(CNN) When Tesla CEO Elon Musk declared war with the government of Alameda County, California, on Twitter last weekend, he caused a lot of confusion in the process. Musk's tweets spurred many to believe he would take the automaker's thousands of jobs out of the state immediately or at least very soon. Even Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Many seemed to take Musk's statement as an immediate threat.Even Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, speaking on CNBC , sounded as if Musk was threatening to move Tesla's production out of the state. And Tesla's campus there employs more than 10,000 people, according to Tesla. (It's not clear how many of those people work on the production line as opposed to management, engineering or other roles.)

Source: CNN May 12, 2020 19:12 UTC