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Re:Elon Musk's Demolition Crew by avalys on Thursday February 06, 2025 @10:17PM (#42968918)
What do you think it is? What do you think is motivating Musk?
Re:Elon Musk's Demolition Crew by pwg on Thursday February 06, 2025 @10:35PM (#42969073)
For USAID, the fact that USAID was investigating him:

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating...

His attack on USAID was not "rooting out waste", it was to settle a personal vendetta against the agency.

Re:Elon Musk's Demolition Crew by adamtaylor_13 on Thursday February 06, 2025 @11:00PM (#42969227)
This is silly. USAID was investigating the usage of Starlink in Ukraine, which by the way Musk provided completely free of charge at a time when no one else was doing anything for Ukraine.

DOGE found that USAID has actually spent taxpayer dollars to funding terrorists.

I have no idea how we try to connect these dots to be “personal”. USAID was a sham and it’s been exposed.

Re:Elon Musk's Demolition Crew by tomrod on Thursday February 06, 2025 @11:16PM (#42969320)
I think maybe you're missing the negatives Musk/Starlink did in Ukraine.

And they alleged terrorism. They did not show it, FISA and other courts aren't engaged, and they have Flynn, a foreign agent, making those claims and boosting them.

Re:Elon Musk's Demolition Crew by unsnap_biceps on Thursday February 06, 2025 @11:30PM (#42969399)
How did DOGE determine that the funds went to terrorists? Do you know? I certainly don't. I want to know, so we can put the right guardrails in place for the future, and frankly, I don't trust musk at all. He lies whenever it's convenient.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant and we should be ensuring it's shining everywhere.

Re:Elon Musk's Demolition Crew by Atotalnoob on Thursday February 06, 2025 @10:25PM (#42969007)
Fascism.
Re:Elon Musk's Demolition Crew by XorNot on Thursday February 06, 2025 @10:30PM (#42969044)
I don't know but it sure is interesting that White House is saying Elon Musk will now be reviewing his own conflicts of interest [1] as a man heavily invested in companies with large government contracts or beneficiaries of government incentive schemes.

Or maybe it's just too avoid having to worry about sexually harassing his employees[2].

[1] https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-mus...

[2] https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-paid-250000-to-a-flig...