“Elon Musk’s potential reliance on the Chinese government is concerning, and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, as should the Federal Communications Commission, given Musk’s control of Starlink’s satellite internet service,” AELP executive director Sarah Miller said in a statement Friday.
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has spent billions of dollars in publicly traded firms in the United States in recent years. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Saudis have invested around $7.5 billion in American companies such as Amazon and Google this year.