“Elon Musk’s support for Donald Trump is in part due to President Biden’s cold shoulder,” The Wall Street Journal I will report.
“In early 2021, the new Biden administration has begun making plans to implement its campaign promise to promote electric vehicles.”
“At the time, Musk’s Tesla was producing about two-thirds of the electric cars on U.S. roads. But it was also the only major U.S. automaker whose factory workers didn’t have a union, and some of its labor practices were under scrutiny by federal regulators.”
“Tesla executives contacted the White House multiple times after the inauguration, trying to link Biden with Musk. The Tesla boss, who said in television interviews that he voted for Biden and that until a few years ago he only voted for Democrats, was repeatedly snubbed.”
“The reason is that Biden administration officials did not want to anger the powerful United Auto Workers union, which had been pressuring the White House to distance itself from Musk.”
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