Musk believes in international warming. Trump doesn’t. Will that change?

Elon Musk has described himself as „pro-environment” and „tremendous professional local weather.” However he additionally threw himself wholeheartedly into electing as president somebody who has dismissed international warming as a hoax.

Now, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to enter the White Home, one large query is how a lot sway — if any — Musk’s views on local weather change and clear vitality may need within the new administration.

In the course of the marketing campaign, Trump noticeably softened his rhetoric on electrical autos as he grew extra pleasant with Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla. After months of bashing plug-in vehicles and promising to halt their gross sales, Trump backtracked barely this summer season.