Elon Musk’s EV company is running a social-media campaign blaming European traffic deaths on red tape. Its safety claims don’t hold up, experts say, but regulators are starting to buckle.

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    8 hours ago

    It’s wild to me that so many people thought (and still think) that he’s a genius.

    At best he started on third and caught a lucky break and stole home. I saw through him when he first became a big public figure like 15 years ago. I don’t know how so many people I know, several who I thought were smarter than me, fell for his schtick.