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Summary

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has boldly declared a war on the federal government, aggressively reshaping public discourse and challenging established authority.

Using a ‘special government employee’ role via an executive order, Musk established DOGE to cut $500 billion in annual spending, strictly bypassing oversight.

Musk targeted USAID, declaring it as criminal while proposing its shutdown, and appointed young, inexperienced aides and former Tesla staff to federal positions.

These maneuvers have sparked partisan debates, raised conflict-of-interest concerns, and underscored a dramatic shift in federal power dynamics in a nation-wide upheaval.

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[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 195 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Hopefully more articles like this come out so Trump gets rid of him because his ego can’t handle it.

[–] ovalofsand@lemmy.world 99 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

All immigrants are equal, but some are more equal than others. And ICE ignores those ones.

[–] aarRJaay@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

He'd only see them if they were on Fox News though

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

I… think I hope so?

I can’t decide if that’s the case, my first thought as well, or if he’d rage and accelerate.

[–] Embargo@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Well yeah. He'll be dealt with the same way Trump likes to deal with other "very bad men". In his eyes, anyone that wrongs him is committing treason to the highest degree.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Yea! And maybe I'll shit a rainbow and fart gold coins!

Trump only consumes media Musk approves

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 108 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

you are richer than god. what do you do?

pull a 'chuck feeney' and give it all away?

take time off and enjoy what you've "worked so hard for"?

no, the fucking asswipe is working harder than he ever has in his life to literally destroy the country that made him all that money.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 64 points 2 years ago

Gotta pull up the ladder and burn everything that could be used to make a new one.

[–] Huschke@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I mean, he wants to be a king. A king doesn't need his subordinates to have a voice.

[–] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 65 points 2 years ago

"He's committing the must heinous crimes against our society, a hostile takeover of the government, completely bypassing the rule of law. Could there be some kind of conflict of interest here?"

I laugh to keep from weeping.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Elon Musk needs to be stopped.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It's spelled with ch, not st

[–] DampSquid@feddit.uk 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To shreds and pieces you say

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Smitheries you say?

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

stopped isn't the word most of us would use

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Stopping power is a phrase that comes to mind. Muzzle velocity also.

[–] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lead Supplements are proven to remove fascism from the body

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"They come in a handy capsule form."

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The US makes most of the dispensers.

[–] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What fucking debate needs to happen? This country is literally being handed to an unelected oligarch who's dismantling and robbing it blind, and it's up for partisan debate? What fucking lunacy. It deserves to fall, quite frankly.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

When was the last time the country was not in the hands of oligarchs?

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] cmoney@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What a scandal this is, it should have a name like Elon gate, this could really stretch on for a long time! Ok I'm done I'll see myself out.

[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Elongate is quite apt: because he will be causing fuckery and misery for a very long time before something is done about him.

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well that leaves Trump’s name out of the focus and he’s just as much to blame. Can’t let him blame Elon and dodge responsibility ( he will, of course)

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Can’t let him blame Elon and ~~dodge~~ DOGE responsibility

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 22 points 2 years ago
[–] Absaroka@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

You really have to wonder what Putin and Russia's role in all of this has been.

Because it feels like us straining our relationships with Canada, the EU / NATO, and pushing BRICS countries further away, benefits them more than anybody else.

And certainly our economic might being sabotaged from within would benefit them and China on the world stage.

Especially when you consider the whole Mexico and Canada tariff saga was mostly just staged chaos that probably was never intended to do anything other than erode our reputation in the international community.

[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Flood ICE with reports of an immigrant taking over the government.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

They've already downgraded the $2 trillion to $500 billion? That's not hardcore at all.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

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