Here’s the Accord, which Trump apparently described as a “tremendous” exercise in “self-policing”:
Reading the Accord between the lines
We agree not be regulated
We agree not to give the public a voice
Trust us
Also, what does the word “independent” really mean above? Subcontractors working for other companies that we (the big companies who signed) choose and hang out with and perhaps already do business with?
Finally, if I may ask, what happened to the Pacing everybody was talking about two weeks ago?
Surprise, surprise: Dario, Sam, and Elon all chickened out.



In translation: "The midterms are coming. Look busy."
So they're saying they'll have board members doing engineering and legal tasks? Will they blow the whistle on themselves if their legal hat says the thing is likely to cause harm, but their board member hat turns into a massive sombrero and screams "I can't hear you"