According to Russia Today’s (RT) report on the 27th, Tesla CEO Musk once again criticized US President Biden , calling him a "human-shaped wet sock puppet." It is reported that Musk's move is in response to Biden taking a photo with his rival General Motors CEO Mary Barra . On the evening of the 26th local time, Biden's official Twitter account released a video, in which Biden praised General Motors' investment in electric car manufacturing for successfully responding to climate change.
Musk Source: Associated Press
In response to this message, Musk said that the US electric vehicle manufacturing "starts with the letter T, ends with the letter A, and the middle is the letter ESL", which obviously refers to the English name of Tesla TESLA. He then dug Biden, calling Biden a "human-shaped wet sock puppet" and added a "sock" emoji to his tweet.
Musk's tweet screenshot
Some Twitter netizens commented that Biden supports GM and Ford, and is "trying to cancel a great American company and rewrite the history of electric vehicles." In response, Musk responded that Biden "treats the American public like a fool."
In addition, when posting that video, the official Twitter account of the US President also wrote, "When I said that the future will be created in the United States, I was serious. Companies like General and Ford produce more electric cars in the United States than ever before." In the video, GM CEO Barra announced that the company will invest $7 billion in Michigan and open a battery factory in the United States.
Screenshot of the official Twitter account of the US President
Some American netizens slammed this passage and supported Musk, pointing out that Tesla's Model Y and Model 3 are the best-selling electric car models in the United States so far - and they both have production plants in the United States. In addition, data from the magazine Car & Driver shows that General Motors' Bolt model ranked fourth in the US electric vehicle best-selling list in 2021, and Ford's Mustang Mach-E model ranked third.
reports that at least a portion of Ford's electric vehicles are produced in Mexico, not in the United States. Last year, the National Auto Workers Federation (UAW) said Ford plans to produce a new electric car in Mexico instead of in Ohio , saying that it was "putting corporate greed and more potential profits above U.S. jobs."
In late October last year, Musk accused Biden of being a "puppet" of the National Auto Workers Federation in a fight back against an infrastructure bill proposed by the Biden administration at the time that stipulated that people who buy Tesla electric cars were not eligible for tax relief because the cars were not produced at factories that set up UAW branches. In late September last year, Musk tweeted that Biden was "still sleeping" because he ignored his SpaceX company's successful completion of its first all-civilian space launch mission and did not congratulate him. (Editor: HHJ)
