{"id":305769,"date":"2025-06-06T01:38:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=305769"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:27:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:27:54","slug":"political-drama-costs-tesla-over-100-billion-in-market-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/political-drama-costs-tesla-over-100-billion-in-market-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Drama Costs Tesla Over $100 Billion in Market Value"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tumultuous stock performance of Tesla (TSLA) has descended sharply, <strong>dropping over 50 points amid a public feud between CEO Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This feud underscores the significant influence of external factors, particularly politics, on Tesla&#8217;s market perception, despite the company&#8217;s relatively stable operational fundamentals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk&#8217;s controversial support for Trump juxtaposes the former president&#8217;s known opposition to electric vehicles (EVs), raising questions about Musk&#8217;s business acumen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon Musk says Trump would have lost the election without him:<br><br>\u201cWithout me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate. [\u2026] Such ingratitude\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gw6FVqm7YM\">pic.twitter.com\/Gw6FVqm7YM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1930678467886231943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tesla&#8217;s Stock Plummets Amid Musk-Trump Feud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite claiming to have saved the government billions, recent analyses suggest Musk may actually have contributed to a growing deficit, raising concerns about his decision-making capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The fragile nature of Tesla\u2019s stock became evident as more than $100 billion was wiped off its market capitalization since the onset of this feud<\/strong>. Investors appear increasingly wary that the company&#8217;s fortunes could be influenced by Musk\u2019s erratic behavior, particularly as he has vacillated between supporting and criticizing Trump, who himself has a history of favoring fossil fuel interests over EV initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The turmoil within the Tesla realm was exacerbated by Musk\u2019s unpredictable tweets, with him pointing fingers at Trump over budgetary issues, claiming they would worsen the national deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: I don\u2019t care what political side you\u2019re on. Donald Trump is officially off the rails, threatening Elon Musk.  <br><br>This is blatant extortion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NcRGoFo0H6\">pic.twitter.com\/NcRGoFo0H6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krassenstein\/status\/1930699055820362071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trump&#8217;s rebuttal suggested Musk&#8217;s earlier claims of providing electoral support went unrecognized, further fanning the flames of their rivalry<\/strong>. Analysts are observing closely, as this feud could detrimentally affect Tesla&#8217;s brand image as well as its sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While some investors may view this spat as a clash of two powerful figures, <strong>it starkly highlights Tesla&#8217;s vulnerability to its CEO&#8217;s impulsive actions.<\/strong> As market expectations shift rapidly, the focus now lies on whether Musk can rein in his behavior and steer Tesla back toward a growth trajectory without the shadow of political controversies overshadowing its operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tumultuous stock performance of Tesla (TSLA) has descended sharply, dropping over 50 points amid a public feud between CEO Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump. This feud underscores the significant influence of external factors, particularly politics, on Tesla&#8217;s market perception, despite the company&#8217;s relatively stable operational fundamentals. Musk&#8217;s controversial support for Trump juxtaposes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/political-drama-costs-tesla-over-100-billion-in-market-value\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Political Drama Costs Tesla Over $100 Billion in Market Value&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":296841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1434,8319,1471],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6849],"class_list":["post-305769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-elon-musk","tag-ev","tag-tesla","content-category-lifestyle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305772,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305769\/revisions\/305772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305769"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=305769"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=305769"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=305769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}