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A transition-team document on December 16 highlighted how Elon Musk’s influence was shaping incoming Trump policy in ways that invited fresh conflict-of-interest alarms. The memo reportedly pushed deregulatory and anti-EV moves that lined up too neatly with Musk’s business interests, strengthening the case that Trump’s orbit was treating government like a private-service menu.
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A transition-team document on December 16 highlighted how Elon Musk’s influence was shaping incoming Trump policy in ways that invited fresh conflict-of-interest alarms. The memo reportedly pushed deregulatory and anti-EV moves that lined up too neatly with Musk’s business interests, strengthening the case that Trump’s orbit was treating government like a private-service menu.
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