The elected US President Donald Trump greets the Tesla and X Executive Director Elon Musk, during the day before Trump was supposed to be open to the second term, in Washington, USA, January 19, 2025.
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Teslin Earning Report in the Fourth quarter Land just over a week after President Donald Trump started his second term in the White House, with Elon musk right with him.
Now that Tesla’s executive is firmly planted in Washington, DC, in a high advisory role, shareholders in the electric vehicle manufacturer have some questions.
On forum Tesla is used to search for an investor inquiries before their calls for earnings, more than 100 poured out of shareholders about Musk’s Politics, including his official role in Trump’s Department for the Efficiency of the Government (Doge) and his approval of the extremely right candidates.
“How much time Elon Musk devotes to Tesla cultivation, solving product problems and launching shareholders’ values as opposed to his public engagement with Trump, Doge and political activities?” One retail investor inquiries, adding, “Do you believe it provides a Tesla focus he needs?”
In addition to contributing to $ 277 to help Trump and other Republican candidates and causes, Musk spent weeks on the trace of the campaign during the fourth quarter, working to reject Trump to the White House. After Trump’s electoral victory, Musk then spent a lot of time away from the Tesla factory floor in Trump’s Mar-a-Lazla Lawawoman in Florida.
One of the voted questions about the male asked how much time she intended to spend “in the White House and on Government’s activities in relation to the time and effort dedicated to Tesla.”
Musk and Tesla did not immediately respond to the commentary request.
Musk also got involved in German politics, giving full sore throat approval In the far right country, the AFD Antimigrant Party (Alternative Für Deutschland) in December ahead of the February elections.
According to research and counseling companies Brand Finance, Tesline value The brand fell Up to 26% last year, with factors, including Musk’s “antagonism”, Tesla’s aging EV more. Researchers have found that fewer consumers would recommend or consider buying Tesla now than in previous years.
During public remarks after last week’s inauguration, The musk has used the gesture repeatedly This was viewed by many historians and politicians as a Nazi greeting. Ruth Ben-ghiat, whose scholarship focused on fascism, described it as “Nazi greeting and very belligerent” while Neo -Nazis boasted Musk for his madness.
The shareholder said, “Will you apologize for the misunderstanding that happened when you made a gesture of hand thanks to people in their support. It would have passed a long way to your investors and US public. Thanks to you in advance!”
In response to criticism, Musk said that everyone who greets greetings to the hatred of the gesture is pushing “fraud”. But after that, he was engaged in the Nazi themed word on X, which encouraged the league against the lawsuit to reprimand him, wrote that “inappropriate and offensive to” “unique evil” of the Holocaust. And Musk later appeared through a video at an AFD set in Halle, Germany.
Some investors asked if Tesla was “lost sales for political activities of Elon,” How the company plans “responding to the now infamous Nazi Musk greeting,” and as Tesla “deals with the negative influences of Elon’s public views and activities”.
But Tesla is not obliged to set any of these topics on a call for earnings. On the eve of the call in the third quarter in October, investors had a lot questions and worries About similar issues regarding Musk participating in politics, although it was before Trump’s victory for the election.
Trump was never mentioned on that call.
