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'Problem for Tesla': Dems flee automaker over Musk’s Trump endorsement (www.rawstory.com)
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But Musk later changed his mind, reportedly donating $45 million a month of his money to the pro-Trump political action committee American PAC.

`Nuff said. CEOs are often Republican, but to be this outspokenly political is normally a bad thing for CEOs like Musk. Media company heads (and Twitter/X is a media company) are supposed to at least pretend to be neutral.

And catering to the far-right seems like a bad idea if your company makes EVs. But what do I know?

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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

Musk has been there since the early days. The company was founded in July 2003. Musk joined as an early (and majority) investor in February 2004. He became CEO in 2008.

5 years ago is about right for when Musk started losing it, but he was at Tesla long before that.