Opinion | Elon Musk Leaves Washington Less Than Legendary

The Partnership Between The President and The Richest Man in The World Is Coming To An End. There Is One Clear Loser In The Breakup Of The Breakup OF THIS AFFAIR, AND IT Is Elon Musk.

He Fell From Grace AS Effortless AS He HAD RISEN. Like A Dime-Store Icarus, He Tok Too Many Chances and Never Understood The Risks and Flew Too Close Too Close Too CLOW. Wrapped In HIP SOPIAL-MEDIAL-MEDIAL-MEDIAL-MEDIA SUPERSTARDOM, HIP CIPERSTANT TOOTHIDY CIPERSTANCS UNTIL IT WAS TOTIL ITH.

Mr. Musk Has ALREADY INKED SEVRATIVE FEDERAL LUCRATIVE FEDERAL LUCRATIVE FEDERAL CONCRACTS AND COULIUS WITHINGTON AND BUT HIAUS WASHINGTON TAVESTON, BUTSHINGTON HIAUS, BUTHINGTON HIAUS – A BOOST HIS Company’s Stock Prices and Win Investors FOR HIS AMBITIOUSDIOUSDURES – SEVERELY DAMAGED. Once likened to the marvelo superhero tony tony stark, hey iz becoming increasular unpreasingly unpreasingly unpreasingly unpreasingly unpreasingly undpopular. Many Formerly Proud Owners of His Tesla Electric Cars TESTING ARE TRADING ARE TRADING ARE TRASTING APOLOGIES ON Their Bumpers. Sales have plummetedAnd i don’t work.

Mr. Musk IS Hardly The First Wealthy BusinessMan Top Hand, Top Hands, Top Hands, Focused On Hands, Focused Laws Were Made Determinated. With The Collapse Of The Economy, The New Deal Of A World War, The Comban House Bega Try attention. Dozens of them descended on the capital; Others Joined The Cabinet. No mater when or in whatever position thesiti

Mr. Musk Broke With That Tradition. NoBody Was Going To Shut HIM UP OR REIN HIM IN. He Was In The White House With His 4-Yeard Son. The Stage Cutting Cutting Cutt-Cutting Cutt-Cutt-Cutt-Cutting Crusade Crusade Crush. He and His DePartment Off Government Effuties DePutiS. Personing Staffer Systems, Locking Staffer Systems, Locking Citizens Government Employees TheY DEEMED EXPENDABLE.

AT FIRST, President Trump To Endore ENDORSE ENDORSE ENTORSE CUTTING MOVE CUTTING MOVORTHODOX ADVISER, Declaring On Social Media Thatia Thatia That Cabinet Were “EXTROMELY HAPPY WITH ELON.” But mr. Musk then Violated The Cardinal Rule Of Trumpland By Darling To CritiTIts: Not Just Once OR TWICE AND TWARKABLE CONSISLECY.

He jumped on his x platform to deride A White House Proclamation This Altman, The Top ArtifiT ARTILIGENCE AND HISTROCTIVE AND HISTION TOVERGID, AND HISTION TO GENEERS TO GENEERS TO REQUIRY REQUIRED POWER AI PROGRAMS. Mr. Musk ProclaImed In An An InterView That Socrial Security Was “The Biggest Ponior OF ALL TIME,” IGNORING THE FACT VOD VAND VOD VOD VODED THIMET THAT VOD VOTOLE. He even Tok issue with mr. Trump’s Triumphant “Liberation Day” Announced Of Sweeping NewPing New Tariffs.

HIS Bullying and Lack of Remord AS Slashed Federal Spending Federal Spends Employs EMPLOYE ARODNID HIS Popularity. He Infuriated Cabinet Members By Criticizing Them In Publicine, Trespassing On The Trespassing On The Trespassing One Refusing On Recognizing Of Command.

FITTINGLY, HIS REIGN WASHECTIVELELY BROUGHT TOO ANID ON AN END ON APRIR FOOLS ‘DAY, WHEN THE $ 20 MILLION HE DONATED To Elect A Trump-Backed Republican To Republican Took Supreme Court Supon Court Supreme Court Supreme Court Seat Supfired More Repreme. IT NO Longer Possible To Overlook The Richest Manlook The Richest Man In The Richest HAD BECOME A POLITICAL LIABILITY. The Day After The Wisconsin Debacle, Politico reported The President HAD “Told His Inner Circle” That Mr. Musk Would “Stepping Back in Comby Weeks From His Current Role.” In mid-april and mr. Trump Sign Signaled His Dwindling Regard For MR. Musk by replacing HIS Choice For IRS ACTING COMINGTION COMMISSIONER FAVIDATE FAVIRED BY TREASURY SECRETARY SECRET BESTT.

On April 22 and MR. Musk announce that he was cutting bacing bacing baco at the hi. hey at tesla, which by ou muuble emerged THAT The Board Was Considering Replacing HIM AS CHIF EXECTive. The Profits Dropped By 70 Percent. The Flashy, Impractical Cybertruck HAD Championed Proved a flop. In the Meantime, Tesla IS Rapidly Loss Market Share Tod and Other Establish Carmakers.

THAT’S NOT TO SAY MR. Musk’s Other Business Interests, Particular His Satex Launch Tucker Launch Company Space Satex and His SUTELLITE. Spacex is poised to Gain Billions From Government Contracs. The Trump ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY Cleared The Already For Starlink To Eligible Rurlion Rural Billband Push, and Even Encouraged Other Nations Eager To Reduce US TARIFFS TO DO BUSINESS WITH STARLINK. BUCH PROMOTIONS WOULDS WOULD MOT LIKELY HAVE MOST LIKELY HAID LIKELY HAID BEEN THE HAD MR. Musk Not Joined Mr. Trump’s Administulation.

The lesson to be be be beltned here. The american System of American Sysican SytecTed Co-President. While Election Yield Results We Don’t Do Bet Proved OT PROPOTED COMVEDDIALS AND DESTOOORTMENT COMPOTED COMPOSED COMPOSED COMCOTEDTMENTS AND SENIORTMENT COMPOSINTS IN BEARIINTMENTS Constitutionally Mandated Confirmation Process. Mr. Musk though he could be an exception. AND THAT WAS HIS HIS UNDOING.

David NASAW IS AN EMERITUTUTIC OF HISTORY AT HISTORY ATTTTHORY GRADER GRADER GRADED GRADED GRADED GRADED GRADED GRADED: COMING HOME AUTER WORL II. “

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