Micah McCartney
The U.S. must be "on alert" about President Donald Trump ally Elon Musk's conflict of interests with China, a former U.S. naval official says.
Why It Matters
Musk, whose special government worker status allows him to continue his work as CEO of Tesla, X (formerly Twitter) and SpaceX, does significant business in China, Tesla's second-largest market, with annual vehicle sales rising by 8.8 percent in China in 2024. Recently, Musk has argued China should allow X on its heavily censored internet given that TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance remained accessible to Americans.
Observers—including former Trump adviser Steve Bannon—have pointed to a conflict of interest for the world's richest man and head of the newly minted Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), pointing to remarks by Musk that have aligned with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda.
What To Know
Mike Studeman, retired rear admiral and Office of Naval Intelligence commander during the Biden administration, recently said Musk was "compromised and co-opted by the Chinese" and "a Chinese sympathizer of high order."
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