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    Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick will advise Trump on business issues

    Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick will advise Trump on business issues

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    SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick have joined President-elect Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum, which will regularly meet with the soon-president to advise on business issues, the Trump transition team said in a statement.

    Will join the 19-member council

    The now 19-member council, established earlier this month, also includes Disney CEO Bob Iger and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty. Members will “share their specific experience and knowledge as the President implements his economic agenda,” according to the transition statement. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi also joins today.

    The announcement suggests a new link between the president-elect and Silicon Valley, which has been generally wary of the Trump presidency, with the notable exception of Facebook board member and Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, who supported Trump despite controversy and has been working as an adviser for the transition team.

    Today’s announcement also comes just ahead of a planned meeting at Trump Tower between tech industry leaders and Trump, which Musk is set to attend. Joining him will be Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alphabet CEO Larry Page, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.