Musk wants to leave politics because he’s tired of ‘attacks’ from the left, report says

Elon Musk is reportedly acceptable to permission his authorities relation due to the fact that he’s bushed of the what helium sees arsenic a litany of vicious and unethical attacks from the left, according to a study from The Washington Post.

It remains unclear erstwhile Musk volition depart arsenic caput of the Department of Government Efficiency; his peculiar authorities worker presumption volition expire astatine the extremity of adjacent month. A idiosyncratic acquainted with his reasoning told The Post that Musk thinks that his enactment astatine DOGE won’t beryllium diminished due to the fact that of his departure, noting that staffers person already established themselves crossed a slew of national agencies.

But speculation of Musk’s imaginable departure comes arsenic his power successful the medication appears to wane. The New York Times reported past week that the acting commissioner of the IRS was being replaced aft Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained that Musk had his preferred campaigner installed without Bessent’s support. Musk has besides annoyed different furniture members by failing to coordinate with them successful cost-cutting moves.

Meanwhile, Wedbush Securities expert Dan Ives has said that Musk should permission his authorities relation and erstwhile again absorption his efforts connected Tesla, arguing that the institution is facing a “code red” moment.

“Musk needs to permission the government, instrumentality a large measurement backmost connected DOGE, and get backmost to being CEO of Tesla full-time,” Ives wrote to clients connected Sunday, according to Bloomberg. “Tesla is Musk and Musk is Tesla....and anyone that thinks the marque harm Musk has inflicted is not a existent thing, walk immoderate clip speaking to car buyers successful the U.S., Europe, and Asia. You volition deliberation otherwise aft those discussions.”

“Tesla has unluckily go a governmental awesome globally of the Trump Administration/DOGE,” Ives added, going connected to reason that the institution faces “potentially 15 percent—20 percent imperishable request demolition for aboriginal Tesla buyers owed to the marque harm Musk has created with DOGE.”

The Post besides revealed that immoderate officials refused to comply with Musk’s request that national employees nonstop play emails listing 5 things they did the erstwhile week. He warned that not sending the email would number arsenic a resignation.

However, conscionable 2 days aft Musk’s bid was issued connected February 22, the Office of Personnel Management stated successful a briefing for quality resources officers that information was voluntary and not doing truthful would not beryllium considered a resignation, arsenic an email obtained by The Post shows.

The email besides said that the bureau didn’t mean to bash thing with the messages that were submitted.

Agencies are present employing antithetic policies, with immoderate agencies having stopped requiring the emails. A smaller fig of departments inactive travel the mandate, portion others necessitate emails but don’t travel up to cheque for compliance, oregon way responses successful a mode that employees person noticed. Many of those who are inactive sending the emails are sending akin messages each week oregon are viewing them arsenic a joke.