President Donald Trump said that he will label violence against Tesla dealers as domestic terrorism, according to a transcript shared by the White House -Pool Reporgers, a sign of deepening ties with Elon Musk.
“Tesla -takeovers” have broken out all over the world at Tesla dealers while people protest against what they see as a hostile takeover of the federal government by Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). Some protests have resulted in graffiti on Tesla signs, on fire, even on fire, even Molotov -cocktails Are thrown on one dealer.
The protests and vandalism come as the stock price of Tesla has taken a hitIn the event of which it shot up after Trump won the presidential elections in November 2024 and performed worse than the total stock market in the same period. Tesla has also seen Sales threw worldwide While the brand suffers from Musk’s political exploits.
“I’m going to stop them,” Trump said about people who commit violence against Tesla -ownership. He spoke with Musk in the White House on Tuesday. “We catch everyone who does this because they harm a great American company.”
“And let me tell you,” Trump continued. “You do it with Tesla, and you do it with every company, we will catch you and you go through hell.”
According to Federal law, An attack on business property can be considered as domestic terrorism as the intention is to intimidate or force a civilian population, to influence government possession or to influence government behavior through destruction, murder or kidnapping.
The coming risk lies in how Trump and Musk define violence – and whether peaceful demonstrators will be labeled violently in the future. Trump has promised to deport international students who participate in protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, which increases the threat that people with green cards or visas in the US can be under the same threat for protesting Tesla.
Since Trump issued an executive order in January to form Doge, an advisory committee to defeat government spending, Musk – who donated $ 260 million to a super PAC to choose Trump – has to supervise Some reports.
Musk has looked at other agencies for ‘removal’, although his critics will indicate that his companies have directly benefited from government contracts and stimuli. For example, SpaceX has received more than $ 20 billion in contracts from NASA, the Ministry of Defense and other federal agencies, According to data From USASPending.GOV.
Trump said on Tuesday that he would buy a Tesla that he would ‘not be allowed to’ drive, but that it would be used by his staff employees in the White House.
“I think he was treated very unfairly by a very small group of people,” said Trump, according to the polar report. “And I just want people to know that he cannot be punished because he is a patriot.”
