Elon Musk’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

The world’s richest antheral Elon Musk appeared to beryllium feeling himself connected Sunday. Over the play helium added a reddish tinge and laser eyes to his illustration representation connected X, which is considered a motion of being bullshit connected crypto. Conservatives were excited astir reporting saying helium planned to walk $45 cardinal a period supporting Donald Trump. Things took a crook for the Tesla CEO connected Monday erstwhile helium clarified that helium wasn’t going to walk thing similar that and said his Optimus robots won’t beryllium disposable until 2026. On Tuesday, Tesla’s quarterly study painted a dire representation for the company.

By Wednesday morning, the laser eyes and escaped tinge were gone from his Avatar and helium was floating the thought of Tesla investing $5 cardinal into his artificial quality startup.

Musk gave his full-throated endorsement of Trump pursuing a failed assassination attempt connected the campaigner on July 13. Three days later, the Wall Street Journal reported that Musk was portion of a caller Pro-Trump Super PAC and helium planned to donate $45 cardinal to the origin of getting Trump re-elected.

The determination didn’t beryllium good with a batch of Tesla fans. The customers buying costly electrical cars thin to beryllium affluent and planet-conscious. In different words, they’re liberals who aren’t fans of Trump. Early capitalist investigation of the brand’s representation pursuing Musk’s endorsement of Trump didn’t look good.

Tesla reported its quarterly net to investors connected Tuesday and the results were bad. Tesla was erstwhile 1 of the lone electrical vehicles connected the market, but different manufacturers person gotten into the crippled and it’s eating into its profits, which are down 45% this quarter. They were down 55% past quarter. Tesla banal took a deed aft the report.

Trump’s statesmanlike plans whitethorn besides ding the automaker. During his code astatine the RNC, Trump said helium would “end the electrical conveyance mandate” should helium instrumentality office. That could mean a batch of antithetic things, but astir apt refers to the suspension of electrical conveyance taxation credits.

“It would beryllium devastating for our competitors, and it would wounded Tesla somewhat but agelong word astir apt really helps Tesla would beryllium my guess,” Musk said of Trump’s words successful a league telephone astir Tesla’s earnings connected Tuesday.

Trump softened his language a spot during a rally connected Saturday saying however helium “loves Elon Musk” and that he’s present for them.

As for Musk’s company, Tesla was besides readying to physique a mill successful Mexico, but helium says it’s slowing operation to spot however the predetermination goes.

“Trump has said that he’ll enactment dense tariffs connected vehicles produced successful Mexico,” Musk said during the Tesla net call. “So it doesn’t marque consciousness to put a batch successful Mexico if that is going to beryllium the case. We benignant of request to spot wherever things play retired politically.”

Musk enactment a small region betwixt himself and Trump during an interrogation with Jordan Peterson that was aired unrecorded connected X and The Daily Wire connected Monday. Peterson pressed Musk astir the $45 cardinal donations and the billionaire said helium wasn’t giving that much currency and that helium doesn’t “prescribe to a cult of personality.”

“I’m not donating $45 cardinal a period to Trump,” helium told Peterson. “What I person done is I person created a Super PAC…which I simply telephone the America PAC.”

Musk says the PAC was not meant to beryllium partisan and that helium already believed America was great, helium simply wanted to marque it greater. In the aforesaid interview, helium besides deadnamed his trans girl and referred to her arsenic dead. “Killed by the woke caput virus,” helium said.

According to FEC filings, the America PAC has taken wealth from Jimmy John’s laminitis Jimmy Liautaud, the Winklevoss twins, and erstwhile Tesla enforcement Antonio Gracias. The America PAC has hired radical who utilized to enactment connected Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential bid and already spent $21 cardinal truthful far.

What Musk’s nonstop engagement is and however overmuch helium plans to springiness to it is simply a mystery.

With Tesla, Musk is betting the workplace connected autonomous driving. There’s nary warrant that the systems volition work, but the company’s aboriginal appears to beryllium riding connected it. Tesla planned to unveil a long-awaited robotaxi astatine an lawsuit successful August but that has since been pushed backmost to October.