Six Takeaways From What Elon Musk Said at Qatar Economic Forum

Elon Musk covered everything from the state of his deal to buy Twitter Inc. to the direction of the American economy and planned job cuts at Tesla Inc. in an appearance at the Qatar Economic Forum Tuesday.

The chief executive officer of Tesla and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. even waded into US politics, saying that he was yet to decide who to back in the next presidential election when asked directly if he’d consider supporting Donald Trump.

Wearing a white shirt and gray suit jacket, the world’s richest man was articulate and to the point in the video link-up, ...