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Re:Elon Musk admits email to government workers was a ruse by dragonwriter on Monday February 24, 2025 @10:49PM (#43167952)
> P.S. Item #1 may not apply depending on on some other court cases, where the Trump administration is refusing to say exactly WTF Musk's role actually is

No, they've said in court that he is a White House advisor with no decision-making role (not even at the recently-renamed US DOGE Service, which—despite the public portrayal of him as (originally co-)head of DOGE, he is not formally involved in).

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Re:Elon Musk admits email to government workers was a ruse by tailefer on Monday February 24, 2025 @11:18PM (#43168139)
As usual, Trump can't keep the story straight.

"I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency and put a man named Elon Musk in charge," Trump told an audience of investors and company executives in Miami. [0]

So is Trump lying? Confused? Senile?

And the pushback to Musk by most of his administration didn't take the form of "this guy is just an advisor". They acted as if Musk were in charge, no matter what Trump tells a judge.

[0] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-appears-contradict-wh...

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