Elon Musk’s Contempt for Customers Will Be His Undoing

While DOGE inflates its monetary impact, Tesla heads for a crash. And Twitter has lost most of its value. Is Musk just bad at business?
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Do Elon Musk and His Father Get Along?
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Elon Musk Says Government Needs Innovation. His Former Employees Disagree
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Can you trust Elon Musk and his ‘DOGE’ claims about government fraud?
American people deserve answers about what these Washington outsiders-turned-insiders are up toMarketWatch - Feb. 23 -
How Elon Musk Uses Internet Slang to Marshal His Army of Online Fans
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