by InTrieste
Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday acknowledged indirectly an invitation to invest in Italy by the nation’s deputy premier and infrastructure minister Matteo Salvini.
Hailing the Tesla CEO as “one of the main innovative geniuses”, Salvini told a webinar organised by Rome newspaper Il Messaggero on Thursday: “I would like him to be able to work more with Italy and in Italy, given that like the MIT [ministry of infrastructure and transport] I’d like to create a centre of attraction for foreign investment and capital that would become a point of reference for innovation.”
Salvini said that inviting the billionaire to invest in Italy “is one of those ambitious goals that we are setting ourselves”, adding: “We are throwing open our doors for him.”
Musk thanked the leader of the right-wing Lega party indirectly on Twitter, writing: “Kind of him to say. I look forward to meeting.”
