Original poster deleted it between when I opened the article and when I tried to comment on it. Dunno why, but here it is again.

  • Steve@communick.news
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    2 days ago

    This is about paying bills.
    Rumps agenda is going to end EV subsidies. Subsidies Tesla could use, maybe even needs. Without them Tesla could be in trouble, and by extension Musk would be.

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      Musk will be fine. He holds Trump by the balls because SpaceX holds the United States by the balls.

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        I wouldn’t be so sure of that. trump is paying fast and loose with the standards of law and he has a history of going after his opponents. There are already grounds that can be exaggerated to strip Musk of US Citizenship. At that point a foreign national would be owning a company that has national defense impacts. The government could force a sale just like they are with TikTok.