Chief China Strategist Gen Spalding: China Will Attempt to Control Elon Musk, Tesla, and Starlink

In this excerpt from our interview with Brigadier General Robert S. Spalding III, Alex discusses a recent tweet from the General concerning China and their desire to control Elon Musk's various ventures like Starlink, Tesla, and SpaceX. General Spalding outlines the Chinese government's patterns of behavior surrounding Musk and shares some past examples of how the Chinese Communist Party meddle with and gain leverage on companies manufacturing in the country.

General Spalding has served in senior positions of strategy and diplomacy within the Defense and State Departments for more than 26 years, retiring as a brigadier general.

He was the chief architect for the Trump Administration’s widely praised National Security Strategy (NSS), and the Senior Director for Strategy to the President at the National Security Council.

See our full interview with General Spalding here

Originally Aired: 05/04/21

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