The question always was how long would the Musk Trump show last. We now have the answer.Just as the statutory 150 day deadline for “temporary appointments” looms, and as Judge Tanya Chutkan is ruling on a challenge to the authority of DOGE and Musk for violating the appointments clause, a violation which could render void everything DOGE did. (The Administration argument is that Musk was only temporarily appointed, so there is no Constitutional violation.)
A Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He’s Exiting Washington https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
But nothing to see here, says NYT, because Mr. Musk went to Washington, and didn’t even get his filibuster grandstand. 😞
This is another of those times where one has to remember the Times isn't oblivious, it is making deliberate choices to rathole things that happened right in front of us. The fact of the matter is, Musk has managed to tank investigations into his own corporate and financial affairs, and he's walking away with who knows what from the federal database. Musk might be "disillusioned" about how little people actually like him, but he's coming out of this misadventure just fine.
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