Trump began to speak in support of Musk ’s forced return.
On May 12, local time, US President Trump tweeted that California should immediately allow Tesla to restart the factory, which can be fast and safe 地 realized. Subsequently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted to Trump, saying: “Completely agree with you.”
just the day before , Musk tweeted that Tesla ’s California plant will resume work in violation of the government ’s regulations in Alameda County, California. “I ’ll stand with everyone. If someone is arrested, I hope I ’m the only one. “
It ’s worth mentioning that Trump has a great relationship with Musk. In an interview with CNBC in January this year, Trump said that Musk is one of the greatest geniuses in the world, comparable to the famous inventor Thomas Edison, who must protect him.
Supporting Tesla ’s restart of the plant is also US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who said in an interview with CNBC that California should take all necessary measures Measures to help Tesla reopen its only car manufacturing plant in the United States to keep it operational. The Mayor of Fremont also issued a statement on Saturday to support Tesla in restarting the plant.
However, California ’s official attitude is not clear. California Governor Gavin Newsom said on May 11 that he did not know that the Tesla plant had restarted. Gavin Newson said he discussed the statewide plan with Musk a few days ago to allow qualified manufacturers, including automakers, to reopen. However, Gavin Newson also said that supporting local health officials has stricter rules for restarting the factory. Earlier, California issued a decree saying that from May 8, the state’s manufacturing industry can be opened one after another.
California is a state with a severe new pneumonia outbreak in the United States. As of May 10, a total of 67,939 people have been diagnosed and 2,770 people have died. Among them, 2101 cases were diagnosed in Alameda County and 71 cases were dead. In Texas and Nevada, where Musk threatened to move the factory, the number of diagnoses of new coronary pneumonia was only 38,869 and 6,151, respectively, and 1,088 and 312 were killed, respectively.
According to the American media report on May 12, the production activities of Tesla ’s California plant are still on the 12thContinue, the parking lot is full of workers’ cars, and there is no indication that Alameda County officials have taken any enforcement actions, although the county has previously stated that the factory cannot restart the factory before permission is granted.