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Elon Musk reportedly mocked federal employees he fired by privately reacting to their hardships with “laugh-crying emojis,” according to Rolling Stone.
Sources say Musk finds amusement in stories of lives disrupted by his mass dismissals.
Ben Vizzachero, a fired wildlife biologist, confronted Musk at Trump’s congressional address and asked, “Am I waste?” Musk responded with a line from the 1999 movie Office Space: “What would you say you do here?”
Even Trump officials express frustration, calling Musk “irritating” and difficult to work with.
Have you thanked JD Vance even once for nudging your mum onto a slightly more sane trajectory?
It’s tempting - it would be greatvto be able to say something like, “I just want to thank you for being such an insufferable asshole that you were the catalyst that started the process that ended with my mom becoming a Democrat.”
But I assume it would be lost on him. Like both Trump and Musk, I assume he’s determinedly oblivious to the fact that he’s an asshole