Do the right thing
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's spat with *check notes* President Joe Biden intensified — but he promised he would perform best if he was invited to the White House.
The billionaire has questioned Biden, who allegedly "ignored" his businesses Tesla and SpaceX in the past. However, Musk recently said he would be willing to put all of that aside if he was invited to meet with Biden.
"They have nothing to worry about," Musk said in an email to the broadcaster. "I'll do the right thing."
The White House snubbed
His comments came after reports that the White House had no immediate plans to invite Musk to future meetings with business leaders. White House advisers worry that Musk might do something unstable — imagine something like this, the sources said! That could embarrass the president.
However, Musk said the news of the clashes between him and Biden was exaggerated... Mainly.
"The concept of discord is not entirely correct," Grimes's little dad told the broadcaster. However, he continues to complain: "Biden deliberately ignored Tesla at every turn and lied to the public that GM led the electric car industry, when in fact Tesla produced more than 300,000 electric vehicles last quarter, and GM produced 260,000." ”
Billionaires of long-term discord
To its credit, Biden in the past seems to have strategically omitted Tesla from comments about electric vehicle production. One possible explanation is that the Musk-owned automaker has a history of opposing union attempts.
Musk's public opposition to White House spending measures such as the electric vehicle tax credit has also not helped.
Still, Biden recently highlighted Tesla's accomplishments. A White House spokesperson even told CNBC, "Tesla has done extraordinary things for electric cars." ”
So we'll see if Musk gets an invitation from the White House — but we won't bet if Tesla remains committed to its anti-union stance.