Elon Musk’s financial interests put him in a position of having his own personal foreign policy, but new reporting shows that whether it’s manufacturing in China or the Starlink network being used in Ukraine, Musk’s decisions can run counter to stated US policy.

  • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    When he was providing Starlink to Ukraine, and supporting USA, he was the good white hero. Now, he is the bad guy. All it proves is to never trust USA. To be an enemy of USA is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal.

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      1 year ago

      You do know his public image has been slipping for years unrelated to this right? He tied himself so closely to the tesla brand and pushed so hard that liberals either thought positively of him or neutrally until he started spewing right wing BS at which point he was alienating his own target demographic who saw owning a tesla as bad.

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        1 year ago

        I am pretty sure everyone with an internet connection and a few brain cells knows how husk brained Musk really is. My problem is with this article’s headline implications, and with the weird nonsensical takeaways people end up having.