To: Gib Bogle who wrote (162876 ) 9/23/2020 7:06:44 PM From: TobagoJack Respond to of 218265 interesting side development that may compel Potus Trump to clash w/ Comrade Elon wondering why Comrade Elon is not running for the WH or signing up for the CCP :0)zerohedge.com Tesla Sues In US Court Of International Trade To Block Trump's Tariffs On China Tesla, which we have long suspected to be getting awfully comfortable with China (see this piece and this one ), isn't exactly going out of its way to prove us wrong. Instead, in what appears to be a move putting Elon Musk's interests and China's interests ahead of that of the United States, Tesla has sued in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York, seeking an order that declares President Trump's tariffs against China unlawful. The company is also seeking a refund, with interest, of tariffs it has already paid, according to Bloomberg . U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has been named as a defendant in the case. Recall, his office denied Tesla's bid to avoid the 25% tariffs last year. The tariffs affect Chinese-made computer and display screens that are used for Tesla's Model 3 electric vehicle. Recall, we wrote at the beginning of August that Elon Musk's distaste for the U.S. was starting to become palpable. The Tesla CEO - who has made himself billions off the back of U.S. government subsidies and the U.S. taxpayer - took to the "Daily Drive" podcast earlier this summer and called the people of China “smart” and “hard working” while at the same time calling U.S. citizens "entitled" and "complacent" . He specifically called out both New York and California, states whose taxpayers have literally funded Tesla's business with massive tax breaks amounting to billions. When asked about China as an EV strategy leader worldwide, Musk responded: “China rocks in my opinion. The energy in China is great. People there – there’s like a lot of smart, hard working people. And they’re really -- they’re not entitled, they’re not complacent, whereas I see in the United States increasingly much more complacency and entitlement especially in places like the Bay Area, and L.A. and New York.” He then compared the U.S. to losing sports teams: “When you’ve been winning for too long you sort of take things for granted. The United States, and especially like California and New York, you’ve been winning for too long. When you’ve been winning too long you take things for granted. So, just like some pro sports team they win a championship you know a bunch of times in a row, they get complacent and they start losing.”