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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    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.

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    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.

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      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.

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      they dint expect him do all the doge cuts, msm is barely reporting the fallout of them.

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        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.

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

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    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.

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      He still is, no such thing as in he was, also I thought he went crazy too but the more often you check back chronogically what they did things makes more sense, people were saying Trump was more sane before sharing the time he said Dems had a better economy when in government but you can still find videos of him spewing nonsense, his government cabinet response to the leak to the atlantic? feels the same as in when AOC was questioning Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica

      people also assumed Zuckerberg wasn’t as shit as Elon but he has been proving everyone wrong, he just needs to do the salute now, none of them “went crazy” they just had good PRs and somethings went under the radar

      PR damage control doing some work atm probably for Musk too

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    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.