Summary

Elon Musk lashed out online Monday as Tesla stock plunged over 15%, wiping out its post-election rally and shedding 50% of its value since December.

Investors worried about market declines, recession fears, and Tesla’s growing controversy after Musk’s far-right rhetoric and mass government layoffs.

Musk falsely claimed Democratic donors funded anti-Tesla protests and linked critics to Jeffrey Epstein. He amplified conspiracy theories blaming arson attacks on Democrats.

Despite his efforts, Tesla’s collapse cost Musk $23 billion in a single day.

  • @[email protected]
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    2071 month ago

    Lol he’s so panicked he’s had to order Trump to send a tweet to try to convince right wingers to buy EVs now.

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        1 month ago

        Especially considering the Anheiser Busch (or however it’s spelled) boycot over someone else’s gender identity.

        The ones yelling “Snowflake!!11” for a decade turned out to be crybabies. Who woulda thunk.

        • @[email protected]
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          51 month ago

          and busch had the last laugh, because they got ALCOHOLICS hooked they will never stop drinking busch beers.

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      1021 month ago

      How do you illegally boycott something? I know he’s a fucking moron but this is one of the stupidest things he’s ever said

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        551 month ago

        In Texas, if you have a contract with the state or a school district, you have to sign a contract where you agree not to “boycott israel” whatever that means. So I guess if one was to “boycott israel” while taking money from the state of Texas, that could be considered an illegal boycott.

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          11 month ago

          you agree not to “boycott israel” whatever that means

          As performative as that is, it’s just bizarre to imagine as a business having to ask “if I just happen to have not had any contracts with Israeli entities am I in violation of my contract with this random rural Texas county’s public works department?”

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            31 month ago

            There’s also a clause where you agree not to perform an abortion while on duty.

            It’s really weird and probably comes from Abbott saying that all money from the state supports Israel and that no money is used to fund an abortion.

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          That feels like the government placing limits on the rights of corporations to express political views, which SCOTUS has stated is illegal (if you define speech as campaign contributions, which it does).

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            101 month ago

            Not just corporations, but also individuals with a government contract and may also apply to government/school district employees

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      81 month ago

      Too bad must people are too poor to afford one! It’s much easier to NOT buy something in protest than to have to actually purchase something.

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      131 month ago

      He’s going to go a buy a Tesla tomorrow? I’m pretty sure he didn’t even keep the wrapped cybertruck that was gifted to him by those manosphere podcasters a while back.

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      So we can add “illegal” to the list of words Trump uses but doesn’t know the meaning of.

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        101 month ago

        It sounds way too coherent. It’s actually a decently-written blurb and has too little ALL CAPS. I think they messed up the AI that writes his tweets.

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        11 month ago

        First time reading one of Trump’s posts? They’re all like this. In fact they’re often worse. He often makes use of schoolyard insults, uses CAPS LOCK, and he has the vocabulary of a 5th grader. To anyone with half a fucking braincell, he’s a giant manbaby.

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      341 month ago

      Like, what in the actual fuck. How is it illegal to boycott Tesla? But it wasn’t illegal when all the rednecks wanted to boycott bud-light for having a pro gay add? This clown is a fucking joke.

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        51 month ago

        Because their boycotts usually consisted of buying a lot of the stuff they were angry about and then throw it away, burn it out shoot at it. 🤣

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      271 month ago

      LOL! Remember when conservatives were blocking Tesla chargers with their lifted trucks? The vast majority of conservatives who can afford EVs don’t want them anyway because it doesn’t make “vroom, vroom” sounds.

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      21 month ago

      That’s the thing alot of them genuinely hate them. I don’t know if even Trump can get right wingers to start liking them?

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      71 month ago

      Holy shit I would laugh so hard if all these right-wing chucklefucks over-leveraged themselves on a Tesla, couldn’t pay the monthly payments, the car got repo’ed and they lost their home in the process.

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      101 month ago

      This coming from the same exact person that called for a boycott of Tesla not just two years ago, is fucking rich.