Elon Musk and other executives are at the White House to meet with President Trump
(Elon Musk at Trump's tech meeting in New York in December.AP)
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is at the White House.
Musk is one of several executives attending President Donald Trump's meeting on manufacturing Monday morning. Reuters' reporter Roberta Rampton snapped a shot of Musk in the White House's Roosevelt Room, along with executives from Lockheed Martin, Whirlpool, Under Armour, and Johnson & Johnson.
Although Musk and Trump have diametrically opposing views when it comes to climate change, the two seem to be aligned when it comes to US manufacturing.
Business leaders gather to meet with @realDonaldTrump in Roosevelt Room. pic.twitter.com/YBQfJbqg6B
— Roberta Rampton (@robertarampton) January 23, 2017
Musk is building his massive battery factory, the Gigafactory, in Sparks, Nevada, that is scheduled for completion in 2020. When it's finished, the factory will house 6,500 employees.
Trump said on Monday morning that he would cut regulations by 75% to encourage businesses to manufacture their products in the US, though it's unclear if he was referring to the number of regulations or their cost. He also said he will cut taxes "massively" for businesses, adding that those who move abroad to manufacture their products will face a major border tax.
Musk wasn't the only representative from the auto industry. Ford CEO Mark Fields also attended the White House gathering. In November, Trump took credit for Ford's decision to keep its manufacturing facility in the US instead of moving it to Mexico. Ford, however, was only planning to shift production of one of its vehicles to Mexico that wouldn't have resulted in any job cuts at the Louisville facility.
Although Musk is building his first Gigafactory in Nevada, Musk plans to build a second plant somewhere in Europe, the Tesla CEO said in November. Musk had said Tesla will look at locations for its Europe plant in 2017.
This isn't Musk's first meeting with Trump. In December, Musk, along with tech CEO's like Apple's Tim Cook and Alphabet's Larry Page, met with Trump in New York.
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