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Tesla's Elon Musk is the new Donald Trump

John KehoeEconomics editor
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Elon Musk's defiant public outbursts and obfuscation are earning him the reputation of being the Donald Trump of corporate America.

Like a Trump press conference or tweet storm, the eccentric Tesla Motors boss lashed financial analysts (Trump targets journalists) during an earnings presentation this week. He refused to answer probing questions about the electric car company's mounting problems.

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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