I get your point, but what about Musk's connection to China and Tesla? Isn't there a situation where China can manipulate and/or blackmail him with his Testa business? I don't trust Musk or MAGA/Trump one bit, with Trump profiting from this as well and further degrading our reputation around the world and here at home. The less people here respect the government, the greater the chance they will go with a more authoritarian form from either side. Why can't we use other companies and build them up for this purpose?
An example: https://thomaspmbarnett.substack.com/p/china-switching-gears-on-latin-america
I get your point, but what about Musk's connection to China and Tesla? Isn't there a situation where China can manipulate and/or blackmail him with his Testa business? I don't trust Musk or MAGA/Trump one bit, with Trump profiting from this as well and further degrading our reputation around the world and here at home. The less people here respect the government, the greater the chance they will go with a more authoritarian form from either side. Why can't we use other companies and build them up for this purpose?
thanks,
First-mover status is everything, and Musk is very good at that. He is not easily displaced.
Thank you for this column.
Can you say more about this in a future column or point to where you have written about it before?
"....but we are losing the battle for Latin America’s hearts and minds right now and that drives the hyperbolic language."