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Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump for the 2024 U.S. Presidential elections. The widely held view is that Musk – who heads the biggest and most valuable electric vehicle (EV) company on the planet – could hamper Tesla’s fortunes by unabashedly aligning himself with Trump, whose views on climate change and EVs are in stark contrast to his own.
Trump is a climate change denier, and pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement during his first presidency. Incidentally, Musk - who was part of Trump’s economic advisory council until then - quit his position, as it apparently became untenable for him to back the move. Trump now appears open to giving Musk an advisory or cabinet position if he is re-elected - something that the world's richest person has hinted he will accept.