Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump each obtained jabs from UAW President Shawn Fain on Wednesday — however what Fain mentioned primarily based on a confirmed to be false story from the Wall Avenue Journal.
The Wall Avenue Journal reported a number of weeks in the past that Musk was planning to donate $45 million a month to Trump’s new political motion committee (PAC). Nevertheless, each Musk and President Trump’s marketing campaign denied the report, with Musk calling it “pretend gnus.”
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Trump’s marketing campaign denied that Musk can be donating $45 million a month to the previous President’s bid to regain standing within the White Home.
Nonetheless, that didn’t cease Fain from calling Trump a “sellout” after he switched up his tune on electrical automobiles.
Trump mentioned he “needed to assist” EVs due to Musk’s assist, because the Tesla frontman mentioned final month he was backing the forty fifth President after a failed assassination try in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Fain mentioned (through Reuters):
“For months, Donald Trump has gone round trashing our state, trashing our business, trashing the American autoworker, saying he was towards electrical automobiles. After which one thing occurred…We noticed Elon Musk announce he was going to present Donald Trump $45 million {dollars} a month. And abruptly, guess what, Trump modified his tune.”
The UAW has already endorsed Kamala Harris for President, which is not any shock contemplating the union’s assist from Democratic candidates, particularly President Joe Biden.
Musk has been extremely crucial of the UAW for years and has known as for officers to come back maintain a vote on the firm’s factories. The UAW has not taken Musk up on his provide.
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