Henchmen now in place for ongoing DOGE mischief, Elon formally departs Trump's administration. Presumably to build better cars and fire rockets. And more. To enjoy his money and private sector power and carry around his young son totem pole style. To propagate more offspring. To give yet more salutes to more triumphs of will, and to dress in black and be able to eschew vile caps while avoiding pressure to wear a suit.
You are a total fool if you believe his money and past investment in Trump means contact is nonetheless severed for good, and for betterment of the nation, or that favors for Elon's business interests will cease.
Trump does not operate that way. Elon is still useful. And still sucking air, unlike Roy Cohn.
All the lightning rod shit Elon did since Jan. 20 is NOT Elon, but Trump and only Trump, calling the tune for Elon's surrogacy. Don't blame Elon. BLAME TRUMP.
( And, whatever else, we praise Harvard for calling bullshit on Trump and instead standing firm for its institutional academic freedom and right to chart its own course, independent of Trumpian persecution and animus.)
UPDATE: Inventing a new word tarifffying. It's the economy.
FURTHER: The doorknob got him.
FURTHER: Others invented a new spin on the word TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out. Those using the term, what do they expect, what do they want? Trump's get attention and then work on getting things right approach might not be as bad as if the approach was implement and be intransigent.
A shot across the bow with a weighing of whether a direct targeting shot is immediate is an approach available in place of shoot for a direct hit, first shot. Getting attention and bringing others to negotiations from there is not per se wrong.
With Elon more in the news than Hegseth, is that cause to worry given Elon's place is private sector while Hegseth does Trump's bidding in running the world's largest war machine, which could in breach of law be turned to illegal domestic use by an administration having no respect for rule of law. Hegseth needs to be watched closely. Vance is also these days not making any Greenland-visit kind of headlines.
Last, who have the Dems got? Not Gavin. Not Kamala. So who? AOC would do fine, but there's DACO. = Dems Always Chicken Out. Going for the bland dish on the menu vs the spicy one is how some eat.