Joe.My.God. LGBT News
The New York Post reports:
Elon Musk confidently compared himself to the Buddha as he insisted his federal cost-cutting efforts would continue long after he leaves his role at the White House. “Is Buddha needed for Buddhism?” the Tesla founder said Wednesday when asked who would lead DOGE when he leaves the role.
“Was it not stronger after he passed away?” he asked. “DOGE is kind of a way of life … we make converts all the time.” The world’s richest man offered up the comparison as he sat down with reporters at the White House to mark Trump’s 100th day in office.
While the billionaire tech entrepreneur’s status as a special government employee officially expires May 30, he is still expected to continue advising the DOGE effort informally.
The Washington Post reports:
Asked where he slept, he said he spent some nights inside the White House residence — evenings that, by his telling, unfolded like boyhood friends spontaneously inviting one another over for a sleepover. “The president is — I guess we’re good friends,” Musk said. “And we’ll be on Air Force One or Marine One. And then he’s like, ‘Hey, do you want to stay over?’ I’m like, ‘Sure.’”
“He’ll actually call, like, late at night and say, ‘Oh, by the way, make sure you get some ice cream from the kitchen,’” Musk said. He obliged, he said. He proceeded to empty the entire container. “It was epic. I mean, don’t tell RFK,” he said, in reference to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., letting out several bursts of laughter. “This stuff is amazing. I ate a whole tub of it, added three pounds in one night.”
The Buddha memes are already flying on X.
“Is Buddha needed for Buddhism?” Musk said when pressed on the plans for his succession. “Was it not stronger after he passed away?” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…
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