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gruez11/04/20255 repliesview on HN

>Cutting food stamps.

How is Musk involved in the current budget debacle aside from being "republican"? It's easy to blame stuff on him when he was running DOGE, but since his falling out with trump blaming every cut on Musk is a tired and expired meme.


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mayneack11/04/2025

Given how much he contributed to the election outcome it hardly seems tired to blame him for the consequences.

Plus he's on Twitter every week publicly discussing how much he uses the platform to put his thumb on the scale of discourse towards his personal beliefs.

In what world is he not involved?

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nutjob211/04/2025

"He gave the federal government organizational cancer, but he left now so he's not to blame"

Americans will be living with Musk's legacy for decades.

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rootlocus11/04/2025

Actions speak to the character of a person. And some actions have long lasting consequences.

platevoltage11/04/2025

I'm okay with blaming him along with all of these Austin turds with podcasts.

oulipo211/04/2025

It's not because he no longer works there that he doesn't have the exact same ideology. And now he's trying to push a Trump-like figure in the UK