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On Monday, the Politico website published an analysis under the headline “Why has Elon Musk disappeared from the spotlight?” It found a sharp drop in the number of times that Trump posted about Musk on his Truth Social platform, from an average of four times a week in February and March to zero since the start of April.

In addition, White House officials no longer fill their social media feeds with Musk-related content. Reporters seldom ask about him at the White House press briefing. Members of Congress are giving his name a wide berth.

Musk seems to be taking the hint. This week, the Tesla chief executive confirmed that he had reduced his role as the unofficial head of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) to just two days a week, and will also cut his political spending substantially – the latest public signal that he is shifting his attention back to his business empire amid growing investor concerns.

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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago
[–] Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone else have a feeling he's going to be falling out of a window soon?

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 hours ago

No, I don’t. I think we’re being lulled into believing he isn’t still fucking our shit up just as much as before.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 hours ago

Not sure who said Musk has gotten the hell out of Doge.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 47 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

He's still there he's still involved he still has influence. They're just trying to hide him more. All his people are still working on his behalf to destroy the government. They're still giving him massive government contracts. They're still taking his direct instructions on foreign policy, we saw that the South African conference. They're still destroying Regulatory Agencies that might have a limited his malfeasance. Don't fall for it.

[–] DragonSidedD@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago

Looking eagerly forward to June 14 #nokings #ungovernable

[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 45 points 8 hours ago

Elon Musk is a Nazi

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 87 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

They are just trying to hide from the bad press. I have no doubt that Musk has his fingers in all the things just like before, they're just being quiet because of the backlash.

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemm.ee 31 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

He's realizing what all of the other rich people have already realized, its easier to just manipulate things from the background so people won't get mad at you.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 3 points 8 hours ago

It like this the last time, too.

[–] Sheldan@lemmy.world 21 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

He is still part of it all, just less present.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 16 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Yup, he has still been showing up at the White House, and the states is still pushing Starlink contracts on other countries, and Elon has a bid in for the contract for Trump's "Golden Dome." He is still very much around.

[–] blakenong 16 points 8 hours ago

He was just a Nazi with a lot of money who hires the right people to make cool products. The. He went crazy and had too much money.

This is why we need a wealth cap. No single person should have the power he has.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago

He continues to have no friends even when he tries to buy them.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 21 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

He crashed out like we were expecting him to

[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

*cashed out. He’s destroyed all the investigations against him and forced investments into his company. Definitely got his money’s worth.

[–] Kurious84@eviltoast.org 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You can only get so high before you crash and can't get both anymore. Even with a billion dollars you can't get high on ketamine when you're saturated with it already.

Musk is in need of a serious humbling. Maybe check into a drug clinic.

[–] DragonSidedD@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago

Maybe he could start having rallies in Pennsylvania

Matbe this time everything lines up correctly

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 8 points 9 hours ago

Hopefully he continues to drift until he just falls right off the edge.