
Brawl over tariffs on EV graphite will test Musk’s sway with Trump. Musk is spearheading an effort to block new tariffs on graphite imports from China. It isn’t clear whether Musk is an employee of the executive branch, which would make him subject to criminal conflict-of-interest statutes.
Source: mafco
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Oh he already probably got concessions since the tariff on China was only 10%.
A lot of Tesla parts are from China.
Wait, I thought China was only getting 10%…
> subject to criminal conflict-of-interest statues
So fucking what? Who is going to enforce it? This is Donald Trump’s America. Laws are for the poors and politically unconnected.
I know the news won’t say it because they don’t want to anger their billionaire owners, but just because they live in fairyland doesn’t mean we should.