While Elon Musk took Washington, D.C., by storm, his company representatives and lobbyists were also notching up big political wins in the heart of his vast business empire: Texas.

Elon Musk secured legislative wins in Texas this session, aided by 12 lobbyists and allies pushing bills benefiting SpaceX and Tesla.

He has also repeatedly called out EVS as being unreliable and "not going very far." Before he became buddies with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, he ridiculed him and his businesses. Related: Costco has a massive labor problem nobody is talking about When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on all of his many subsidized projects,

A public feud between President Donald Trump and his on-again, off-again ally, billionaire Elon Musk, reignited this week after an apparent truce lasted less than a month.

This is Washington’s MO: short-term politicking over long-term sustainability.’ Musk reposted this comment, expressing agreement with a ‘100’ emoji, his first public statement on the bill since its official passage.