I agree with the possibility it might be a psyop in that the initial comments to get it going were made about Tesla in general, HOWEVER, the problem I think a lot of people have is that Elon took the bait.

I mean how often do you see him posting such lengthy replies on X, including ones involving linear algebra? All he had to do is keep his fucking mouth shut and nothing would have happened. So while I'm still supportive of him heading up these DOGE efforts to come I think I can articulate 3 main points that I and many others are pissed off about:

1.) It's obvious his companies utilize H1-B visas for workers rather than hiring American citizens. I find the argument of not enough educated, motivated U.S. citizens available for these jobs to be a copout that he and many other big company executives have used over the years. We all know it's BS, the real reason these companies do it is cutting costs. If there were such a need for tremendous talent as he claims that he has to hire from the worldwide pool of labor, than his companies can file paperwork for an O-1 visa for these individuals and stand behind their claims of why they need to bring these people into the U.S. There is also no limit on the number of O-1 visas that can be issued.

2.) Elon and Vivek, and like many other men who rise to such high levels at a company or society, inevitably surround themselves with yes men. Sure they can probably run their companies well and do the jobs they were hired for, maybe give constructive feedback. But to actually tell guys like Elon or Vivek 'no' to their face? Nope that doesn't happen and it's evident based on what you read in their replies on X. You can easily see Elon continuing to double down on what I consider to be some of his bullshit arguments because he has no exposure or understanding of what it's like from the average worker's point of view just trying to get a decent paying job to support his family and provide at least a semi-comfortable lifestyle.....what we would typically call middle class.

3.) The "my shit doesn't stink" position that Elon and Vivek are taking doesn't sit well with me or a lot of other people. What I mean by this is you can see how Elon deflects the problems he's encountering in his company's workforce by blaming the American education system, that we aren't churning out enough good, solid engineers who know their shit. Well I and many other people in the U.S. workforce have noticed that damn near all companies who post positions demand experience even for entry level stuff. These companies, including Elon's do NOT want to provide any sort of training, expect you to hit the ground running working a minimum 60 hours/week and for the same shit pay that has been published already of what their H1-B workers are being paid. All the while the blame on the education system continues to be parroted by them for no other reasoning than that they want more H1-B workers.

In closing, was this a psyop? Maybe. But no one forced these guys to start running their mouths, that's ENTIRELY on them. All they had to do was KEEP THEIR FUCKING MOUTHS SHUT!! But because they're so close to President Trump now, much like a lot of people who's egos start doing the talking, they think they know everything about everything.