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Summary

During a meeting with House Republicans, President-elect Donald Trump publicly mocked Elon Musk, saying, “Elon won’t go home. I can’t get rid of him,” as Musk has spent extensive time with Trump recently.

The comments were seen as an assertion of Trump’s dominance, with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell noting the uncomfortable laughter from the room.

Musk has been tapped to co-lead the new "Department of Government Efficiency" (nicknamed "DOGE"), a role critics describe as superficial.

Observers predict Trump and Musk’s alliance may sour due to their clashing egos.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 116 points 1 month ago (3 children)

co-lead

The department of government efficiency

This joke writes itself...

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Look, they don't give a damn about actually following their own philosophies so let's drop the tired gotchas. They don't give a flying fuck about the gotchas.

We are really letting the right wing dictate the nature of reality with bullshit takes like this.

That you need one single leader to solve it all is a conservative position. That you need many people working together is a leftist position.

When you try to hit them with this gotcha you're actually affirming their beliefs in singular strongmen and are normalizing it for the left.

Cooperation shouldn't be vilified. Cooperation isn't a joke.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Keep up the gotchas, just pair them with emphasis on how weak and ineffectual they are. Both are required. One is insufficient.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl -5 points 1 month ago

Oh hey, someone with a brain! I was beginning to think non-morons on the internet were a thing of the past.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Department Of Government Efficiency. DOGE

The name itself is a fucking joke about Elons pet Cryptocoin.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Elon can get fucked. Doge doesn't belong to him.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Do only good everyday....fuck musk and trump

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

The most annoying thing is that in most acronyms two letter words are usually ignored. Thusly it would be DGE but musk is a brain dead Saxon African deserving of little more than a shotgun enema, so why should I expect any ammount of intelligence.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

Assistant TO the Government Efficiency Director