Trump/Musk Spat: A Ploy to Distance TSLA from MAGA?

Three good things happened to Tesla last week, and Wall Street missed them. The electric-vehicle company’s CEO, Elon Musk, took a bold — and brilliant — step toward “de-Trumping” the brand. President Donald Trump then wrapped himself up in a First Amendment nightmare by threatening to take away Musk’s federal government contracts as direct punishment for Musk’s political comments. (That surely, even these days, crosses a line — if constitutional lines exist at all.)  Read Full Article »