The friendship between Elon Musk and President Trump hit a major speed bump on Thursday as the two publicly sparred in a viral dispute after years of knowing each other.
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ThefalloutbetweenElonMuskandPresidentDonaldTrumpisanevolvingsituationmarkedbyapublicblowuponThursday,buttheirrelationshiptiesbacktoTrump’sfirsttermandevenearlier.
ANovember2016CNBCinterviewwiththeTeslaCEO,who’snowtherichestmanintheworld,tookacriticaltoneofthenowpresidentjustdaysbeforehewaselectedpresidentinanupsetthatsignifiedthestrengthofthepopulistmovement.
“Honestly,IthinkHillary’seconomicpoliciesandherenvironmentalpoliciesparticularlyaretherightones,youknow,butyeah.Also,Idon’tthinkthisisthefinestmomentinourdemocracyatall,”Musksaid.
“Well,Ifeelabitstrongerthatprobablyhe’snottherightguy.Hejustdoesn’tseemtohavethesortofcharacterthatreflectswellontheUnitedStates,”helateraddedintheinterview.
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