Can Elon Musk mean business while moonlighting for Trump?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was backing Donald Trump with money and time during the latter's presidential campaign last year, many thought Trump's victory could turn out to be the most profitable investment for Musk. It was said that Trump’s second term could mean less regulatory pressure on Musk’s companies. “A second Trump term could very well shift the administrative and regulatory state in ways that would benefit Musk’s companies,” Angela Aneiros, an assistant professor of law at Gonzaga University and a co-director of the university’s Center of Law, Ethics & Commerce, had told NBC News. “A second term, if it happens, will result in federal agencies’ shifting their focus away from investigations into regulatory compliance issues,” Aneiros said.
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However, now that Trump has assigned him the top role at Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), there are questions being raised whether Musk would be able to give enough time to his business while he works at DOGE and also spends time intervening in global politics.
Tesla investors question Musk's role in White House
Tesla shareholders have questions for Musk. On the forum Tesla uses to solicit investor inquiries in advance of its earnings calls, more than 100 poured in from shareholders about Musk’s politics, including his
