Businessman is stunned by Gavin Newsom's reaction to trillion-dollar company quitting California

Donald Trump has claimed California Governor Gavin Newsom made nary effort to interaction Elon Musk before he moved nan Tesla office from nan state.

In an question and reply pinch entrepreneur and podcaster Patrick Bet-David, nan erstwhile president revealed that he asked Musk whether Newsom had tried to seduce him to support nan automaker successful nan state.

'I said did Newsom telephone you astatine all? Did he telephone and opportunity 'can we person dinner, I'd emotion you to enactment present and we'll activity retired immoderate taxation benefits aliases immoderate inducement to stay?,'' Trump said. 

'He said he ne'er called. I was amazed astatine that. You're talking astir thousands of workers and prestige,' he added. 

Musk officially moved Tesla's firm office from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas, successful December 2021. 

At nan time, Musk said it had go difficult for labor to spend homes successful nan costly Bay Area, which meant galore were having to make a agelong commute to work.

But earlier he made nan move, nan billionaire was already astatine likelihood pinch officials successful nan state. 

In 2020, he threatened to propulsion each of Tesla's operations retired of nan Golden State successful consequence to Covid-era laws, including nan shelter-in-place orders which caused nan works to unopen temporarily.

California had besides launched a bid of regulatory probes regarding nan company's curen of its workers.

'The biggest entrepreneur successful your authorities leaves and you don't telephone him,' Bet-David said successful consequence to Trump's comments connected his podcast PBD podcast.  

Entrepreneur Bet-David is worthy astir $350 million, which comes from his financial services firm, book income and moreover a liking successful nan New York Yankees.

Tesla, which employs astir 121,000 group globally, has a marketplace worth of astir $700 billion.

In July, Musk besides announced he would move nan office of his 2 different companies, SpaceX and X, to Texas from California in protestation complete nan state's gender personality laws.

He said Newsom's signing of a rule that bans California schoolhouse districts from notifying parents if their kid is transgender was 'the last straw.' 

Tesla, however, still has its engineering office successful Palo Alto, California.

During a associated property convention to denote nan move successful February 2023, Newsom said it was a 'point of pride' that Tesla erstwhile again has a manufacturing works successful California.

'We're changing nan world done our historical investments, our conveyor loop for talent, and partnerships pinch companies for illustration Tesla,' Newsom said.

Earlier this year, Tesla besides appeared to beryllium hiring astatine its California HQ, posting hundreds of occupation openings successful nan Bay Area successful July, nan San Francisco Chronicle reported. 

Musk, who is nan richest personification successful nan world pinch a nett worthy of $242 cardinal according to Bloomberg, first came retired successful support for Trump on July 13.  

The businessman has since thrown himself into nan title - appearing alongside Trump astatine a rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania, and mounting up a governmental action committee (PAC) to chimney his money into nan fight.

Initially he said he would give $100 to each registered Pennsylvania voter who signed nan free reside and Second Amendment petition.

Days later he announced a $1 cardinal lottery-style giveaway for Pennsylvania residents who motion nan petition - prompting interest from immoderate officials and ineligible experts.  

Filings released this week show he has fixed almost $75 cardinal to nan PAC, catapulting him to nan apical of nan GOP philanthropist list.