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Tesla's Saudi Arabia launch signals tensions have eased between CEO Elon Musk and the kingdom, stemming from his brief effort to take Tesla private in 2018.
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The company is facing severe backlash, including vandalism protests of burning Tesla autos and shootings at its stores.
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They spoke of patriotism and ensuring that grandma gets her Social Security check. "I was running five businesses in Houston, and I left that. I left great people to do this… I feel like this is me giving back to the country,
Five Just Stop Oil protesters were handed jail terms over the protests. Roger Hallam, 58, Daniel Shaw, 38, Louise Lancaster, 58, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, 35, and Cressida Gethin, 22, agreed to cause disruption to traffic by having protesters climb onto gantries over the motorway for four successive days in November 2022.
The Department of Government Efficiency is shuttering organizations that Beijing worried about most, or actively sought to subvert.
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The New Republic on MSNHow Elon Musk Is Getting Around Judge Orders to Keep DOGE Out of USAIDSecretary of State Marco Rubio has appointed an official from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to head USAID—the very same day a federal judge ruled that DOGE could no longer mess around with the federal agency. Now Musk may be able to continue ripping the development organization to shreds.
As a result, Trump said “any country that purchases Oil and/or Gas from Venezuela” will “be forced to pay a Tariff of 25% to the United States on any Trade they do with our Country” starting on April 2, when a slew of previously announced import taxes are set to go into effect.
Tesla will start selling its electric vehicles in Saudi Arabia, entering the Gulf region’s largest economy as the company’s global sales are sliding and CEO Elon Musk courts controversy with his role in the US government.
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The New Republic on MSNRepublican Representative’s Defense of Elon Musk Drowned Out by BoosRepresentative Harriet Hageman sneeringly called her own constituents “obsessed’ with federal government during a town hall.