The Tesla CEO spent his Christmas holidays slamming the US president’s therapy of his firm.
“Let’s not neglect the White Home giving Tesla the chilly shoulder, excluding us from the EV summit and crediting GM with ‘main the electrical automobile revolution’ in the identical quarter that they delivered 26 electrical vehicles (not a typo) and Tesla delivered 300 thousand,” Musk wrote on X on Sunday.
Musk expanded on his criticisms of Biden the subsequent day when he accused Biden of being beholden to the unions.
“Many of the Democratic Social gathering is managed by the unions — they carry much more weight than the environmentalists — and Biden significantly so (he gladly admits it),” Musk wrote in one other X post on Christmas Day, whereas reposting a speech Biden delivered in Could 2021.
“In Biden’s speech, posted on WhiteHouse.gov, he actually says ‘the UAW elected me,'” Musk continued. “The White Home chilly shoulder began effectively earlier than I ‘mentioned controversial issues.'”
Tesla’s exclusion from Biden’s EV summit in 2021 has been an enormous bugbear for Musk.
The mercurial billionaire has usually referenced the incident, most lately at The New York Instances Dealbook Summit final month.
“They held an electrical car summit on the White Home and particularly refused to let Tesla attend. Biden went on so as to add insult to harm and publicly mentioned GM was main the electrical automobile revolution,” Musk advised moderator Andrew Ross Sorkin.
The sick will between the 2 males would most likely clarify Musk’s shifting political allegiances.
The billionaire, who beforehand mentioned he supported Barack Obama, advised Sorkin on the identical summit that he will not be voting for Biden’s reelection.
In November 2022, Musk voiced his help for GOP presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“My choice for the 2024 presidency is somebody smart and centrist. I had hoped that might be the case for the Biden administration, however have been dissatisfied to date,” Musk mentioned in an X post on the time.
Representatives for Musk and Biden didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark from Enterprise Insider despatched exterior common enterprise hours.
