Elon Musk: “If there's a single contract that any of my companies have…”

“I don't have formal power and that's it. A president can choose to accept my advice or not. And that's, that's how it goes. If there's a single contract that any of my companies have received that people think is somehow not, was, was awarded improperly, it would immediately be front page news. to say the least. And, and if, if I didn't mention it, certainly my competitors would. So if you're not seeing that, then clearly there's not a conflict of interest.” (22:00–22:13)

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