Y'know, I'm surprised it took him this long to start directly targeting the Dems with his BS. Step one of removing any opposition: starve them out.
I shudder to think what damage he can do in the 3 and a half years remaining in his term. :/
I think it's a self-selecting issue. Entrepreneurs who are content to start a business that pays for a comfortable life dont reach out to endless investors. They'll take loans, not stake in their company. They won't constantly reach for attention to justify higher valuations, and therefore higher investments. They're more likely to stay private and not go public for the same reason, which lessens awareness of them outside of direct customers.
Nobody would be talking about Tesla as much if it wasn't an investment device (and its CEO would likely be a less loudly evil person too). It'd just be a car manufacturer, and the only relevant thing about it would be the quality of its cars and the happiness of its customers. No investors to wonder about "growth potential".
Walking through Dublin is so depressing. Our (few) pedestrianised streets see tons of footfall, people enjoying themselves. The other 98% is just car choked streets where people rush as fast as they can to their destination.
We're an old city, with cramped streets. Bikes would be so much more sensible than trying to squeeze another lane of traffic in at the expense of a walkable, clean, healthy city. But car owners, and car park owners get loud whenever they try.
It doesn't matter what they offer the EU, it shouldn't change the move away from MS products. Corporate giants and their influence is what turned America into the fascist hellscape it is right now. We should resist any efforts from those same companies to make nice and maintain their hold over our economy and lifestyles.