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      Francis Chung\/Politico\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,&#8221; Musk wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1893386883444437415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post<\/a> on X at the time. 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