Thursday, December 05, 2024

Ramaswamy Called Musk a 'Circus Monkey' and 'Puppet'

Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner's ties to China, frequently referring to Musk as a "circus monkey" and a puppet for the Chinese Communist Party.

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"Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner's ties to China, frequently referring to Musk as a 'circus monkey' ... " www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/p ...

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From the cited article...

... I think Tesla is increasingly beholden to China," Ramaswamy said in May 2023 when discussing the carmaker's decision to build a battery plant in Shanghai. ...

Well yeah.


Tesla now has over 400 tier-1 suppliers in China (November 2024)
cnevpost.com

... Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has more than 400 local tier-1 suppliers signed up in China, with more than 60 of them entering its global supply chain system, local media outlet Shanghai Securities News reported today.

Currently, more than 95 percent of the components for Tesla's Shanghai factory are provided by local supplies, the article said, repeating figures previously mentioned by Tesla.

Tesla's Shanghai factory, which began construction on January 7, 2019, and went into operation at the end of 2019, is the first wholly foreign-owned auto manufacturing project in China. ...



Tesla Shanghai plant exports 1 million made-in-China vehicles in less than 4 years (September 2024)
www.globaltimes.cn

... US electric vehicle maker Tesla announced on Saturday that it has shipped its 1 millionth made-in-China vehicle from its Shanghai plant. Experts say the milestone reflects China's strong and complete industrial supply chains. ...


But I'm sure this reliance upon China for Tesla will not affect Mr Musk's DOGE decisions in any way.

And if you believe that, there's is this bridge I'd like to sell you ....


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-04 09:31 PM

They'll be blowing each other on a pile of cash.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-12-05 12:43 PM

That's rich.

One circus monkey calling another circus monkey a circus monkey.

Sounds like a smart, productive administration.

#3 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-12-05 04:19 PM

Perfect people who could design a system to...take from the poor and give to the rich. Like every Republican administration since before I was born, and that was a long time ago.

#4 | Posted by Hughmass at 2024-12-06 12:49 PM

Does it matter what Swarmy called Musk a year ago?

What's the saying?

Opportunity makes unusual bedfellows?

Half of Trumps administration talked out against Trump at one point another.

But now they serve him loyalty.

JeffJ swore to be a never Trumper, and then proceeded to lick his dung gash on the daily, just for the taste.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-06 12:59 PM

Jeff is a ------- lying little ignorant cowardly bitch.

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-12-06 04:57 PM

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