Gosh, he even had that stupid chainsaw. Oh, and some teenagers. I thought Big Balls was gonna figure all this out?
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Another bullshit headline. He didn't admit anything of the sort. He did overpromise and underdeliver, as he always does. This can be construed as a failure. He did not, however, "admit" failure.
Yep. "Musk admits he's wrong" is as likely to be true as "Real life herd of unicorns discovered in Texas"
As everyone knows, unicorns refuse to set foot in Texas.
Not true. I have it on good authority that when unicorns experience explosive diarrhea, they relieve themselves exclusively upon Texas.
that is in fact why there is a landmass called "texas". shat out by unicorns, just like that
Obviously.
Not only do I agree with you (the headlines are click-bait telling the audience what they want to hear) but I also love you for using the word "construed".
My partner and I point out when the other uses an uncommon word. Exercising your vocabulary should be encouraged!
I agree. I mean he's lied about delivering so many things over the years, why don't they just point out that it's another failure.
Instead they twist it into something he didn't say - and lose credibility. Stupid.
Aside from there actually being any lack of admission on Elon Musk's part for DOGE's phenomenal failures - or for his other innumerable failures, it should be stated:
Elon Musk has been thoroughly successful - and is in fact world-renown - for delivering a perfect Sieg Heil.
Let's not forget that, good people.
News outlets keep framing this stuff like a big gotcha every time and I'm frankly getting tired of it. DOGE was never meant to save money. Nothing they've said or done will benefit the public in any way. Not a single executive order has been in the people's interest. Not a one. They're too busy dismantling the state and DOGE is a tool they need for that and nothing else. Exposing their lies is important but this low key reinforces them by insinuating the goals they're talking about are taken seriously.
I'm tired of everyone breathlessly reporting their talking points without challenge.
Cutting government services is not the same as saving money.
Besides which, it's tough to nail down exactly what is meant by "saving money" in the case of a federal budget.
Finally, "saving money" is not the only consideration. I could "save" some money by deciding not to feed my kids lunch.
Muskrat isn't mentally capable of admitting failure.
If he wasn't born rich and an excellent grifter, we would have never known about him at all.
His efforts were only a dismal failure if the original intention was to improve government functioning whilst lowering costs.
On the other hand, if it was to gut the government and funnel money to Musk and co, then it's been a roaring success.
The first agencies he targeted were all the ones investigating his companies or limiting his companies: DoD was trying to limit exposure through SpaceX due to Musk's multiple conversations with Putin; the NLRB was investigating both SpaceX and Tesla; the EEOC was suing Tesla; DoT was investigating Tesla over both Smart Summoning and "Full-Self Driving" accidents; the FAA called for both 'radical reform' and Musk's firing at SpaceX after repeated launch violations; the FEC was investigating him for repeated elections violations; DoJ had an open lawsuit over SpaceX hiring practices (now dismissed, and anti-Tesla actions are now "domestic terrorism"); the SEC had an open complaint of his Xitter takeover; the FDA was limiting his ability to pay around with NeuraLink; the EPA has repeatedly fined bitch SpaceX and Tesla; he's been pressuring NASA to retire the ISS and to use SpaceX for Mars exploration instead of their own craft; and the CFPB had limited his plans for a Xitter-based electronic payment system.
While they haven't always received a lot of press coverage, he's sent his goons after every single one of those agencies.
I think gutting the government and sowing chaos is part of his goal (he's fully bought into Zuckerberg's "move fast and break things" mindset), but he went after specific agencies pretty quickly.