Summary

Elon Musk is distancing himself from sweeping federal job cuts linked to DOGE, blaming agency heads—not DOGE—responsible for mass layoffs, including the announced 70,000 job cut at Veterans Affairs.

Despite claiming DOGE’s role as merely advisory, Musk admitted to mistakes in private meetings with GOP lawmakers and pledged to correct them.

Some cuts have already been reversed, with a Trump administration memo clarifying agencies are not required to fire probationary employees (new hires).

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    12 days ago

    He’s a complete cunt of a human. Utterly deplorable gobshite who thinks he’s god’s gift.

  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 days ago

    It just occurred to me that Trump might be Ellen Pao-ing Musk. He knows the tariffs and mass layoffs and deportations are going to crash the economy. He needs a fall guy when it happens.

    Do all your unpopular, disastrous policies with an unpopular person standing in front of you, then blame everything on that person and send them packing.

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    11 days ago

    If you were the richest person in the entire world, by a huge margin!!! Would you start working in the government and have tons of responsibilities? Or would you retire and live the life you’ve dreamed of?

    This guy is insane.

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    12 days ago

    He’s said he’s scared for his life. I think that’s reasonable given the amount of people he’s pissing off. It’s only a matter of time…

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      11 days ago

      Exactly. He’s fucked over countless veterans with military training and most likely a shitload of guns and ammo. Good fuckin luck bud .

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          8 days ago

          No he didn’t, don’t spread misinformation. He’s a piece of shit just using his kid as a meat shield, but in the actual clip he just walked a few steps and the kid ran a different way but as soon as he noticed he went to go get him.