Elon Musk ripped US infrastructure, calling many American airports an 'embarrassment' (TSLA)

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• Tesla CEO Elon Musk criticized US infrastructure on Wednesday, calling for new investment.
• "It's really quite sad that US infrastructure, especially roads and highways, is where it is today," Musk said.
• The US should focus on infrastructure projects that are oriented toward the future, Musk added.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed US infrastructure on Wednesday during the electric-car maker's first-quarter earnings call, saying it was in need of new investment.

"I think it's high time we invested in infrastructure in this country," Musk said when asked what message he would send to the US government for the years after the country recovers from the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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