Despite what I think of Musk, I believe Joe Biden made a mistake in not inviting him to the White House in 2021 for an event promoting our electric vehicle policy. I shared this view with his team. Behind the president on the lawn that day were electric Fords, Chevys, Jeeps. American-made Teslas, then the world’s most innovative and successful electric cars, were nowhere to be seen. Biden, loyal to the UAW, was sending a message about Musk’s anti-union stance. But as president of the United States, if you are convening the nation’s manufacturers of electric vehicles and the biggest player in
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