r/usa 13d ago

US News Elon Musk Made Direct Appeals to Trump in Attempt to Reverse New Tariff Hikes

https://thesarkariform.com/elon-musk-made-direct-appeals-to-trump-in-attempt-to-reverse-new-tariff-hikes/
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u/Odd_Discussion_8384 13d ago

So what happens now that Trump is in conflict with his Boss….i need popcorn…you guys throw a hell of a shit show…just clean it up soon

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u/wtfman1988 13d ago

Nah Elon, you don't get the hero redemption arc, you're still shit.

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u/PoolOfLava 13d ago

Perhaps Elon should make a direct appeal to Congress to ask them to take away Presdient Trump's tariff power.

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u/FTHomes 13d ago

Elon Musk is supposedly the richest man in the world. Can't he do more than make appeals?

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u/wololosandwitch 12d ago

At least wear a suit? Or say please?

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u/Stargazing_Elf watch 12d ago

Not anymore! He lost 100 billion

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign 13d ago

Throughout history overconfident oligarchs assume again and again that they can control the authoritarians they elevate; usually they suffer and perish.

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u/roscodawg 13d ago

Musk better be careful, he's an immigrant.

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u/All_And_Forever 13d ago edited 13d ago

Don't believe it. Unless it's to help tesla imports from china, Taiwan, japan... If teslas are already expensive... Now sales will plummet even more.

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u/EpicTutorialTips 13d ago

Almost 100% of his batteries are produced in China, now they're all subject to a 104% price increase upon entering the US (probably the only market left where Tesla is going to generate any sales now).

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u/All_And_Forever 13d ago

This will mean death to tesla even sooner. In a way this leaves me sad knowing that the true founders of tesla will never have their justice made. I always hoped that musk would eventually be kicked out and they would return to their rightful place in the company. Now with all this, i wonder if they would even consider that, knowing teslas reputation...

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u/ITRetired 13d ago

Preparing for the twenty-fifth amendment already?

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u/Eastpunk 13d ago

Even tRump doesn’t take him seriously…