Elon Musk Trying to Figure Out Who's to Blame for His Massive Unpopularity

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As his time in DC disintegrated this week, Musk intimated to the Washington Post that he was very surprised by what he saw in American government — but not as surprised as he was by everyone's reaction.

"The federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized," the billionaire told the newspaper. "I thought there were problems, but it sure is an uphill battle trying to improve things in DC, to say the least."

That "uphill battle" apparently included getting people on board with his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the cost-cutting agency that Musk was seemingly gifted in exchange for his help getting Donald Trump elected.

While the boy-brained billionaire wasn't exactly popular before his debut in American politics, he and his agency have become downright detested in 2025. From its iffy mandate and its enormous failure to reach its savings goals to its massive professional and competence breaches, DOGE has been a major dud — and Musk's companies are bearing the brunt.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-trying-figure-blame-170044866.html

What a horse's ass.

[Sneederbunk]

1. He won't know until he goes cold turkey.

[underpants]

2. "The ... situation is much worse than I realized,"

[Irish_Dem]

3. One of the most hated men in the world and he has no idea why.

This man is not a genius.

[Keepthesoulalive]

6. Musk is a symptom

America keeps looking for heroes in all the wrong places.

[k_buddy762]

4. ask grok

[sakabatou]

5. Hmm...

[CatWoman]

7. he needs to come to grips with the fact

that the US Govt. is NOT Twitter.

[Ritabert]

8. Why do people instinctively hate Musk?

It saves time.

[bif]

9. Just look in the mirror, asshole!

[DBoon]

16. I bet he sees nothing when he looks in a mirror

Vampires have no reflection

[C_U_L8R]

19. the mirror is covered in drugs.

[Gore1FL]

21. He would, but they all fell off of his Cybertruck. nt

[Johonny]

10. Still waiting on my Doge check he promised me

[Ritabert]

13. So am I.

[MustLoveBeagles]

11. He needs a mirror and a clue

[SWBTATTReg]

12. Ahhhh!! Nothing like Karma to bring this guy's massive EGO down a few notches! Serves him right and I hope that

it continues to kick his ASS down the road where he truly belongs. Just because you got billions doesn't give you the right to stomp all over the rest of us.

[allegorical oracle]

18. Love the sentiment, but doubt that his EGO has notched down much. He'll just get high, make

another baby with somebody, and yell to himself how he's definitely a god. Narcissists are blind to self-defeat.

[Ritabert]

14. Anybody else tired of middle-aged tech bro billionaires

...inflicting their mid-life crises on the rest of us?

[Rebl2]

15. Who to blame

All he has to do is look in the mirror 😐

[dickthegrouch]

17. Navel gazing obviates mirrors /nt

Wrong word and no text missing

[Initech]

20. He has no one to blame but himself and his horse drug addiction.

Just don't take drugs meant for animals 5 times your size. It's not that hard.

[IcyPeas]

22. "boy-brained billionaire" thought he was one of the cool kids

... now realizes trump took his lunch money.