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I will do that. I'm going to stop them. Because they are harming a great American company. It's a great product, and we have to celebrate [Musk]."
President Donald Trump, discussing his move to make violence against Tesla a terrorism charge, said Hear me out, I think this is a creative way to help protest,
As a function of the great policies of President Trump and his administration, and as an act of faith in America, Tesla is going to double vehicle output in the U.S. within the next two years. Double."
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Elon Musk said I see a path of Tesla being the most valuable company in the world by far, ... There is a path where Tesla is worth more than the next top five companies combined."
During the company's late January earnings call, Musk said ... adding: Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn't mean it's not corruption."
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, reacting to a video of Trump and Musk entering a Tesla on Tuesday, wrote Tesla is the MOST American made car in the country! #AmericaFirst #AmericanJobs!!"
Following Trump's endorsement, Fox News host Sean Hannity posted Sorry, but Trump advertising for Tesla is going to backfire. Tesla sales will ironically decrease after Trump's endorsement."
This seems like a huge conflict of interest." ... So the President of the United States is now a car salesman?"
One individual remarked ... Another commented Here's the thing. This downturn didn't just start yesterday, because Tesla stock has plummeted 50 percent since December,
He’s finally turned into the used-car salesman we all knew he was all along,
Jimmy Kimmel said of President Trump on Tuesday But why should he, when he did a big commercial for them today, absolutely free
Kimmel said after the president brought some of Elon Musk’s cars to the White House I just want people to know that you can’t be penalized for being a patriot, and he’s a great patriot, and he’s also done an incredible job with Tesla,
But because he’s finding all sorts of terrible things that have taken place against our country, we want to penalize him in an economic sense. And I just think that’s very unfair,
the president added, referring to the backlash against Musk’s work carving up the federal government via the Department of Governemnt Efficiency (DOGE). I’m going to buy because number one, it’s a great product. As good as it gets. Number two, because [Elon Musk] has devoted his energy and his life to doing this, and I think he has been treated unfairly,
Trump told reporters outside the White House Tuesday afternoon I mean, nobody else has a car company started up in the last 30 years that’s been successful. I don’t think so,
Those people are going to go through a big problem when we catch them.”
Who else but this guy would design this and everybody on the road is looking at it,
the president marveled in front of a Cybertruck I don’t see it at all.” ... I think this country is going to boom.”
Asked about the possibility of a recession, he replied ... He added What the president envisions for this country is for the United States of America to be a manufacturing superpower, where there are American factories and businesses owned by Americans producing goods that we are exporting to the rest of the world,
We want the future to look like the future.”