Elizabeth Warren Urges Trump To Place Guardrails On Top Ally Elon Musk

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Source: Huff Post

Dec 17, 2024, 01:01 PM EST


Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday called on Donald Trump to place guardrails around billionaire Elon Musk, who has maintained a near-constant presence in the president-elect’s inner circle since his victory in November’s election.

In a letter addressed to Trump, Warren emphasized the need for Musk “to resolve his conflicts of interest if he wishes to continue serving as a top adviser to [Trump] and [his] transition team.” Despite his role in Trump’s orbit, it’s unclear if Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is subject to any ethics rules. Musk has seen his net worth explode since Trump’s victory.

Warren argued that the billionaire should share more details about his role and follow the same guidelines laid out in the Trump Vance 2025 Transition Team Ethics Plan, which stipulates that members of the presidential transition team have to “avoid both actual and apparent conflicts of interest.”

Doing so, Warren said, would reassure the American public. “Putting Mr. Musk in a position to influence billions of dollars of government contracts and regulatory enforcement without a stringent conflict of interest agreement in place is an invitation for corruption on a scale not seen in our lifetimes,” Warren wrote.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-musk-conflict-of-interest_n_676191e6e4b061ac46a04e57

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Link to Senator Elizabeth Warren LETTER (PDF) - https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_trump_transition_reelonmuskconflictsofinterest.pdf

[Srkdqltr]

1. Good luck with that.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Exactly.

Pretty naive.

Every day is opposite day with President Psychopath. He will be sure to get right on this and by that I mean, do the opposite.

I don't know what reality I'm living in anymore.

I'm starting to believe that there isn't a single soul of any persuasion in congress, that is in touch with the reality of our current situation.

[Prairie Gates]

2. Countdown to his Truth Social post about "Pocahontas"

Honestly, why bother asking him anything?

[highplainsdem]

4. Elon responded. AI "art" posted at 3:31 CT, showing Warren in Native American garb. Elon being childish as usual.

[intrepidity]

3. Well there's the way to guarantee the opposite.

She should have instead praised him and encouraged him to stay the course.

[Mike Nelson]

5. Is this a joke?

... he will find the biggest FOX to guard the henhouse.

[lonely bird]

6. I get it

But that is meaningless. Trump has no guardrails. All he cares about is himself. A guy like Musk knows how to manipulate a failure like Trump.

[awesomerwb1]

7. lol so innocent

[mahina]

8. Does anybody else wonder if this was what Putin demanded of him?

[multigraincracker]

9. Warren Quote.

“If you don’t have a seat at the table, you are probably on the menu”.

Just saw this on Jeopardy.

[LeftInTX]

15. Well...

[Karasu]

11. Elon's "DOGE" isn't an even actual department. It's cosplay. There's no reason it should have anywhere near the fucking

level of power these fascists want to give it.

[LudwigPastorius]

12. No need.

It's just a matter of time before there's a falling out.

Leon gets more favorable press, is younger, richer, and smarter (but, so is everybody) than Trump. Trump's insecure ego will lead to him "firing" Musk eventually.

[Karasu]

14. Yes, there will likely be a falling out, but without guardrails, Elon can do a LOT of damage in the meantime.

Ain't no one got time to wait for that shit.

[usonian]

16. LOL. I posted almost the same thing earlier.

It's the "rich" part that must burn him up the most. Good observation.

[usonian]

13. Elon ignores guardrails.