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Eugene

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Wed Mar 5, 2025, 07:48 PM Mar 5

Elon Musk Reveals Next Targets in "Corporate Takeover" of the U.S. [View all]

Source: The New Republic

Elon Musk Reveals Next Targets in “Corporate Takeover” of the U.S.

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Wed, March 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM EST 2 min read

Elon Musk told some of his biggest investors Wednesday that he’s looking to fully take over the federal government.

In a meeting with Morgan Stanley, the tech billionaire reportedly likened his influence over the federal government to a “corporate takeover.”

“To understand the federal government, it is like a corporate takeover at scale, but one where the company is actually in much worse shape than any commercial company could ever be,” Musk said at the conference, reported CNN’s Hadas Gold.

Musk then went on to say that “logically we should prioritize anything that can reasonably be privatized,” including public services such as the postal service and Amtrak.

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Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-reveals-next-targets-173323085.html

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"Fully take over the federal govt." Irish_Dem Mar 5 #1
+1 dalton99a Mar 5 #4
He has to be stopped. travelingthrulife Mar 5 #2
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