Elon Musk gives a tour to then-President-elect Trump and lawmakers of the control room before the launch of a SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. Musk’s businesses have been built with billions of dollars of government support that could be at risk after his relationship with Trump ruptured this week. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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“If I cared about subsidies,” Elon Musk said in 2015, “I would have entered the oil and gas industry.”
Yet the history of Musk’s business empire tells another story.
Musk’s companies