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Strategic Genius or Strategic Ghosting?

When pressed, Musk’s own AI admitted his leadership style leaves nothing but wreckage.

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Mary Geddry
Apr 28, 2025
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It started, as many things do these days, with a tweet.

Mario Nawfal, one of Musk’s most reliable hype men, posted a glowing quote from David Sacks about Elon Musk’s role at DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency). The story went like this: Musk had supposedly thrown himself into the agency, learned everything "down to the database level," and, having heroically set up the perfect system, was now stepping back to manage strategically, just one or two days a week. Efficiency incarnate.

The post practically begged for a question: Was this really representative of Musk’s style?

So I asked Grok, Musk’s own AI, built into X, for an answer.

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