ChicagoBlue
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And, make no mistake, despite Musk’s booked wealth, he desperately needs the government gravy train to keep running.
I’m not so sure that’s true and that it’s far more symbiotic than that!
Tesla is the lowest cost EV manufacturer in the USA. Trump is not interested in the EV subsidies and Musk likes that, as it will make the new slate of coming US EVs much more expensive. Throw in Trump’s China tariffs and the prohibition on Chinese EVs in the U.S., and you NOW have Musk’s wet dream: No higher quality/lower priced Chinese competition and U.S. manufacturers whose new union contracts and new EV infrastructure costs are years behind Tesla!
Now, throw in SpaceX, the de facto “new-NASA” payload rocket producer, which the US seems incapable of living without, and Musk has the U.S. over the barrel.
His rocket return concept was considered pie-in-the-sky technology…until he did it… numerous times.. both on land and floating docks out in the ocean!!!
No, I think autism spectrum Musk knows EXACTLY what he’s doing! He is far more libertarian in his personal views, but non-union, protectionist in his professional views…and that squares with Trump far more than Harris today.
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