# Trump helping Musk in business

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump, elon-musk\
**Created:** [February 19, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-helping-musk-in-business/1014544 "2025-02-19T22:47:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-helping-musk-in-business/1014544/5 "2025-02-20T03:57:02Z")

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> [@China\_Guy](#):
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> musk has gone after all the federal oversight bodies that are investigating his 6 companies: “At least 11 federal agencies that have been affected by those moves have more than 32 continuing investigations, pending complaints or enforcement actions into Mr. Musk’s six companies, according to a review by The New York Times.”

This is totally not a conflict of interest as [Elon Musk has assured us that he will withdraw himself from any potential conflict](https://fortune.com/2025/02/06/elon-musk-conflicts-interest-doge-tesla-spacex/). You trust Elon Musk, right? [Look at this innocent face!](https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/elon-musk-RS-1800.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1800px%2C1014px&resize=1600%2C900)

Stranger

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