Trump Officials Growing Tired of ‘Unfunny’ and ‘Irritating’ Musk
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“He’s just the most irritating person I’ve ever had to deal with, and that is saying something,” one official reportedly said.

Summary

“I have been in the same room with Elon, and he always tries to be funny. And he’s not funny. Like, at all,” a senior Trump administration official told Rolling Stone. “He makes these jokes and little asides and smiles and then looks almost hurt if you don’t lap up his humor. I keep using the word ‘annoying’; a lot of people who have to deal with him do.”

Musk’s insufferable behavior has caused several high-ranking officials to walk out of important meetings and sincerely question if he was high on drugs, the publication reports, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio is said to be barely able to hide his immense dislike of the DOGE chief and State Department officials routinely call him “Crazy Uncle Elon” behind his back.

Other officials have suggested subjecting Musk to a mandatory drug test, which he has said is a “great idea” for federal employees, as a way to push him out of the door. The Tesla CEO has denied taking any illegal drugs, although numerous people claim to have witnessed him use LSD, cocaine, Ecstasy, and mushrooms behind closed doors, the Wall Street Journal reports.

    • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
      12·
      5 days ago

      Carrying a sink into Twitter headquarters after he bought it. I honestly don’t even understand the joke. I assume he’s saying he was going to cut everything including the kitchen sink, or let this sink in, but neither is very funny.

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        5 days ago

        The joke was “I just bought twitter, let that sink in.”

        But it wasn’t even his joke, people on then-twitter were repeatedly sending that joke to him

      • Kirp123@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 days ago

        Wasn’t he carrying it out? Like after he fired a bunch of people so he could make the joke: “Throwing everything out, even the kitchen sink.”

        That’s how I remember it. I don’t really want to look it up since I am already sick of knowing so much about this guy.

        • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          5 days ago

          The fact that we are having to discuss the brain dead mechanics to even understand his “joke” tells you how fucking stupid and unfunny he is, jokes have a certain flow of logic even “lol so random” jokes function on subvertting ones expectations and breaking the logical followup.

          Now story time, when I was 3 or 4 I was trying to figure out how jokes worked because I am just that autistic. As a result of this I was given the overly simple answer of set up and punchline, this resulted in me creating the oh so glorious “What’s a ponytail in a dress? A joke” which only makes sense to my younger self. That is still funnier than any joke Musk has ever made.

          Also on a vaguely related note when I was trying to figure out slapstick I apparently slammed a metal folding chair into my uncle’s back and then poured a bottle of water onto his face, I do not remember this unlike the verbal “joke” all the male boomers that were present at said event remember it though. The wonders of alcohol and heatstroke, which I was suffering from the effects of cause I thought a bottle of hard cider was apple juice.