Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk listens to President Donald Trump during a meeting with business leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Feb. 3, 2017.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former President Donald Trump‘s highly anticipated keynote address at the biggest bitcoin gathering of the year started over an hour late.
As the crowd of investors, enthusiasts and the crypto-curious grew increasingly antsy at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, Elon Musk‘s private jet was touching down 200 miles away in Memphis, Tennessee.
It was July 27, just two weeks after Trump had survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Hours later, he’d been publicly endorsed by the Tesla CEO for a second term.
Inside Nashville’s Music City Center, rumors had been swirling all week that Musk would make a surprise appearance at the conference, and maybe even moderate a fireside chat with Trump.
Musk didn’t show, but he was very much present.
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