Tikki
(14,821 posts)He is so bad it is defining every aspect of life in America.
Tikki
mdbl
(6,306 posts)I hope his companies go down in flames - metaphorically speaking of course.
thought crime
(176 posts)Alice B.
(483 posts)Qutzupalotl
(15,329 posts)emulatorloo
(45,781 posts)RainCaster
(12,718 posts)Let's be rid of him!
republianmushroom
(19,605 posts)Bristlecone
(10,690 posts)They will 100 percent oust him and have made that clear to him.
That’s my guess.
Or Trump is telling him time to go.
MorbidButterflyTat
(2,860 posts)

chouchou
(1,799 posts)
LizBeth
(11,182 posts)thought crime
(176 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,990 posts)MadScout
(9 posts)Pinback
(13,171 posts)if he wants to avoid criticism. Come on, Elon — blaze the trail to Mars!
Clouds Passing
(4,466 posts)

Walleye
(39,810 posts)vapor2
(2,161 posts)Dulcinea
(8,279 posts)Goodbye & good riddance, asswipe. No one wants his cars, the thing formerly known as Twitter sucks, & he's being exposed more every day as a sick, selfish, insufferable being with the mentality of a spoiled teenager.
FullySupportDems
(318 posts)What the hell does he care what "the left" thinks? Lies on top of lies on top of lies.
Marthe48
(20,516 posts)Become politics? skum imposed himself on the government, thanks to taking advantage of a senile old man and since skum has invaded, has done nothing remotely political or statesmanlike. If he were honest, skum would say he's tired of being called out as a criminal and is leaving the area of public scrutiny.
Blue Owl
(56,005 posts)I hope I never see your face again
Hotler
(13,024 posts)AncientOfDays
(232 posts)it will take awhile, but his people will be ousted one by one, and his destruction will be repaired little by little. And hopefully we can gain control and close the damn barn door so it can't happen again.
sheshe2
(91,565 posts)He bought and paid for a trump 'residency and for installing the next 'resident. He bought our Democracy.
PortTack
(35,587 posts)Scalded Nun
(1,390 posts)Once you touch or are touched by Trump, you will rot on the vine.
Demovictory9
(35,470 posts)LittleGirl
(8,664 posts)He’s been paid and can now go stir up trouble elsewhere.
He’s whining and should be saying “squirrel” !
Because I don’t believe a word reported about him.
Woodycall
(470 posts)...he will be forced to move into a 2 bedroom, 40 year old single-wide with Rudy Giuliani and Mike Lindell with the ashes of Herman Cain next to toilet.
Jack Valentino
(1,910 posts)Musk's ass-kissing of Trump over the past six months, and trying to destroy our government,
has provoked me into fantasizing about his death,
when I never gave him any thought before.
If he does go away from politics, then he will have 'chosen wisely' !
niyad
(123,442 posts)Projection much, you sick, twisted, illegal SA nazi???
RainCaster
(12,718 posts)That loser will NEVER make it in politics, he has such a fragile ego.
MayReasonRule
(3,201 posts)

Javaman
(63,683 posts)and he really won't be gone.
I expect him to fuck with things even though he has "left".
he has tasted from the fountain of real power, he's not just going to vanish.
JohnSJ
(98,496 posts)NNadir
(35,666 posts)mwb970
(11,827 posts)It's why everyone hates you, little Elon. Wake up!
hadEnuf
(3,133 posts)He said that with a straight face? Look at what this evil bastard has done to our country. He's lucky he's not exiled.
Chi67
(1,188 posts)Someone needs to tell this douchebag that he attacked our country first! We’re simply defending ourselves. BTW, no matter what, we’re taking Tesla down. Bye bye, Musk!
Kid Berwyn
(20,109 posts)
Auf wiedersehen, Scheisskopf.
Mblaze
(545 posts)The whole world hates you.
LogDog75
(408 posts)He works directly for Drumpf and he knows what kind of person Drumpf is. How many times and the Muskrat called out Drumpf for is name calling and personal attacks on others.
Muskrat, if you won't condemn what Drumpf says the we won't condemn what people say about you.
Martin68
(25,580 posts)Emrys
(8,599 posts)What a snowflake.
He's lucky retaliation's just been confined to words and money.
CBHagman
(17,253 posts)...and not just because he's corrupt, though he clearly is that, but because of the many violations of the law. The security risks alone ought to keep him in courthouses for the foreseeable future.