Trump calls Tesla boycott ‘illegal’ and says he buys one to support Elon Musk
Elon Musk speaks as one of his young sons and President Donald Trump who listens to in the oval office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 11, 2025.
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President Donald Trump shared his intention to buy a Tesla On Tuesday to support Elona Musk as the sale of electric vehicle manufacturers and shares facing prices in the pressure of executive director in global policy, mostly as the head of the Trump’s cost reduction department.
“I will buy a brand new Tesla tomorrow as a show of confidence and support for Elona Musk, a truly great American,” Trump wrote in the post Posted early on Tuesday morning To the truth socially.
Trump said that “radical left lunatics” “illegally and colors” Tesla boycotting, which the president described as one of the best car manufacturers in the world. This action, Trump said, was conceived as an attack on Musk and what he was in for.
Male support for Trump in Run at last year’s presidential election and subsequent leadership in his Government’s initiative for efficiency has encouraged the return. Analysts cited this reputational shift as a driver of a car manufacturer’s shares, which published their own Worst day of 2020. On Monday and the fall is 45% in 2025.
Musk acknowledged the hit to his companies In an interview on Mondaysaying that they lead them “with great difficulty” because of its high role with this administration. He told Fox Business that as a Dogea leader, “you renounce your other things.”
People gather in a protest outside Tesla’s MP in Lisbon against Tesla and the Executive Director of the Spacex Elona Musk on March 9, 2025.
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Reports Vandalized Tesla’s vehicles and MPs, as well as protests, offered evidence of increasing the opposition to Mosus, which hits the spin. AND drop In European sales, the alarm has erected that the men’s presence as a political figure around the world has interfered with the brand image.
“When the cars of people are threatened by the extinguished or set on fire, even people who support the musk or are indifferent musk, they could think twice about buying Tesla,” Baird Ben Kallo analyst said on Monday On CNBC “Squawk on the street”.
Trump said in his post that Musk was doing a “fantastic job” and “putting it in order” to help now -in his comments to follow a New York Times report Last week, who discovered criticism of members of the Musk cabinet initiatives for the effectiveness of the Government.
Tesla shares on Tuesday rose more than 2%on Tuesday. In addition to Trump’s Tesla Promotion, stocks can help Note to clients Morgan Stanley advising them to pick up the shares after a steep fall.
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