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There’s been some blowback for the time that I’ve been spending in government with the Department of Government Efficiency.”
On his call last week with Tesla investors and analysts, Musk admitted This situation with Musk at DOGE was reaching a breaking point, but we believe that cooler heads have now prevailed and that the Board is now NOT actively looking to replace Musk as CEO and this code red situation is now in the rearview,
they said in a Wednesday research note published before Denholm released a statement There has been a lot of speculation as to the reasons for decline of our vehicle deliveries in first quarter,
Finding a CEO who can captivate the market and investors as much as Musk is a tall task,
We were living proof that the talking points of this administration were false. Government services can be efficient,
Lindsay Young, the former executive director of 18F, said in a post on LinkedIn The amazing thing is that they haven’t actually done anything constructive whatsoever. Literally all they’ve done is destroy things,
a current federal employee said of Doge We do need to delete entire agencies,
Musk told attendees at a World Governments Summit in Dubai on 13 February They’ve only fired people and turned things off,
said a current federal employee, who agreed to speak anonymously for fear of retribution We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper,
Musk boasted days later on X, his social media platform It is an EXTREMELY BAD BREACH OF ETHICS that the WSJ would publish a DELIBERATELY FALSE ARTICLE and fail to include an unequivocal denial beforehand by the Tesla board of directors!”
Lashing out at on X, Musk wrote The CEO of Tesla is Elon Musk and the board is highly confident in his ability to continue executing on the exciting growth plan ahead.”
His post echoed comments from Denholm dismissing the story as “absolutely false” and reiterating Starting next month, I’ll be allocating far more of my time to Tesla.”
Everything Trump touches dies. Tesla is looking for a new CEO. Musk may be out of a job with Tesla. It couldn't have happened to a more deserving m**on. Elon is done and Donald doesn't want him around anymore. Just today he said it was time Elon got back to his cars!”
An individual wrote ... with a meme featuring Will Smith Tesla’s board began the process to replace Elon Musk as CEO,
commented a third with this meme Tesla board has opened search to look for a new CEO to succeed Elon Musk as per WSJ. This news very well explains why investors did not receive filing for Tesla 2025 Annual Shareholders Meeting.”
Today's earnings report sends a very clear message: the Tesla Takedown grassroots pressure is beginning to hit Tesla where it hurts,
Starting probably in next month, in May, my time allocation to DOGE will drop significantly,
The vast majority of the people in this country really respect and appreciate you,
Trump told Musk during a White House cabinet meeting, which could be his last before giving up his DOGE role They did like to burn my cars, which is not great,
Once he felt like he had a mental model and he had the people in place that he trusted, he can move to more of a maintenance mode,
Sacks told the All-In podcast