To display his support for his loved one Elon Musk, Donald Trump said on Tuesday, March 11, that he was going to buy a “brand new Tesla”, a few hours after a major fall in the automaker’s stock market and when opponents of the American president launched boycott calls.
“To the Republicans, the Conservatives and all the formidable Americans, Elon Musk ‘climbs to the front’ to help our nation, and he does a fantastic job!”, He wrote on his Truth Social network. Advisor to the president, Elon Musk is an essential cog in the Trump administration and notably animates the work of the commission responsible for drastically reducing the expenses of the federal state (the DOGE), which it does not do without clashes.
“The madmen of the radical left, as they often do, try to boycott illegally […] Tesla, one of the largest car manufacturers in the world and the ‘baby’ in Elon, in order to attack and harm Elon to everything he represents, “accused Donald Trump. And to add:” I will buy a new Tesla tomorrow morning as a sign of confidence and support for Elon Musk “. What the interested party responded on X:” Thank you President “.
Boycott calls
On Monday, the action of the pioneer of Tesla electric vehicles dropped more than 15 % on the New York Stock Exchange, the manufacturer with a dive of its sales and a clear decline in the technological sector in Wall Street. Its stock market valuation has been divided by two since December.
Elon Musk’s positions alongside Donald Trump have cooled certain buyers even if it remains difficult to assess how much the billionaire and his support for the European far right have been able to scare potential Tesla customers. Boycott calls have been launched in recent weeks.
“Tesla is in free fall. Its products are attacked. Its customers are mocked,” reacted on X the influencer Tech and writer Robert Scoble. “I saw several bumper stickers in Silicon Valley” against Musk. “Me too, I continue to suffer the criticisms of my family and my friends because I am pro-Elon. I expect it to get worse for investors and Tesla fans”.
On several anarchist French-speaking platforms circulate calls to target Tesla and people claiming to be an anarchist collective burned a dozen vehicles from the brand in early March in Toulouse (southwest). In the United States, the authorities investigate the causes of the fire of four Tesla vehicles in Seattle (West) on Sunday evening, the New York Timesrecalling that several charging stations had previously been burnt down near Boston (east).
Always the world leader in the electric car with its models loaded with technology and displayed at aggressive prices, Tesla patina also because of a change of range, with the current deployment of the new version of its SUV Star, the Model Y.