Trump Says It's "Illegal" to Boycott Tesla

President Donald Trump, defending the honor of his right hand man Elon Musk, has described boycotting Tesla as "illegal." Trump made the comments in a Truth Social post at midnight on Tuesday, after a day that saw a tanking stock price for Musk's automaker. Trump asserted that Musk is actually doing a "fantastic job!" with Tesla — but that "Radical Left Lunatics" are "trying to illegally and collusively boycott" it. "In any event, I'm going to buy a brand new Tesla tomorrow morning as a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American," Trump added. Tesla is currently facing a wave of protests and vandalism across the country, fueled by strong anti-Musk sentiment for the world's richest man's heavy involvement in gutting federal spending through his so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Demonstrators have gathered outside Tesla dealerships in the hundreds, while individual cars have been defaced with spraypaint or pelted with trash. Some Tesla locations ... Read full article.