Elon Musk "Finished," His Close Allies Admit

Elon Musk's time within the government has seemingly expired, and some Republicans couldn't be happier. "He’s finished, done, gone," one GOP official, who was granted anonymity by Politico to talk trash, said of Musk. "He polls terrible. People hate him." That operative and others like him are already dancing on the unelected billionaire's grave. As the magazine found in a social media analysis, Musk is now persona non grata for Republicans. After a big spike in late January of Musk-related content from accounts linked to the Trump administration, mentions of the billionaire have steadily fallen as the backlash against his politicking began in earnest. By April, he was only being mentioned twice a day — and by the time this month began, that number had dropped to one. "The public supported the effort to end wasteful Washington spending, but they did not support the way that it was done," GOP pollster Frank Luntz told the magazine. "His mission to cut the waste from Washington was ... Read full article.