US President Donald Trump mentioned on Tuesday he’ll purchase a “brand new Tesla” to point out assist for his prime marketing campaign donor and advisor, Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
“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 posted on his Truth Social platform simply after midnight on 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,” Trump mentioned.
“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.
“Why should he be punished for putting his tremendous skills to work in order to help MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN???”
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has empowered tech billionaire Musk to slash federal authorities spending and businesses’ workforces as head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Buyer backlash
But DOGE’s cost-cutting marketing campaign has confronted rising resistance, together with protests, court docket rulings and a few strain from lawmakers.
And Tesla buyers have feared boycotts and purchaser backlash over Musk’s actions and shut ties to Trump.
Some homeowners of Tesla’s pioneering electrical automobiles have voiced consumers’ regret over Musk’s foray into politics, together with his backing of Trump and far-right events in Europe, and sharing conspiracy theories on-line.
Tesla shares closed down greater than 15 p.c on Monday, as uncertainty over Trump’s import tariffs and threats have left US monetary markets in turmoil.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq tanked 4 p.c owing partly to the plunge in high-flying titans together with Apple, Amazon and Tesla.
Meanwhile, Musk, the world’s richest individual, mentioned his social media platform X was hit on Monday by a major cyberattack, elevating questions as as to if the politically divisive billionaire is being focused or his determination to intestine employees at what was as soon as Twitter is haunting the social community.
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By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse