{"id":282422,"date":"2025-06-08T23:16:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/trump-and-musks-split-reflects-a-nation-thats-divided-on-clean-energy\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T23:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:16:45","slug":"trump-and-musks-split-reflects-a-nation-thats-divided-on-clean-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=282422","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Musk\u2019s split reflects a nation that\u2019s divided on clean energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"zephr-anchor\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Elon Musk and President Donald Trump \u2014 two of the most powerful, outspoken billionaires in America \u2014 are still tangled up in a messy breakup over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/415599\/elon-musk-trump-feud-bill-contracts-nasa\">variety of issues<\/a>. It\u2019s no shock that these two men with huge egos would have friction, but it\u2019s interesting to look at some of the specific things that seem to be causing trouble between them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">In particular, Trump\u2019s and Musk\u2019s differing views on climate change and clean energy have <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114632205177163456\">evidently<\/a> become an irritant again. Recall that Musk, CEO of the electric car company Tesla, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/05\/31\/elon-musk-threatens-to-leave-white-house-councils-if-trump-drops-paris-accord.html\">participated in White House councils<\/a> during Trump\u2019s first term, but left after Trump began the process of pulling the US out of the Paris climate agreement. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">But Musk began to drift to the political right. He publicly backed Trump\u2019s campaign for a second term \u2014 onstage and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-277-million-trump-republican-candidates-donations\/\">with money<\/a> \u2014 and was rewarded with a high-profile quasi-governmental post as the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency that laid off thousands of federal workers. It seemed like they were accomplishing their mutual goals. Trump even turned the White House into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/donald-trump-tesla-model-s-review-everythings-computer-2025-3\">sales lot for Tesla<\/a> and got one himself. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">But after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cz9y4exj822o\">Musk left DOGE<\/a> recently, he came out against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/trump-bill-house-republicans-pass-what-know-rcna208488\">budget bill passed by House Republicans<\/a> and backed by Trump, driving another wedge between them. The bill rolls back tax credits for electric vehicles and hits owners with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/taxes\/house-tax-bill-new-ev-annual-fee\">$250 fee<\/a> to pay for the Highway Trust Fund, which pays for road maintenance through gasoline taxes. Though Musk owns an electric vehicle company, he says <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1930660788739698878\">he doesn\u2019t care about rolling back EV tax credits<\/a> and is more concerned about how the budget bill increases the deficit. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the bill would add <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cbo-deficits-tax-cuts-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-64d7de49aef62ba07b7f6f45c1ca73d1\">$2.4 trillion to the deficit<\/a> over 10 years. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">However, Tesla made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/musk-made-a-fortune-on-climate-credits-trump-is-targeting-them\/\">about one-third of its profits<\/a> over the past decade from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/05\/18\/tesla-electric-vehicle-regulatory-credits-explained.html\">selling compliance credits<\/a> to other carmakers in states that adopted California\u2019s vehicle emissions rules as well as in several other countries. The Trump administration is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/trump-executive-order-targets-california-electric-vehicle-waiver\/\">targeting the programs<\/a> that created this line of business through executive orders. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">The back-and-forth over the years between Trump and Musk was mirrored in the perceptions of Tesla\u2019s products. The sleek electric cars were once rolling billboards projecting that their owners were concerned about climate change and are now attacked as <a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/news\/local\/suspect-sought-by-police-after-spray-painting-nazi-on-tulsa-womans-tesla\/\">endorsements of fascism<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">More broadly, it shows that there are stubborn political divides on how people view clean technology \u2014 electric vehicles, renewable energy, battery storage, and so on. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">A poll this week from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/science\/2025\/06\/05\/americans-views-on-energy-at-the-start-of-trumps-second-term\/\">Pew Research Center<\/a> showed that Republicans have less and less favorable views of clean tech. The exception is nuclear energy, which has seen increasing support among both Democrats and Republicans. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _80slsf1 _80slsf0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div style=\"position:relative\">\n<div class=\"_1agbrixj\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div style=\"background-image:none\" class=\"duet--media--content-warning licp6k0\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--image-gallery-image _1j8uwx0\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.992908\" id=\"dngyOmltYWdlOjQxNTg1Mg==\"><a class=\"_1j8uwx1\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"846\" data-pswp-width=\"840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img alt=\"Americans\u2019 support for more renewable power has declined, driven by shifts in Republicans\u2019 views\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"mvmjsc0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, (max-width: 1023px) 50vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=256 256w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=376 376w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=415 415w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=480 480w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=540 540w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=750 750w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=828 828w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1080 1080w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2400 2400w\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-01-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup xkp0cg2 xptnl11\">Pew Research Center<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">But on the flip side, Republicans tend to strongly support fossil fuel extraction from offshore oil drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and coal mining \u2014 far more than Democrats do. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Meanwhile, electric vehicles are <a href=\"http:\/\/v\">taking to the road in greater numbers<\/a>, though a partisan divide emerges here as well. Far more Democrats than Republicans say they are interested in buying an EV as their next car, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/12\/nx-s1-5305055\/tesla-is-losing-favor-among-democrats-but-do-pro-musk-republicans-want-to-buy-evs\">Democrats did look less favorably on Tesla EVs<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/11\/business\/tesla-sales-elon-musk.html\">Tesla sales are down in the US<\/a> while overall EV sales are up. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/climate\/24071894\/plug-in-hybrid-toyota-tesla-ford-electric-ev\">Hybrid cars<\/a> are more popular across the country than pure EVs, according to the poll. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">California and 11 other states now plan to end the sales of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. Two-thirds of Americans say they are against this idea, but here, too, there\u2019s a political divide, with 85 percent of Republicans and 45 percent of Democrats in opposition. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Looking back over the past five years, it\u2019s apparent that even when Trump and Musk were in alignment, they couldn\u2019t change the political valence of electric cars. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _80slsf1 _80slsf0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div style=\"position:relative\">\n<div class=\"_1agbrixj\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div style=\"background-image:none\" class=\"duet--media--content-warning licp6k0\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--image-gallery-image _1j8uwx0\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.848485\" id=\"dngyOmltYWdlOjQxNTg1NA==\"><a class=\"_1j8uwx1\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"990\" data-pswp-width=\"840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img alt=\"One-third of Americans are interested in purchasing an EV\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"mvmjsc0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, (max-width: 1023px) 50vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=256 256w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=376 376w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=384 384w, 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https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=828 828w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1080 1080w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2400 2400w\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/PS_2025.6.5_energy_00-07-2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup xkp0cg2 xptnl11\">Pew Research Center<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">Now, at least one more Republican has soured on EVs: Trump is reportedly looking for a buyer for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/06\/us\/politics\/trump-tesla-elon-musk.html\">red Tesla Model S<\/a> after his dustup with Musk. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 xkp0cg1\">It will take more than a thumbs-up from the White House or the enthusiastic backing of a billionaire to change Republicans\u2019 minds about technologies that help limit climate change. There are some outliers, though, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/climate\/407981\/wind-energy-iowa-trump-escape-velocity-energy-climate-progress\">Iowa Trump supporters who also back wind power<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1agbrixi lg8ac51 lg8ac50 lg8ac5a xkp0cg1\">But the momentum behind these tools is massive and mounting. Wind, solar, EVs, and grid batteries have all seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/climate\/377072\/data-energy-trends-renewables-transition-escape-velocity\">tremendous price drops, huge performance gains, and surging deployment<\/a> in recent years. The Trump administration\u2019s policies could sap some of this momentum, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/climate\/408432\/escape-velocity-force-energy-transition-momentum\">they can\u2019t stop it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk and President Donald Trump \u2014 two of the most powerful, outspoken billionaires in America \u2014 are still tangled up in a messy breakup over a variety of issues. 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