Just to clarify: if the US recognizes Crimea as Russian, it will open Pandora's box, it will simply legalize the aggressor's actions, then the Russians will want recognition of all occupied territories, and later they can start invading new Ukrainian regions.

It's not just that Elon Musk does business in China. He owns a very *troubled* business, Tesla, that is disproportionally reliant on China to help it to become profitable again.

Elon now knows the US military secret China is most interested in discovering. Seem they have powerful leverage for that.