Musk, Tesla and Trump
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A day after his public spat with Elon Musk, the White House signaled that President Donald Trump may be looking to unload his luxury EV.
That’s a sharp change in tone from just two months ago, when Trump turned the White House into a Tesla dealership, buying a Model S for himself while reading aloud notes from a
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Elon Musk has alienated “multiple sides of the political spectrum” from Tesla, according to one prominent Wall Street analyst.
Milan Kovac said he was leaving to spend more time with family abroad and that his exit "has absolutely nothing to do with anything else," calling support for CEO Elon Musk "ironclad."
Trump threatens to cut off Elon Musk's federal subsidies. That could cost Tesla and SpaceX billions.
"The easiest way to save money in our Budget … is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts," Trump said in a post.
The activists behind the Tesla Takedown campaign say they intend to expand beyond protests at the company’s showrooms.