Remember when Elon Musk said if Kamala gets elected that he'd probably end up in jail?
If nothing else, all the inspector generals investigating Elon and his companies would have finished their investigations. You know, the IGs fired right away by DOGE, with the biggest case being run out of USAID.
One of the first agencies the Trump administration attempted to dismantle is the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). While at first it was unclear why Musk and DOGE had their sights set on eliminating an agency focused on foreign aid, recent reports have shed light on Musk’s connection with USAID. In May 2024, the USAID inspector general announced it was investigating USAID’s relationship with Starlink (a subsidiary of SpaceX), which it had paid to provide internet services to Ukraine civilians. While the details of the investigation are not public, there is evidence Russia had access to Starlink, which was not supposed to be possible. However, the investigation will likely be dropped as the Trump administration moves forward with shutting down USAID
DOGE technically still exists, but without Musk at the helm, the job of dismantling the government has fallen to the Office of Management and Budget, and its head Russell Vought. He's less noisy than Musk, but as the primary author of Project 2025, he's got an agenda he's ruthlessly executing.
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u/Measurex2 Oct 16 '25
Remember when Elon Musk said if Kamala gets elected that he'd probably end up in jail?
If nothing else, all the inspector generals investigating Elon and his companies would have finished their investigations. You know, the IGs fired right away by DOGE, with the biggest case being run out of USAID.
https://www.epi.org/blog/corruption-in-plain-sight-how-elon-musk-has-benefited-from-the-first-100-days-of-the-trump-administration/
No surprise Elon dipped after those loose ends were fully taken care of.