I wonder how much consternation there was around reading tea leaves for the next administration and not wanting to end up on the wrong end of DOGE politics.
Elon runs DOGE right? Seems like they're screwed in that regard no matter what they do. Elon doesn't like Sam.
Palmer is a huge Trump donor so probably not an issue
This news seems timed to be released with the "12-day OpenAI" announcement.