It did NOT work……
Nor has efforts by Big Business people who helped install felon Donald Trump IN Office….
It does appear that Elon Musk IS learning a HARD Truth about Donald J. Trump….
Donald IS just about HIMSELF….
He has NO Friends….
In cruel , but appropriate paradox ?
Musk’s DOGE actions is COSTING his ‘Brand’ and Millions/Billions of Dollars….
Musk’s break with Trump over a signature administration priority marks the highest-profile disagreement between the president and one of his key advisers, who poured nearly $290 million into backing him and other Republicans in last year’s elections and has been leading the U.S. DOGE Service’s cost-cutting efforts since January. Musk has also disagreed with other members of Trump’s coalition on issues such as H1-B visas for skilled immigrants and on DOGE’s approach to government spending….
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Musk, who is chief executive of electric vehicle maker Tesla, has long seen tariffs as detrimental to the business aims of a company that counts both the United States and China as key manufacturing and consumer hubs. Other car manufacturers, though, are likely to be hurt more by the new tariffs, analysts have said.
But Musk has opposed tariffs since at least Trump’s first term, when Tesla filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the tax on Tesla’s imports from China to the United States….
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Many of the business and technology leaders who supported Trump’scandidacy were stunned by the president’s decision to go forward with such steep tariffs, and equally disappointed that they weren’t able to exert more influence on the policy, the two people familiar with the matter said. People in Musk’s orbit made direct appeals to friends in the Trump administration, including Vice President JD Vance and Musk, arguing for what they felt were more sensible free trade policies. One Musk friend, investor Joe Lonsdale, posted on X that he had argued to “friends in the administration” in recent days that tariffs would hurt American companies more than Chinese ones. Lonsdale declined to comment about his arguments beyond his X post.
A group of business leaders worked over the weekend to put together an informal group that would lobby members of the Trump administration for more moderate policies, said one of the people….
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The dispute between the president and one of his most influential advisers comes just weeks before Musk, the world’s richest person, is expected to depart his post in the administration. It also comes amid increasing pressure on Tesla to reverse signs of slumping demand — prompted in part by Musk’s foray into politics….
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