Elon Musk could do nothing but shed an emoji of a teardrop as he checked The Atlantic on Wednesday to find an article detailing his decline and fall within the Trump administration.
“Musk came to Washington all Cybertrucks and chain saws, ready to destroy the bureaucracy,” write @AshleyRParker and @michaelscherer. But as he winds down his service, “he has found himself isolated within the upper reaches of the Trump administration”: https://t.co/Raazba9Ryy
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 21, 2025
The two reporters begin by describing an alleged fight between Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over who should choose the next head of the IRS — "and, implicitly, over Musk’s bureaucracy-be-damned crusade." But they quickly move on:
Musk came to Washington all Cybertrucks and chain saws, ready to destroy the bureaucracy, fire do-nothing federal workers, and, he bragged, save taxpayers $2 trillion in the process. He was a Tech Support–T-shirt-wearing disruptor who promised to rewire how the government operates and to defeat the “woke mind virus,” all under the auspices of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. For weeks, he and his merry band of DOGE bros gleefully jumped from agency to agency, terrorizing bureaucrats, demanding access to sensitive data, and leaving snack wrappers on employees’ desks. But as Musk winds down his official time in Washington, he has found himself isolated within the upper reaches of the Trump administration, having failed to build necessary alliances and irritating many of the department and agency heads he was ostensibly there to help.
Whoa, back up … leaving snack wrappers on employees' desks? Where was the media on this scandal earlier?
Again, Musk could do nothing but shed a virtual tear:
— Kekius Maximus (@elonmusk) May 21, 2025
Sucks to find out from The Atlantic 😂
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) May 22, 2025
I'll set up a GoFundMe for you😭
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) May 22, 2025
If this is declining and falling I would like to decline and fall too .🙏
— Hilary Crowder (@hilcrowder) May 21, 2025
LMAOOO
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) May 22, 2025
Let me know if you want to get a steak and regroup — I’m sure we can get your career back on track.
— @jason (@Jason) May 22, 2025
Elon reading that headline 😂 pic.twitter.com/vKEMHlaNmG
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) May 21, 2025
Nailed it.
Local billionaire sad to hear that failing newspaper is throwing shade.
— 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠 (@WaywardGreg) May 22, 2025
There's only one way to go once you allegedly hit bottom.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 21, 2025
TO MARS!!!
Musk's feelings are so hurt, he might leave the planet Earth.
Poor guy. I hope he'll be ok.
— Kevin Harmon (@imadness) May 22, 2025
Don't cry. I still love you.
— Heidi (@HeidiBriones) May 22, 2025
Also Atlantic 🤣 pic.twitter.com/6BQnCyliWY
— Anti Left Memes (@AntiLeftMemes) May 21, 2025
Maybe Musk needs to come out as transgender to save his reputation among the lefties at The Atlantic.
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