Why are we talking about this? He got what he needed to get. He wrought mass destruction. He lost a ton of money and had his feelings hurt. Done.

Is anyone else concerned? Without the distraction of Elon’s shenanigans, what will Trump and Co get up to next?

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Anonymous wrote:He took Katie (Mrs Stephen) Miller with him and now he is angrily tweeting against Musk on X)

Yet another thing I did not see coming...

This admin is the entertainment gift that keeps on giving. Also that woman’s taste in men is insane.

Anonymous wrote:He took Katie (Mrs Stephen) Miller with him and now he is angrily tweeting against Musk on X)

Yet another thing I did not see coming...

Anonymous wrote:He took Katie (Mrs Stephen) Miller with him and now he is angrily tweeting against Musk on X)

Is Katie now going to be one of his broodmares? I hear it can be a lucrative gig.

He took Katie (Mrs Stephen) Miller with him and now he is angrily tweeting against Musk on X)

Anonymous wrote:He gone.

He did the damage he needed to to protect and expand his businesses and the rest of DOGE did an effective job at dismantling US soft power abroad and many domestic institutions.

It will take years/decades to undo the damage, and the economic side of it has not had its reckoning yet.

He was wildly unpopular with pretty much everyone outside of hardcore MAGA. Not the federal cuts, but just his personality and his way of living with all of the kids is jarring to most people. It also seemed like he annoyed the rest of the cabinet.

He gone.

He did the damage he needed to to protect and expand his businesses and the rest of DOGE did an effective job at dismantling US soft power abroad and many domestic institutions.

It will take years/decades to undo the damage, and the economic side of it has not had its reckoning yet.

Anonymous wrote:Steve Bannon kicked him to the curb, thank God.

I don't think it was Bannon. Word is Musk was persona non grata by a lot of agency heads because of doge over reach. Apparently lots of f bombs were used in conjunction with Musk's name.

Steve Bannon kicked him to the curb, thank God.

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Anonymous wrote:Gone or not, his damage is already done and DOGE is imbedded in most fed agencies continuing the destruction. My agency is hardly recognizable now.

+1. IRS is even worse than normal. They claimed our tax payment was “late” and charged us a bunch of late fees. We have receipts proving otherwise but you can’t actually reach anyone on the phone.

It’s only going to get worse btw. IRS is supposed to be eliminating thousands more people via RIFs. And they’ve already had a lot leave via DRP.

Yale Budget Lab warns these layoffs will cost billions of dollars this year alone.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gone or not, his damage is already done and DOGE is imbedded in most fed agencies continuing the destruction. My agency is hardly recognizable now.

+1. IRS is even worse than normal. They claimed our tax payment was “late” and charged us a bunch of late fees. We have receipts proving otherwise but you can’t actually reach anyone on the phone.

That’s what happens when you starve an agency of budget, fire 20 pct of staff and demoralize the rest of them.

And soon we will have an economic crisis because the bond markets have finally come around to realize that our national debt is unsustainable and less revenue is coming in the future.

People have warned about amassing too much debt for years but the bond markets have tolerated it because US has always been a safe bet.

The bond markets also finally pricing in that this administration is insane and purposely driving us off a cliff. And Rs in Congress to weak or chicksh*t to fulfill their constitutional responsibilities.

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Anonymous wrote:He got what he wanted: lucrative government contracts, the closing of investigations into his companies, dismantling of the SEC and NTSB and all of our data, and got out.

Not a bad return on his $250 million investmemt

Yep. He got all of our data for whatever purpose he wants it for and did not pay a cent for it. Why would he stick around?

Plus, he’s emotionally stunted and is quite upset that the world hates him. Maybe he will reboot himself.

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Anonymous wrote:Gone or not, his damage is already done and DOGE is imbedded in most fed agencies continuing the destruction. My agency is hardly recognizable now.

+1. IRS is even worse than normal. They claimed our tax payment was “late” and charged us a bunch of late fees. We have receipts proving otherwise but you can’t actually reach anyone on the phone.

It’s only going to get worse btw. IRS is supposed to be eliminating thousands more people via RIFs. And they’ve already had a lot leave via DRP.