TRUMP SAYS HE WILL BUY A ‘NEW TESLA’ TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR MUSK – The U.S. President says this amid recent “Tesla Takedown” protests and the slump in the company’s stock price
U.S. President Donald Trump said that he will buy a new Tesla car to show support for the electric carmaker’s chief and his ally Elon Musk amid recent “Tesla Takedown” protests and the slump in the company’s stock price.
Musk’s role in sweeping cuts to the federal workforce at the behest of Trump has led to protests in the U.S. against Tesla.
About 350 demonstrators protested outside a Tesla electric vehicle dealership in Portland, Oregon, last week, while nine people were arrested during a raucous demonstration outside a New York City Tesla dealership earlier in March.
Musk is spearheading the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump defended Musk by saying he was “putting it on the line” to help the country and was doing a “fantastic” job.
