BREAKING: Elon Musk Calls On Biden To Do Something That Would Help America But Hurt Tesla

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David Rufful
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In an extraordinary message, self-made billionaire and Tesla CEO called on Joe Biden and the Democrats to increase its domestic oil output.

Under President Donald Trump, America was on a strong path towards energy independence.

To appease left-wing climate change alarmists, Biden made the disastrous decision to stop the XL Keystone pipeline, stop the flow of existing pipelines, and prevent drilling on federal lands.

The richest person in the world responded, “Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil & gas output immediately.”

“Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures,” he added.

Musk went on to say his electric car company would be negatively affected by this move.

“Obviously, this would negatively affect Tesla, but sustainable energy solutions simply cannot react instantaneously to make up for Russian oil & gas exports.” Take a look:

Musk’s initial Twitter post was retweeted almost 20,000 times within 30 minutes of being posted.

Fox News’ Marc Thiessen responded, “Founder of electric car company says drill baby drill!”

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The Biden administration has faced increased criticism from both sides of the aisle in recent days for not doing more to focus on American energy production in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has disrupted energy markets worldwide.

Additionally, reports have shown that the U.S. is buying 650,000 barrels a day from Russia, which some have argued is essentially financing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.

Russia is the producer of one out of every 10 barrels of oil consumed by the world, according to the New York Times, making it the third-largest oil producer in the world.

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On Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken downplayed the notion of sanctioning Russia’s energy sector arguing that the United States has “no strategic interest” in doing so.

“Wisdom from man whose company would not be helped by what he is recommending,” Fox News Senior Political Analyst Brit Hume tweeted.

“America is funding Russia’s war by buying Russian oil and gas rather than producing our own,” Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert responded.