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AP Photo/Evan Vucci Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk will step down from several of Trump administration advisory councils if the president pulls the US out of the Paris climate agreement, he tweeted on Wednesday. Musk sits on an economic advisory council as well as a manufacturing group. Tesla's stated mission is "to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy." He previously said serving on two of Trump's advisory councils would "serve the greater good."
Musk wouldn't be the first tech leader to step down from Trump's advisory groups. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigned from Trump's economic advisory council in February after facing backlash from users and protests outside the ride-hail company's San Francisco headquarters. BuzzFeed News reported in January that some Tesla customers had canceled their Model 3 orders over Musk's relationship with Trump. 
Nate Erickson Tesla did not immediately return a request for comment.
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