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 helium moved the Tesla office from the state.

In an interrogation with entrepreneur and podcaster Patrick Bet-David, the erstwhile president revealed that helium asked Musk whether Newsom had tried to transportation him to support the automaker successful the state.

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

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

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

At the time, Musk said it had go hard for employees to spend homes successful the costly Bay Area, which meant galore were having to marque a agelong commute to work.

But earlier helium made the move, the billionaire was already astatine likelihood with officials successful the state. 

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

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

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

Entrepreneur Bet-David is worthy astir $350 million, which comes from his fiscal services firm, publication income and adjacent a involvement successful the New York Yankees.

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

In July, Musk besides announced helium would determination the office of his 2 different companies, SpaceX and X, to Texas from California in protestation implicit the state's sex individuality laws.

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

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

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

'We're changing the satellite done our historical investments, our conveyor loop for talent, and partnerships with companies similar Tesla,' Newsom said.

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

Musk, who is the richest idiosyncratic successful the satellite with a nett worthy of $242 cardinal according to Bloomberg, first came retired successful enactment for Trump on July 13.  

The businessman has since thrown himself into the contention - appearing alongside Trump astatine a rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania, and mounting up a governmental enactment committee (PAC) to funnel his wealth into the fight.

Initially helium said helium would give $100 to each registered Pennsylvania voter who signed the escaped code and Second Amendment petition.

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

Filings released this week amusement helium has fixed astir $75 cardinal to the PAC, catapulting him to the apical of the GOP donor list.