Typical market manipulation move. He’ll probably announce something regarding bitcoin and the federal reserve today to artificially bump that up too.
Typical market manipulation move. He’ll probably announce something regarding bitcoin and the federal reserve today to artificially bump that up too.
There’s literally no reason besides market manipulation. Even if he knew how to drive, the president is not allowed to drive for the rest of their life after being elected.
Not allowed by who?
It’s not a law, but more of a rule enforced by the secret service. Ever since JFK the secret service has restricted the ability of the president to drive outside of private property. There was one time during Obama’s presidency when the secret service went into an immediate panic when decided to drive around the white house.
So I guess you technically could, it’s just an incredibly stupid thing to do. It’s an easy way to piss off the secret service and put your life at risk for no reason.
This isn’t even market manipulation. It’s one sale. That makes functionally zero difference to Musk’s bottom line.
In fact, if you’re dumping Tesla stock because the brand image has been utterly destroyed by Musk’s actions, this is just more reason to sell. Trump openly associating himself with the car is just making that problem worse.
The only good outcome for Musk here is if Trump’s cult all decide to follow suit, and that ends up being a win for the rest of us anyway since now all the “Fuck the environment” guys are suddenly driving electric cars.
That’s the manipulation
Except his cult is made up of trailer park dwellers that elected him because they couldn’t afford the $100 it takes to fill up their 2004 RAM 3500. Those people aren’t buying Teslas which is why their stock is down 50% since the beginning of the year.
Let the ‘good ol’ boys’ know that the rolling coal equivalent for an electric vehicle is to connect the battery to the frame. That’s really show the libs!