As if the billionaire megadonor doesn’t already have enough access to Donald Trump, Musk is reportedly poised to receive office space near the West Wing.

Summary

Elon Musk, a Republican megadonor and close Trump ally, is reportedly set to have office space in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the West Wing.

Musk is expected to head the “Department of Government Efficiency,” aiming to reduce federal spending under Trump.

Critics question Musk’s influence, noting his frequent presence at key Trump meetings and events.

This move, if confirmed, would grant Musk continued access to Trump post-inauguration, sparking debate about the billionaire’s role in the administration despite holding no official government position.

  • @[email protected]
    1•5 months ago

    They are building a playroom for trump and a tunnel between that and 9gal so they can swap, elon will “work” in the Oval - meaning he’ll just stand in there and “floss” all day like the fucking loser he’s repeatedly shown himself to be

  • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed
    1•5 months ago

    So if someone were wanting to locate Musk to discuss his visa situation, or, you know, whatever, this will now be a good place to monitor his movements to and from.

  • @[email protected]
    9•5 months ago

    This is a good thing. Familiarity breeds contempt. A middle school spat between these two prissy boys is imminent.

    • @[email protected]
      4•5 months ago

      “Efficacy of Trump’s presidency”? You’re using words to legitimize the non-legitimizable. There’s no reason to pay attention to any of this. It’s going to be an unrelenting shit show that destroys the country. That’s the macro and the micro. Why spend even a second looking into it?

    • Rhaedas
      26•5 months ago

      That door has been open a while, he’s just the biggest one and in the latest tradition the quiet part is being said out loud now. More validation of the real message of “Soylent Green”, where a society degrades to the point where even the most outrageous actions get at best a shrug from the apathetic public.

      • PennomiEnglish
        13•5 months ago

        Surely they are playing with fire now, right? The French Revolution happened in part because the oligarchy became so brazen about things.

        • @[email protected]
          8•5 months ago

          We will find out when these idiots start the second great depression. When 400 million people can’t eat shit gets real.

  • @[email protected]English
    77•5 months ago

    Waitaminute… Isn’t he going into the tesla office every day? I thought employees couldn’t be productive without being in the office!

    • @[email protected]English
      6•5 months ago

      Come on, there’s the press releases and public relations and then there’s reality.

      The reality is that businesses want employees to leave so they can avoid paying severance and because the banks will give them preferential rates for utilizing office space, keeping commercial properties artificially inflated despite major changes in the perception and reality about how work can be performed.

      It’s easy to downsize at very large companies, it just piles on more work for those that remain. During booming times like most tech companies had in the pandemic they hired like gangbusters at the behest of middle management, now it’s austerity time so they can focus on massive profits while corporate taxes are at an excessive temporary low.