Elon Musk has exited the White House—physically, at least.

Donald Trump’s “special government employee” is no longer working within the DOGE offices as he prepares his exit from the Trump administration and focuses more on saving his floundering businesses from failure.

“Instead of meeting with him in person, I’m talking to him on the phone, but it’s the same net effect,” White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told the New York Post in an interview discussing the Trump administration’s first 100 days.

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    I’m not punching down

    There are fucked up regimes all over the world. I could rant about Pakistan, Argentina, the Philippines, all sorts of places

    But they don’t affect other countries like America does

    Don’t you dare accuse me of acting like Trump and his cohort

    How many US presidencies have you lived through? Some giving hope, most making shit worse

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      Don’t you dare accuse me of acting like Trump and his cohort

      Exactly how trump would react…

      No introspection, no questioning of their own behavior…

      Just a vague threat because you’re mad someone is judging you on your own words.

      Literal belligerence.

      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belligerence

      One of the most apt descriptions of Trump’s general behavior, which you clearly share