In Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Joe Biden touted the fact that more goods are being 'Made in America,' but he appeared to snub Elon Musk by leaving Tesla out.
'Mornings with Maria' panel discusses Fed policy and the SEC's call for transparency from private companies.touted the fact that more goods are being "Made in America."The president said that companies were choosing to build new factories in the U.S. when a few years ago, the factories would have been built overseas.as specific examples, but left one business leader and automaker out.
"Ford is investing $11 billion to build electric vehicles, creating 11,000 jobs across the country," said Biden. "GM is making the largest investment in its history—$7 billion to build electric vehicles, creating 4,000 jobs in Michigan." Musk tweeted Tuesday night saying Tesla has created "over 50,000 US jobs building electric vehicles & is investing more than double GM + Ford combined."This was not the first time that Musk has taken shots at Biden.
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