Elon Musk to move X and SpaceX company to Texas in response to California’s transgender law

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2024-07-16 20:59:49

In a message Posted on social networks Tuesday July 16, Elon Musk announces the transfer of the capital of X and SpaceX Aerospace to Texas. The billionaire, who publicly supports Donald Trump, decided to protest against a legal instrument, announced on Monday in California by Gavin Newsom, governor of California, which aims to protect the rights of citizens -transgender books and fight against discrimination.

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This provision prohibits, in particular, school officials from disclosing information to anyone about a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity without the prior consent of the person concerned. This prohibition also applies to the student’s parents.

Elon Musk called the decision “The idea that broke the camel’s back”. “I made it clear to Governor Newsom a year ago that laws of this nature will force families and businesses to leave California to protect their children”he refused.

The SpaceX headquarters is currently in Hawthorne, and the X headquarters is in San Francisco. The first will be moved to Starbase, SpaceX’s headquarters near Brownsville, in the southeast corner of Texas, Elon Musk said. As for the X, it will also be moved to Austin, where the Tesla factory is already located, which has been moved from California, in 2021.

At that time, Elon Musk mentioned, to justify his decision, the Californian law and the preventive measures taken during the Covid-19 pandemic by Gavin Newsom. Musk also said he moved his residence from California to Texas, where there is no personal income tax.

“Trumpian” change

Elon Musk announced Friday on X that he is officially endorsing Donald Trump in his bid for re-election to the White House. “I fully support President Trump and wish him a speedy recovery”wrote the billionaire after the attack on the former American president.

If he has always taken positions close to those defended by Donald Trump, the billionaire has taken an additional step in recent days, the specialized company Bloomberg emphasized that he has decided to participate in the fund, to the tune of 45 million dollars (41 million euros) per month, from groups that helped Mr. Trump win a majority swing statesthese states where the November 5 election should be held.

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