President Donald Trump said that he would characterize violence against Tesla dealer as domestic terrorism, according to a cancellation that is shared by the reporters of the White House, a sign of deepening relationships with Elon Musk.
“Tesla takeovers” I broke out at Tesla dealers all over the world, while people protest against what they see as an enemy takeover of the federal government by Musk and its Efficiency of the government’s Ministry (Doge). Some of the protests have led to graffiti on Tesla signs that are set on fire, even in fire stations Molotov cocktails be thrown on the lot of a dealer.
The protests and vandalism are considered Tesla’s share price Has scored a goalfell under the height, where it was shot down after Trump won the presidential elections in November 2024 and worse in the same period than the overall exchange. Tesla also saw Sales in sales worldwide How the brand suffers from Musk from the political heroic deeds.
“I will stop her,” Trump said about people who commit violence against Tesla ownership. He spoke in the White House with Muschus on Tuesday. “We catch someone who does this because they harm a great American company.”
“And let me tell you,” Trump continued. “They do it Tesla and they do it to every company, we will catch them and they will go through hell.”
Accordingly Federal Act, An attack on the property of the company could be seen as domestic terrorism when it comes to intimidating or forceing a civilian population to influence the government’s property or to influence the government’s behavior through destruction, assassination or kidnapping.
The upcoming risk is how Trump and Musk define violence – and whether peaceful demonstrators will be classified as violent in the future. Trump has promised to deport international students who join protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, which increases the threat that people with green cards or visas in the USA could have the same threat to protest against Tesla.
Since Trump in January an executive ordinance on the establishment of Doge, a consulting committee to reduce government spending, Musk – who donated $ 260 million To a great pac to choose Trump – has monitored widespread distribution redundancies of government agents and the removal of entire agencies such as USAid, which promotes an environment of anger, fear, confusion and chaos some reports.
Musk has eyed other agencies for “deletion”, although his critics will point out that his companies have benefited directly from government contracts and incentives. SpaceX, for example, has received more than 20 billion US dollars from NASA, the Ministry of Defense and other federal authorities. According to data by usaspending.gov.
Trump said on Tuesday that he would buy a Tesla that he “shouldn’t go”, but that it would be used by his employees in the White House.
“I think he was treated very unjust by a very small group of people,” said Trump, according to the pool report. “And I just want people to know that he cannot be punished to be a patriot.”
