Welcome back to Tech Minute. Today we’re talking about Elon Musk’s latest political wake-up call: discovering that “you can buy him, but he won’t stay bought.” Once wielding near-absolute power over federal IT, Musk is now reduced to begging his followers on X to call senators and vote down Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.” His gripe? A cut to the EV tax credit that hurts Tesla sales—and maybe a bruised ego over losing his unpaid White House advisor role.

Musk’s bulldozer tactics made enemies fast. Marco Rubio seethed when Musk dismantled USAID, and reality-TV pick Sean Duffy blocked air traffic controller layoffs. Jared Isaacman lost his NASA nod after a spat with Trump’s personnel chief. Even Peter Thiel-linked aides can’t rescue Musk’s agenda now.

As the article puts it, Donald Trump “will fuck over anyone who does a deal with him”—and Musk is learning that the hard way. For Tech Minute, I’m your host. Thanks for listening.
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