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'Problem for Tesla': Dems flee automaker over Musk’s Trump endorsement (www.rawstory.com)
submitted 5 months ago by dragontamer to c/realtesla
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But Musk later changed his mind, reportedly donating $45 million a month of his money to the pro-Trump political action committee American PAC.

`Nuff said. CEOs are often Republican, but to be this outspokenly political is normally a bad thing for CEOs like Musk. Media company heads (and Twitter/X is a media company) are supposed to at least pretend to be neutral.

And catering to the far-right seems like a bad idea if your company makes EVs. But what do I know?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Over the Trump endorsement? They hadn't already fled over gestures broadly

[–] dragontamer 1 points 5 months ago

TSLA has sold fewer cars this year despite dropping prices and enticing customers with 0% financing. Not just Q2 (most recent data), but also Q1.

It will be a few weeks before the Trump Endorsement truly is felt, but I'm wondering if Elon has pissed off Democrats enough to the point where they are selling Tesla cars and buying new cars. But Democrats were already clearly no longer buying the car this year.