• randon31415@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    stepping back from DOGE after May

    Appointed temporary government employee which means he only could work until June without congressional approval. Set this up from the start to take heat off of Trump and allow Trump to seem reasonable compared to Musk when Trump ‘fires’ him in June.

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      12 hours ago

      I’m aware of that, but obviously the concept of “work” doesn’t apply to Musk as it does to government employees generally.

      He will have the same influence and whatever level of involvement he wants regardless of whether he’s a temporary government employee, a consultant, or just a contact.