Retired Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honore raises alarms about Elon Musk's potential security risk, highlighting concerns over his financial ties to China and federal investigations.
According to numerous interviews and remarks, Mr. Musk's Department of Government Efficiency co-leader, Vivek Ramaswamy, once appeared to believe he was. In May 2023, Mr. Ramaswamy went so far as to publicly state, I have no reason to think Elon won't jump like a circus monkey when Xi Jinping calls in the hour of need, a reference to China's leader.
Musk's business ventures are heavily reliant on China. He borrowed at least $1.4 billion from banks controlled by the Chinese government to help build Tesla's Shanghai gigafactory, which was responsible for more than half of Tesla's global deliveries in the third quarter of 2024.
The U.S. needs leaders who aren't in China's pocket. Mr. Ramaswamy has since walked back his numerous public criticisms of Mr. Musk, but he was right to raise concerns.
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