(Daily Mail) Former President Donald Trump says he may not pick up support from Elon Musk because they have ‘opposing views’ on electric cars – which Trump continues to trash at his campaign rallies.
Trump was asked whether he would eventually get ‘verbal or monetary’ support from the multi-billionaire, a week after he met Musk at Mar-a-Lago.
‘I don’t know,’ Trump said in a call-in interview on CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box. ‘I’ve been friendly with him over the years. I’ve helped him when I was president,’ Trump continued.
I helped him. I’ve liked him. We obviously have opposing views on a minor subject called electric cars. I’m all for electric cars, but you have to have all of the alternatives. Also, you can’t just go to electric. I mean, you have a grid system in this country that’s obsolete, and a disaster,’ he said of the SpaceX and Tesla CEO.
Former President Donald Trump regularly rips electric car technology in his campaign speeches. He cited ‘opposing views on a minor subject called electric cars’ as a reason Musk might not back his presidential campaign verbally or with financial contributions
That was just a taste of the criticism Trump often heaps on the technology, railing about insufficient battery range, inconveniences of charging, and difficulties in very cold weather, even as car manufacturers shift more focus on going electric.
Musk’s visit raised the prospect that he would become a major financial backer of Trump, even as he faces steep personal financial pressures. He relied on a lender to post a $91.6 million bond last week after a judgement in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case, and has weeks to come up with $450 million following a judge’s order in his New York fraud case.
Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, has major U.S. government contracts
