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Elon Musk says Trump’s advisory council discussed immigrant ban, climate issues

Elon Musk is trying to make a political impact.

 

Josh Katzowitz

Tech

Posted on Feb 4, 2017   Updated on May 25, 2021, 1:48 am CDT

Just like he said he would, Elon Musk met with Donald Trump‘s economic advisory council on Friday, and according to the Tesla CEO on Saturday, the topic of Trump’s immigrant ban—which was temporarily overturned by a federal judge on Friday—was a big topic of conversation.

Musk didn’t elaborate on anything else that happened at the meeting, but we know Uber CEO Travis Kalanick wasn’t there. That’s because Kalanick, facing intense pressure because his company broke a taxi strike at New York’s JFK airport during Trump protests late last month, abruptly decided to stop participating on Trump’s council.

“Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the President or his agenda but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that,” Kalanick wrote in a letter published Thursday. “There are many ways we will continue to advocate for just change on immigration but staying on the council was going to get in the way of that.”

For now, though, it’s clear that Musk thinks staying on the council is more productive than not.

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*First Published: Feb 4, 2017, 1:35 pm CST