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Musk tried to launder Trump’s disastrous climate record — it didn’t work
Elon Musk claims to want to usher in a more sustainable future, but he has endorsed a candidate that has been disastrous for the environment.
During their glitchy, rambling, two-hour “conversation” on X last night, Elon Musk made the case to Donald Trump that climate change was real and maybe electric cars weren’t as bad as the former president has been making them out to be on the campaign trail. Sure, the former president has sounded a more positive note on EVs since Musk’s endorsement, but he continues to make the same arguments against them: they take too long to charge, they can’t go that far, and they’ll cost auto workers their jobs. During their interview, Musk mildly pushed his chosen candidate to support renewable energy, like solar power — but instead, Trump expressed skepticism that climate change was even the most pressing threat.
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