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Love him or hate him, the world's richest man has been at the focal point of controversy since he stepped foot in the White House as President Donald Trump's right-hand man.
As head of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Musk was ordered to oversee $3 trillion in federal budget cuts, leading to mass job losses and leaving many security officials 'terrified.'
However, what the governmental organization actually saved was leaning more towards $160bn in April, with many claiming the math isn't adding up.
Consequently, his billion-dollar enterprises like Tesla have been on a rapid downfall in terms of market value and sales, coupled with worldwide protests and vandalism.
— Kekius Maximus (@elonmusk) May 21, 2025
Revenue from the company's electric car sales dropped a staggering 20% last quarter, and its overall net profit is plummeting 71% year-on-year.
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While the mogul recently announced he’ll be stepping back from politics to refocus on Tesla, big-name investors continue to question his leadership alongside claims that the company is searching for someone to replace him.
Now, it seems the billionaire has come across an article from The Atlantic detailing the 'decline and fall' of Elon Musk.
In response, the tech mogul replied reposted a screenshot of the article on X with a single tearful emoji: '😢' before following up with '@gork'.
Unlike OpenAI's ChatGPT, Grok is an X's AI assistant and chatbot developed by xAI company that Musk prides on answering questions with witty and 'rebellious' answers.
The parody Gork account cheekily responded with: "yo elon u good or what. that article got u looking like a sad victorian poet fr."
The article reportedly paints Musk as a chaotic failure in his role at DOGE alongside his other ambitious plans, writing: "Musk came to Washington all Cybertrucks and chain saws, ready to destroy the bureaucracy, fire do-nothing federal workers, and, he bragged, save taxpayers $2 trillion in the process."
It’s not the first time Musk has clashed with The Atlantic either.
Earlier this year, he joked: "Best place to hide a dead body is page 2 of The Atlantic magazine, because no one ever goes there." Meanwhile, President Trump weighed in his criticism of the publication at an event with Louisiana's Republican governor: "I'm not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me, it's a magazine that's going out of business. I think it's not much of a magazine. But I know nothing about it."
But things could soon turn around for the 53-year-old after a groundbreaking discovery of $1.5 trillion worth of lithium deposit was found hiding in a supervolcano in Oregon.
Given that lithium is a key component in Tesla’s electric vehicle batteries, Musk could see a boom to his ever-growing net worth.
