President - elect Donald Trump has so far been appoint climate change denier and creationists to his transition squad . So , the logical next person to add was obviously SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk , right . hold back , what ?
Yes , Trump ’s team announced yesterday that Musk would be link his advisory council , alongside Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi . They will be part of Trump ’s strategical and Policy Forum , meeting with the future President ( shudder ) to advise on his economical agenda .
Musk went to Trump Tower as part of a meeting of technical school leaders with Trump , which also included Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Amazon ’s Jeff Bezos .
“ America has the most innovative and vibrant companies in the world , and the initiate CEO joining this Forum today are at the top of their fields , ” Trump said in astatement . “ My Administration is going to crop together with the private sector to ameliorate the business mood and make it attractive for firms to make young Job across the United States from Silicon Valley to the heartland . ”
The statement summate that the assembly would cater their “ single views ” to Trump on how political science policy can impact economic increase and business creation , and would “ bring home the bacon direct input to the President from many of the best and brightest in the business world in a frank , non - bureaucratic and non - partizan manner . ”
At the bit , we ca n’t decide if this is a estimable or bad affair . On the one hand , Musk ( and others ) might be a voice of rationality for Trump , and mayhap they can even convert him clime change is real , an orbit Musk is patently very active in through Tesla and Solar City . On the other hand , it intimate Musk is willing to fall in air to appease the President - elect .
That ’s probably not the example , though . At the start of November , before the election , Musk say in an consultation withCNBCthat Trump “ does n’t seem to have the form of character that reflect well on the United States . ” He was alsolisted as a donorto Hillary Clinton ’s campaign .
In October last yr , Muskalso saidhe hoped Trump “ Does n’t get the nomination of the Republican party , ” so it ’s good to say he ’s believably not his biggest fan . Hopefully , Musk – and others – being this close to the President - elect might be a good thing . Or at least , a less spoilt thing .
