Elon Muskās shouting match with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent might have been the final nail in the coffin for the tech billionaireās four-month stint in the White House, but it came after months of bubbling frustration at Muskās āchain-sawā approach to dismantling the federal government.
Musk and Bessent exploded at each other in April when Musk attempted to force through his pick to lead the IRSāGary Shapleyābehind Bessentās back. (Musk eventually lost this battleāShapley lasted less than 72 hours before Bessent tapped Michael Faulkender to replace him.)
āFuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!ā a typically mild-mannered Bessent was heard shouting after Musk as they charged down the halls of the West Wing.
Socially, yes. And he hates it. Heās a narcissist, I doubt he will think of it as a success. OTOH, thatās exactly what heās been doing for decades: failing yet still coming out richer afterwards.
Honestly it baffles me that this is enough to become the richest person in the world.
When will we learn that he actively influences these statistics to stroke his ego?
Failing upward is the new norm. Probably because of all the sub-par people of generational wealth clogging the drains of society.
I think elonās responsiveness to criticism stems more from his autism than narcissism.
I donāt think he has the mental faculties necessary to go against the influence of his peers. In many ways, heās doing exactly what people expect him to.