President Trump stated he’ll purchase a Tesla to assist DOGE head Elon Musk’s “child” after the electrical automotive producer has confronted plummeting inventory and boycotts over its billionaire CEO’s work with the White Home.
Trump rushed to Musk’s protection towards the so-called “Radical Left Lunatics” who’ve staged protests towards 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 nice People, Elon Musk is ‘placing it on the road’ as a way to assist our Nation, and he’s doing a FANTASTIC JOB!” Trump wrote on Reality Social shortly after midnight Tuesday.
“However the Radical Left Lunatics, as they usually do, are attempting to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla, one of many World’s nice automakers, and Elon’s ‘child,’ as a way to assault and do hurt to Elon, and all the things he stands for.”
The president stated he’d buy a Tesla within the morning “as a present of confidence” in Musk, who can be the CEO of SpaceX and the social media platform X.
“In any occasion, I’m going to purchase a model new Tesla tomorrow morning as a present of confidence and assist for Elon Musk, a very nice American,” he wrote. “Why ought to he be punished for placing his great expertise to work as a way to assist 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 almost a 3rd since Trump turned president after an preliminary increase. Tesla’s inventory has dropped by greater than 28% within the final month and almost 32% since Jan. 1.
Protests towards 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 had been arrested on Saturday.
A Tesla dealership in Colorado was vandalized final month when a 40-year-old lady allegedly spray-painted “Nazi automobiles” on the constructing and hurled Molotov cocktails at automobiles on the property.
Tesla house owners have additionally reported that their automobiles have change into a goal for anti-Musk vandalism. Some house owners have changed Tesla logos on their rides with badges of different auto producers in an try and thwart potential vandals — and/or distance themselves from the DOGE head and his political opinions.
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