{"id":35945,"date":"2022-06-04T02:52:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T02:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/joe-biden-and-elon-musk-in-war-of-words-over-state-of-us-economy\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T02:52:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T02:52:22","slug":"joe-biden-and-elon-musk-in-war-of-words-over-state-of-us-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/joe-biden-and-elon-musk-in-war-of-words-over-state-of-us-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden and Elon Musk in war of words over state of US economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Who are you gonna believe: the world&#8217;s richest man or the president with plunging poll numbers?<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire Elon Musk has such a \u201csuper bad feeling\u201d about the US, economy under President Biden that he plans to lay off about 10% of the workers at his Tesla electric car company, it emerged Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden reacted to the tech mogul&#8217;s gloomy outlook with sarcasm &#8211; and then took a jab at his SpaceX company&#8217;s upcoming mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLots of luck on his trip to the moon,\u201d Biden said of Musk during an extended weekend trip to his Delaware beach home.<\/p>\n<p>Musk snarked back on Twitter with a link to a 2021 NASA press release about SpaceX winning a $ 2.89 billion contract to send the next American astronauts to the moon in preparation for an eventual trip to Mars, where Musk plans to establish a human colony.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks Mr President!&#8221;  he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1532743768503459843\" target=\"_blank\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Biden brushed off Musk&#8217;s criticisms about the US economy.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The war of words erupted against the backdrop of Musk&#8217;s new status as the No. 1 enemy of progressives, who are infuriated that he plans to buy Twitter and turn it into a platform for unregulated free speech, which proponents say would give conservative viewpoints a footing on the liberal-dominated social media site.<\/p>\n<p>On April 15, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) sarcastically wished Musk a \u201cHappy Tax Day,\u201d noting that he reportedly paid no federal income tax in 2018 &#8211; even though he said he&#8217;d pay a record $ 11 billion on his 2021 earnings.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has also accused Musk of having \u201can ego problem\u201d and last week told Bloomberg she wanted to ditch her Tesla Model 3 for an electric vehicle made by unionized workers.<\/p>\n<p>Musk is an outspoken opponent of unions who recently tweeted that he planned to stop voting for Democrats &#8220;because they have become the party of division &#038; hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-musk-027.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Elon Musk\" class=\"wp-image-22531199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-musk-027.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-musk-027.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-musk-027.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Musk said that for the near future he will be voting for Republicans.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Friday, Reuters said it obtained emails showing that Musk told Tesla executives on Thursday to &#8220;pause all hiring worldwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up email to employees, Musk said that the company would reduce its salaried headcount by 10% because it&#8217;s \u201coverstaffed in many areas\u201d but that \u201chourly headcount will increase,\u201d according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNote, this does not apply to anyone actually building cars, battery packs or installing solar,\u201d Musk reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla and its subsidiaries employed nearly 100,000 people last year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that didn&#8217;t break down the numbers of salaried and hourly workers.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s emails followed repeated warnings from him that the US faced the risk of a recession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon Musk has a uniquely informed insight into the global economy.  We believe that a message from him would carry high credibility, \u201dMorgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas said in a report.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-musk-029.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Teslas\" class=\"wp-image-22531200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-musk-029.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-musk-029.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-musk-029.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Musk announced Friday he plans to lay off about 10% of Tesla employees.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And while demand for Teslas and other electric vehicles has remained strong, analyst Frank Schwope of the German bank NordLB said, &#8220;It is always better to introduce austerity measures in good times than in bad times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see the statements as a forewarning and a precautionary measure,\u201d Schwope added.<\/p>\n<p>Other leading execs have also been warning about the possibility of an American recession amid inflation that last month surged to 8.5%, the highest it&#8217;s been in more than 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat hurricane is right out there down the road coming our way,\u201d JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden &#8211; who scored a dismal 40% approval rating in a Rasmussen Reports poll Friday &#8211; contrasted Musk&#8217;s corporate cutbacks with Ford&#8217;s Thursday announcement that it planned to add 6,200 factory jobs in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio to boost production of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Elon Musk is talking about that, Ford is increasing their investment overwhelmingly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden noted that the new hires would be &#8220;union employees, I might add.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>The president also touted the May jobs report released by the Labor Department on Friday, saying that the US had made &#8220;the most robust recovery in modern history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The job market is the strongest it&#8217;s been since just after World War II,&#8221; he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly statistics showed the nation&#8217;s employers continued their hiring streak by adding 390,000 jobs, keeping the unemployment rate at 3.6%, just above a half-century low.<\/p>\n<p>But while job growth remained steady, May&#8217;s number marked the lowest monthly gain in a year and stock market indexes fell on expectations that the Federal Reserve would continue raising interest rates in a bid to ease inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The Fed&#8217;s moves have already caused mortgage rates to spike, pushing down home sales, and increased the cost of borrowing for businesses seeking to invest in new buildings and equipment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was pressed on the subject of inflation, a key factor in his pathetic poll numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s no denying prices, particularly around gasoline and food, are real problems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I understand that families who are struggling probably don&#8217;t care why prices rose.  They just want to bring them down. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Ruffini, a partner at Echelon Insights, said that with the November midterms looming, high inflation has caused more voters to favor Republican policies of cutting government spending and increasing oil and gas production.<\/p>\n<p>Voters also want to see \u201cpolitical leadership,\u201d Ruffini said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a long time, the Biden administration was not even seeming to acknowledge the problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who are you gonna believe: the world&#8217;s richest man or the president with plunging poll numbers? 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