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Trump announces by surprise a Tesla factory in the US, do you want to get on the wave of Elon Musk?

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Donald Trump has surprised many this Wednesday in an interview conducted by the CNBC in Davos, Switzerland, during the World Economic Forum held in the city. The president of the United States has been praising Elon Musk and commenting on the success the firm has been having lately.

After the strange compliments poured by the president towards Elon Musk calling it “genius” and of “Thomas Edison”, Trump surprised even more by ensuring that the South African tycoon would build a Tesla factory in the United States.

Donald Trump did not give details about his brief statements, and of course he did not talk about whether there are plans to create a factory in the United States. However, given the strangeness of the statements, everything seems to indicate that simply Trump wants to get on Musk’s wave of popularity.

A Tesla factory in the US?


Trump’s exact statements are in the video that rests on these lines. His exact words were these:

“He is going to build a very large plant in the United States. He has to do it, because we help him, so he has to help us.”

These brief statements left more questions than answers. Was he announcing, without Musk’s consent, Tesla’s plans to build a factory on American soil? Was he indirectly pressing Elon Musk? Seeing the president’s friction with other technology leaders such as Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, it would not be unusual for that to be that.

This “announcement” comes at the moment when Tesla is producing in Gigafactory 3, Tesla’s first car factory outside the United States. As if that were not enough, he also announced the creation of the Gigafactory 4, located in Germany.

Praise to Elon Musk

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk takes off his coat onstage during a delivery event for Tesla China-made Model 3 cars in Shanghai

ALY SONG

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In itself, the interview was a bit weird. Donald Trump unexpectedly filled Musk with compliments that were also strange and unconnected. These were some of his statements:

“I was worried about him, because he is one of our great geniuses and we have to protect our genius. You know, we have to protect Thomas Edison, and we have to protect all those people who originally created the light bulb, the wheel and all those things “.

The problems of Tesla could not be overlooked; Musk had to resign as president of Tesla and pay a fine of 20 million dollars in September 2018 after launching tweets in which he said he would privatize Tesla. He was also called to court after calling the British diver pedophile who rescued some in Thailand, who were trapped in a cave. Case that was very popular in the media because Tesla was rejected to assist in the rescue.

“I go back a year ago and they were talking about the end of the company. And now, suddenly, they are talking about these great things.” Trump refers to the momentum recovered by Tesla in recent months.

Did not forget about SpaceX, the aerospace firm of Musk. Again, Trump’s statements were also somewhat strange.

“He is also making rockets, he likes rockets and by the way, rockets are good too. I never saw the rockets go down without wings or anything, and look, they were landing.”

Donald Trump, during an act in Austin (Texas)

Donald Trump, during an act in Austin (Texas)

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These statements surprise more if possible because Musk resigned from 2 of the president’s advisory councils in 2017. He did so in protest of Trump’s decision to remove the US from the Paris agreements in reference to climate change. In November of 2018, Musk acknowledged that Trump “screwed up” in the podcast “Recode Decode”. Is Trump taking advantage of the popularity and success of Musk and his companies?

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