President Trump mentioned he’ll purchase a Tesla to assist DOGE head Elon Musk’s “baby” after the electrical automobile producer has confronted plummeting inventory and boycotts over its billionaire CEO’s work with the White Home.
Trump rushed to Musk’s protection in opposition to the so-called “Radical Left Lunatics” who’ve staged protests in opposition to Tesla throughout the US as the corporate’s chief has been hacking away at federal authorities spending and jobs in his new gig main the Division of Authorities Effectivity.
“To Republicans, Conservatives, and all great Americans, Elon Musk is ‘putting it on the line’ in order to help our Nation, and he is doing a FANTASTIC JOB!” Trump wrote on Fact Social shortly after midnight Tuesday.
“But the Radical Left Lunatics, as they often do, are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla, one of the World’s great automakers, and Elon’s ‘baby,’ in order to attack and do harm to Elon, and everything he stands for.”
The president mentioned he’d buy a Tesla within the morning “as a show of confidence” in Musk, who can also be the CEO of SpaceX and the social media platform X.
“In any event, I’m going to buy a brand new Tesla tomorrow morning as a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American,” he wrote. “Why should he be punished for putting his tremendous skills to work in order to help MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN???”
It’s unclear what mannequin Tesla Trump plans to purchase.
The electrical automotive maker’s share value has nose-dived by practically a 3rd since Trump turned president after an preliminary increase. Tesla’s inventory has dropped by greater than 28% within the final month and practically 32% since Jan. 1.
Protests in opposition to Musk and his authorities cuts have popped up at quite a few Tesla dealerships throughout the nation — together with a Manhattan showroom, the place six protesters have been arrested on Saturday.
A Tesla dealership in Colorado was vandalized final month when a 40-year-old lady allegedly spray-painted “Nazi cars” on the constructing and hurled Molotov cocktails at automobiles on the property.
Tesla homeowners have additionally reported that their vehicles have turn into a goal for anti-Musk vandalism. Some homeowners have changed Tesla logos on their rides with badges of different auto producers in an try to thwart potential vandals — and/or distance themselves from the DOGE head and his political opinions.
