Elon Musk’s pursuit of business expansion in the country through Tesla and Starlink is coming at the same time that his X platform is waging a fight over free speech.
El lunes, los usuarios de la plataforma antes conocida como Twitter informaron de cortes generalizados y las acciones de Tesla cayeron más de un 15 por ciento.
The billionaire’s social media site X suffered outages, and Tesla’s stock tanked on Monday.
Es probable que la perspicacia empresarial de Musk y su gusto por la política puedan ser su perdición.
His greatest achievement is building a financial cult that serves as the engine for his enormous wealth.
The backlash against the electric vehicle company has turned violent at times, as its billionaire chief executive parlays his support for President Trump into consequential influence over the federal government.
After the arrival of a less costly A.I. model from China, U.S. markets and academics are wrestling with the ultimate economic value of the technology.
Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government.
Mr. Musk described Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as “authentic, honest and thoughtful.” She used her Atlantic Council spotlight to defend Western values.
As threats to his personal safety have become graver, the world’s richest man has barricaded himself behind a phalanx of bodyguards that operates like a mini-Secret Service.