Summary

Elon Musk’s net worth has dropped by $110.8 billion since its peak in December 2024, largely due to Tesla’s stock decline following Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China.

However, his close ties to Trump and influence over government contracts, including Starlink deals, may help him recover.

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    He’s not focused on that. He’s helping his bro dismantle the checks and balances so he can make trillions more in government contracts and corporate tax cuts. He’s more focused on robbing the American taxpayers than some dumb little car company.

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      My theory is that he’s always known Tesla was massively overvalued and it was only a matter of time before the company’s stock started correcting towards a more realistic value for the amount of profit it actually generates. As such, he needed to take drastic action(s) to find other gold mines for him to exploit to retain his wealth base.

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      he largely abandoned tesla since like 2022, i believe. he was focused on getting that 56bn payout by tesla and bounced.