1- Responding to a journalist’s question about Elon Musk, Trump said that he knows Elon Musk well but he does not know Western leaders. A smart-aleck response. Trump said the following exactly
2- “I don’t know people. I can say that Elon is doing a good job, he is a very smart man, I don’t know the people you mentioned.”
3- But Trump is wrong. Elon Musk is not a smart man, he is a man with money. He also gets his power of speech from his money. He leaned on the US president and now he has more freedom. He and Trump look down on the EU and the UK, but they may suffer greatly for this. Trump may be rich, but he is forced to pay for the cars he has to sell. For example, EU countries can apply EU quotas to Teslas and open the way for Chinese cars, for example, they can restrict Apple products and open the market for Chinese products such as Huawei. More importantly: The EU and the UK may not say yes to every policy of the USA.