Tesla CEO ,Elon Musk has just been elected by Donald Trump to marshal a new Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). Rumours say that the ‘buddy’ pair are set to make waves and that Musk’s underdog position may likely be bumped up to a ‘top dog’ position if the tech wizard manages to deliver his promise for government spending cuts before the deadline of American Independence Day, July 4 2026. Musk can also sit comfortably knowing that the name of his own department is a subtle tribute to his own cryptocurrency Dogecoin prompting its value to soar post-election.
However, there’s a catch. With every climb, there’s a fall and it would seem that Musk may be nearing the edge of the cliff with his 2022 lovechild – social media platform, (formerly Twitter). Most Read on Euro Weekly News Musk’s ties with Trump could be responsible for 115,000 users leaving X In a nutshell, Elon Musk’s relationship with Donald Trump is deterring some users away from X.
Reminded of the early days of Twitter, (replete with hate speech and advertisements), some journalists and left-wing politicians and celebrities have expressed their newfound preference to stay away from such social media. Dr. Shannon McGregor at the University of North Carolina sums the reasons up nicely: ‘You were getting this awful timeline of far-right, white supremacist, conspiracy theory posts — which the great majority of people don’t want to interact with on a daily basis.
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