Lulu Garcia-Navarro: This Is Bad for Musk, Oligarch Buddies End Up Either Dead, Imprisoned or Impoverished

CORNISH: “Lulu, your reaction?
Garcia-NAVARRO: “I have so many thoughts about this. So, you know, I think this is bad for Musk. I am — if you look at the history around the world of authoritarians breaking up with their oligarch buddies, those oligarch buddies don‘t end up in a good place. They either end up impoverished, imprisoned, or dead. I‘m not saying that that‘s going to happen to Elon Musk here, but the power is with the government. You saw Donald Trump immediately say, ‘All right, we‘re going to take away your contracts. We‘re going to, you know, punish you and retaliate.’ And he has the power to do that. We‘ve seen Donald Trump exercise that power. So, you know, I actually think this is a losing battle for Elon Musk. And the other thing I would say is that I think Elon Musk has realized that when he was given the golden key, it was like being given one of those bad watches when you retire early, when they want you out the door. Basically, he was taken advantage of. They wanted his money. They wanted his power. And now they‘re like, ‘You know what, my friend? You‘ve caused a lot of problems. Here’s the exit.’ And his response is, ‘Show me gratitude.’ Well, you know, money only buys you so much.”