Transcript: Is Elon Musk ‘Politically Marooned?’
Read the conversation about the backlash from Elon Musk’s most recent outburst on the latest episode of Elon, Inc.
Elon Musk meets with Donald Trump at the White House in 2017.
Photographer: Matt McClain/The Washington PostIn this week’s episode of Elon, Inc., we assess the aftermath of a week during which Tesla delivered the first production units of the Cybertruck and Elon Musk weighed in on his preferred 2024 candidates while telling the CEO of one of America’s most beloved brands to “go ---- yourself.” Such trash talk has left Musk somewhat isolated, with advertisers like Disney still avoiding his social media platform given his endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
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