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Nick Robins-Early

Musk is pivoting from DC and Doge’s failures – and wants investors to know

a man in black t-shirt saying 'occupy mars' looking left as he sits in chair
Elon Musk at SpaceX in Brownsville, Texas, on 27 May. Photograph: Washington Post/Getty Images

Elon Musk really wants the public – and investors – to know that he’s leaving Washington DC behind.

Even before Wednesday night, when he announced his departure from the Trump administration in a post on X, Musk had been distancing himself from the government role that made him, and his company Tesla, the target of furious global protests.

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