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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #60 on: 12/24/2016 07:17 pm »
Well, he's likely to create more than 20k jobs in the U.S. in the next five years (most of them high-tech manufacturing), so Musk is among the noteworthy.  Who else is going to do that?
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #61 on: 12/24/2016 09:23 pm »
General commentary about whether rich people are evil or awesome, or about cabinet members that hold non space briefs, or about Trump? Off topic. Please, think before you post, thanks
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #62 on: 12/27/2016 02:36 pm »
One can have a disagreement with PE philosophy without wishing an ill result. There is absolutely nothing inappropriate in having Elon in an advisory role. If the result is successful then the nation succeeds. In my opinion that rises above partisan politics or we will continue the vicious cycle of a "do nothing government" which affects the most vulnerable first and to a greater degree...
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #63 on: 12/31/2016 02:18 am »
A New Crony In The Trump Administration’s Midst?

The Daily Caller
Andrew F. Quinlan
President, Center for Freedom and Prosperity

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The choice to include Musk was somewhat surprising given how his views conflict with the President-elect on key issues like green energy and climate change, as well as his outspoken support for Hillary Clinton during the campaign. He even went so far as to say, “[Donald Trump] doesn’t seem to have the sort of character that reflects well on the United States.” Whether or not that’s true, it’s reasonable to question why Musk is willing to cozy up to Trump now.

Yet it is Musk’s tendency to build his corporations on the backs of taxpayers that provide the most cause for alarm.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/29/a-new-crony-in-the-trump-administrations-midst/#ixzz4UNjmSRbY
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #64 on: 12/31/2016 02:36 am »
"Yet it is Musk’s tendency to build his corporations on the backs of taxpayers that provide the most cause for alarm."
Another BS article. Musk's companies get less taxpayer support than their competitors.

Interesting new tactic of these anti-Musk astroturf articles to pin him as a Trump crony, probably hoping the left will turn on him.
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #65 on: 12/31/2016 01:21 pm »
Will these jerks never stop? The election is over and like Trump or not he will be the American President.
Anyone who refuses to work with him just because his name is Trump is either un American, a fool or both.
One does not need to like the American President in order to work with the American President for the benefit of Americans. We did not elect a buddy, an elder companion or a Sunday School teacher. We elected a CEO.

Time to move on and get back to business.
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #66 on: 12/31/2016 01:24 pm »
General "we should work with Trump" posts (and their opposite) are off topic.  (Same with "thanks Obama" or "McConnell caused issues" or "Harry Reid caused issues" or "Bush II was bad" or even... "FDR was bad". )

That said, Quinlan seems somewhat ill-informed.
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"I think it would be great to be born on Earth and to die on Mars. Just hopefully not at the point of impact." -Elon Musk
"We're a little bit like the dog who caught the bus" - Musk after CRS-8 S1 successfully landed on ASDS OCISLY

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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #67 on: 01/02/2017 10:32 pm »
General "we should work with Trump" posts (and their opposite) are off topic.  (Same with "thanks Obama" or "McConnell caused issues" or "Harry Reid caused issues" or "Bush II was bad" or even... "FDR was bad". )

That said, Quinlan seems somewhat ill-informed.
FDR..? Not quite that old Lar... :o Then we should be asking if Goddard should be advising him until von Braun comes over to our side... ;D
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« Last Edit: 06/01/2017 01:31 pm by Rocket Science »
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #69 on: 06/01/2017 07:43 pm »
They just announced the US withdrawal out of the agreement, I guess we'll see if Elon keeps his word...
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #70 on: 06/01/2017 08:09 pm »
And....Elon tweets:

Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.

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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #71 on: 06/01/2017 08:10 pm »
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #72 on: 06/01/2017 08:14 pm »
And....Elon tweets:

Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.
He is a man of his word! ;)
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #73 on: 06/01/2017 09:00 pm »
He is a man of his word! ;)

He's also right.

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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #74 on: 06/01/2017 09:18 pm »
Kudos for Musk for facing so much criticism trying to have a positive influence, and getting out when it turns out he can't make a difference. Makes this all the more meaningful.

Hopefully, this will unite the world more than Paris would have done on its own.

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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #75 on: 06/01/2017 09:21 pm »
I think it is sad.  Trump said he is willing to renegotiate the climate accord, but not at the expense of American jobs or American money when China and India can increase their coal usage, but not us, etc.  I think Musk should have stayed on.  Someone from the space industry should. 

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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #76 on: 06/01/2017 09:28 pm »
I think it is sad.  Trump said he is willing to renegotiate the climate accord, but not at the expense of American jobs or American money when China and India can increase their coal usage, but not us, etc.  I think Musk should have stayed on.  Someone from the space industry should.
No.
That ship has sailed.
And forget his blabbering about "a better deal".
There won't even be talks, because if there were, another 190 countries would want to have a better deal too.

Edit/Lar: general comment removed, rather than post deleted.
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #77 on: 06/01/2017 09:40 pm »
Like him or don't, as you like... but general comments about 45 are off topic.
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #78 on: 06/02/2017 03:50 am »
I think it is sad.  Trump said he is willing to renegotiate the climate accord, but not at the expense of American jobs or American money when China and India can increase their coal usage, but not us, etc.  I think Musk should have stayed on.  Someone from the space industry should.

This wouldn't make much sense though. Musk is an advocate of lowering our fossil fuel dependence and becoming the world leader on renewable energy and technology. Trump just ceded US leadership and world influence on the fastest evolving economic market in the globe. This is not a political comment btw, but a simple, verifiable fact.

It would be impossible for Musk to stay in the councils after that. And he is not alone in this (see Amazon, Google,Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, IBM etc etc).
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Re: Trump wants Musk on advisory council
« Reply #79 on: 06/02/2017 04:20 am »
Didn't take that long.



https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/870369915894546432

A sad situation, but not so much for Musk standing by his words but by Trump disregarding everybody and their welfare, let alone this planet's.
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