Here is why Trump never appreciated Musk :
Elon Musk has made several comments about China, which I as an anti-communist don’t appreciate at all. So Trump’s is right here.
Musk said that “China in the long term will be our biggest market, both where we make the most number of vehicles and where we have the most number of customers”.
Musk called himself “kind of pro-China” and said Beijing was willing to work on global artificial intelligence (AI) regulations as part of “team humanity”.
Musk said that growing US-China tensions should concern everyone and that US and China are like “conjoined twins”.
Musk praised China’s “vitality and promise” and declared he will expand his business there.
Musk said he expects China to produce “some very strong companies” because of the country’s workforce.
SO... Musk is Pro-China.
While Trump started an comic war against China.
Thus, those two men can’t get along for many seconds.
While Trump started an ECONOMIC war against China.
Sorry for the typo previously.
I’m pretty sure I read something about China banning Tesla. I don’t know if it’s all of China or what.
China is going to flood the USA with cheap throwaway EV’s which would cut heavily into Tesla’s profits.
Musk is naive about China. Of course much of his financial interests lie there, so of course he's going to get annoyed at Trump for making trouble with Chinese trade with the US.
Well...Musk wants all those Chinese to drive Teslas and cheaper to make them there. Pretty simple.
Trump likely isn’t planning any development in China so DJT is coming from a completely different perspective - he’s wants the USA to be independent of China for our own sovereignty. He doesn’t like HIS country being ripped off by China.