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Elon Musk seen as working counter to U.S. interests in dealings with Russia, China (youtu.be)

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Elon Musk's financial interests put him in a position of having his own personal foreign policy, but new reporting shows that whether it's manufacturing in China or the Starlink network being used in Ukraine, Musk’s decisions can run counter to stated US policy.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But he’s also a contrarian asshole.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Which he is also pretty consistent about. Yet somehow these children's cartoon evil/greedy businessmen are just handed power and trusted by such a shocking amount of people. It is kind of impressive in a "we're fucked" kind of way.