The recent violence against Tesla dealers will be classified as domestic terrorism, said United States president Donald Trump, while selecting a new Tesla car to show his support to the executive director of the electric car manufacturer, his ally Elon Musk.
The actions of the car manufacturer closed with an increase of almost 4% on Tuesday, recovering from the greatest fall in a single day in four and a half years recorded on Monday.
Lately, activists have carried out the so -called Tesla Takedown protests to express their discontent for the role of Musk in the broad cuts to the Federal Labor Force by order of Trump and the cancellation of contracts that finance humanitarian programs worldwide.
Musk, the richest person in the world, leads the Department of Government Efficiency of the Trump Administration, known by its acronym in English as Doge.
“They are damaging a large American company,” Trump said in the White House, referring to protesters. Near there, several Tesla vehicles were aligned at the entrance between the mansion and the southern garden. “Let me say, if they do it against Tesla or against any company, we will catch them and (…) they will go through a hell.”
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Some 350 protesters protested last week in front of a Tesla electric vehicle dealership in Portland, Oregon, while nine people were arrested during a tumultuous demonstration against a Tesla dealership in New York City in early March.
Vandalism acts against vehicles and Tesla exhibition rooms that are being investigated have also been recently reported.
Trump’s decision to buy a Tesla electric vehicle, ”he said a Model S – was a significant gesture of support for Musk, who has been criticized for his work in Washington. The initial price of Model S is approximately $ 80,000.
Trump, sitting in the driver of the shiny red car driver, said he is no longer allowed to drive, but that he would keep the vehicle in the White House so that his equipment would use it. He said he would pay by check and did not want a Musk discount.
In a publication on its Truth Social platform, Trump defended Musk, saying that he was “risking everything” to help the country and that he was doing a “fantastic” job.
“Tomorrow morning I will buy a completely new Tesla as a sample of confidence and support from Elon Musk, a true great American,” Trump said.
Musk thanked the president for his support on his own social media platform, X.
In January, Trump signed up against electric vehicles and revoked an executive order of 2021 signed by his predecessor, Joe Biden, who sought to guarantee that half of all new vehicles sold in the US for 2030 were electric.
The market capitalization of Tesla has been reduced to less than half since it reached a historical maximum of 1.5 billion dollars on December 17, erasing most of the profits that the action obtained after Musk supported Trump in the November elections in the US.
The fall of action since December is due to the decrease in vehicle sales and profits, protests against the political activity of Musk and the concern of investors that politics was distracting the billionaire from attending to their main business.
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However, in the White House event with Trump, Musk said he would double production in the next two years.
“As a result of President Trump’s excellent policies and his administration, and as an act of faith in the United States, Tesla will double the production of vehicles in the country within the next two years,” he said.
Musk said in January that Tesla was working hard to increase the annual volumes this year, after registering his first annual fall in deliveries in 2024. He did not reiterate his previous promise of a growth of 20% -30% in vehicle sales this year.
On Tuesday, Musk told journalists that he would remain in Washington while it was useful, but said he would continue to be the CEO of Tesla.
With Reuters information
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