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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Summary

Elon Musk lashed out online Monday as Tesla stock plunged over 15%, wiping out its post-election rally and shedding 50% of its value since December.

Investors worried about market declines, recession fears, and Tesla's growing controversy after Musk's far-right rhetoric and mass government layoffs.

Musk falsely claimed Democratic donors funded anti-Tesla protests and linked critics to Jeffrey Epstein. He amplified conspiracy theories blaming arson attacks on Democrats.

Despite his efforts, Tesla's collapse cost Musk $23 billion in a single day.

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[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 6 minutes ago

Thoughts and prayers

[-] bonkers@lemm.ee 2 points 11 minutes ago
[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 11 points 1 hour ago

Cool. I cant wait for Tesla shareholders to file a class-action lawsuit for recklessly and negligently tanking the share price. Their portfolios have taken a significant hit, and it's directly attributable to his poor public behavior, as well as partnering up with the loudest anti-EV voice on the planet. They have easily demonstrable damages, and it would be an easy case to win. I'll bet there are numerous lawyers lining up their cases right now.

AND, its just a matter of time before the Tesla board fires him as CEO. He can wreck the government and Tesla, or he can run Tesla, but he cant do both.

[-] Dropper_Post@lemm.ee 2 points 1 hour ago

his eyes do look reptilian

[-] GreyAlien@lemm.ee 2 points 1 hour ago

Mark my word: Elon will regressed intellectually during the next ten years, to the point his brain will be like the one of a child.

[-] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 4 points 31 minutes ago

So, how exactly is that different than what it currently is?

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

You need to be more specific than "a child" considering he mentally already seems to be at the intellectual capacity of a 15-16 year old (except without any of the capacity to learn).

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 49 minutes ago

Some kind of ketamine induced dementia?

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 15 points 9 hours ago

To calm himself from the meltdown, I suggest he ups his dose of ketamine and then pisses blood.

Alternatively, self-immolation is always an option, and ethically correct in his situation.

[-] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 29 points 15 hours ago

Wow, the president is really scared, he even had to call trump for a photo op in front of a Tesla

trump had to stop golfing after the president called him for promoting sales of Tesla

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Y'know, if this gets conservatives to actually start being interested in EVs maybe that's not as bad of a result as it could've been

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 7 points 14 hours ago

He went from selling beans to selling shitty cars. The american dream is alive and well

[-] urandom@lemmy.world 1 points 38 minutes ago

Nazis aside, the cars aren’t shitty, or at least not the two cheaper, popular models. They certainly aren’t best in class, but saying they are shitty really undersells the good engineering that went in them, despite apartheid boy’s best efforts.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 41 points 17 hours ago

Sounds like he didn't work hard enough.

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 5 points 1 hour ago

120 hours isn't enough, he needs to put in more hours.

[-] Don_alForno@feddit.org 21 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Maybe he should eat less avocado toast.

[-] joecamnet@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago

Man. Poor guy. Really gotta feel for the nazi billionaires trying to destroy the world when their feefees get hurt. Chin up, champ!

[-] plc@feddit.dk 13 points 14 hours ago

Schadenfreude intensifies

[-] Billybob22@feddit.uk 9 points 14 hours ago

Trump just f***ed Tesla. It had some coolness left in the brand but Truml just removed that on the White House lawn.

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

Teslas have been the official MAGAmobile for a while now. The brand has been tainted for at least the last 6 months. Its just reaching a critical point where the stock is finally starting to crash. It will eventually end up around $20, which is where it belongs.

[-] Xanza@lemm.ee 23 points 17 hours ago

Tesla’s collapse cost Musk $23 billion in a single day.

yummy.

[-] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago

Today so many good news

He lost $23 billion from Tesla and $23 billion from tweeting about Carlos Slim

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

Aw, hes down to only $400 billion. However will he survive?

[-] D_C@lemm.ee 7 points 14 hours ago

Has anyone told him about the pulling of bootstraps? I feel that if he really, realllly pulled then he could make that 46 bill back by the end of the week!

[-] gamer@lemm.ee 96 points 23 hours ago

The amount of raw, undiluted satisfaction that would come from watching Musk's fortune disappear would probably be enough to tide me over for the rest of the Trump presidency. I could be sent to a concentration camp slaving away somewhere manufacturing MAGA merch, and I'd still have a smile on my face knowing Elon went broke.

[-] drascus@sh.itjust.works 35 points 20 hours ago

Oh wow look taking hard political stances is actually bad for business. A fact known for pretty much all of time. I wonder how the self proclaimed genius didn't see this coming.

[-] LucidLyes@lemmy.world 30 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I received 0 money from any Democratic donor. They don't have to pay me to enjoy watching your downfall.

[-] weirdboy@lemm.ee 12 points 17 hours ago

Over the weekend, he shared clip from a Tesla fan account of the prototype for the Cybercab, a two-seater robotaxi the company will allegedly be making by 2026.

It is so accurate they qualified this with "allegedly" in this sentence.

[-] SirFasy@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago

God damn is he stupid. TF did he think was gonna happen when he pissed off the kind of people that buy EV's

[-] Dultas@lemmy.world 57 points 23 hours ago

Nothing. He's not used to consequences.

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[-] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 11 points 18 hours ago

Ketamine is a hell of a drug.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

He doesn't seem to be having a good time. It reminds me of the DPH sub.

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago

Good, strip his US citizenship and send his worthless back to South Africa.

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune 9 points 18 hours ago

We don't want him back, send him to Antarctica.

[-] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

Why pollute such a pristine environment. Just fire up the incinerator

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

Just grant him his wish to go to Mars. We all get a happy ending ;)

[-] Sundiata@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

and risk having him make first contact with alien life?

any alien civilization that comes into contact with him will default to exterminating the human race after incinerating him on the spot.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago

musk melts down

ah, I was hoping it was literal. maybe one day, fingers crossed.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 7 hours ago
[-] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Couldn't be more appropriate. Nazi cunt getting melted because of greed.

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[-] pogt@lemmy.wtf 8 points 17 hours ago

That was an awesome read. Thank you.

[-] thickertoofan@lemm.ee 5 points 16 hours ago

well deserved!

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 18 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

were doing something right if hes melting down.

Epstein we know you are linked with EPSTEIN you have been in a photo with Miss kungfu coordinator and epstein. his projection against pedophelia and transgendered people is very telling.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 196 points 1 day ago

Lol he's so panicked he's had to order Trump to send a tweet to try to convince right wingers to buy EVs now.

[-] Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 day ago

Like, what in the actual fuck. How is it illegal to boycott Tesla? But it wasn't illegal when all the rednecks wanted to boycott bud-light for having a pro gay add? This clown is a fucking joke.

[-] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 16 hours ago

Because their boycotts usually consisted of buying a lot of the stuff they were angry about and then throw it away, burn it out shoot at it. 🤣

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