Trump Buys A Tesla In Show Of Support For Automaker
Daily WireMAR 12
Tesla Faces Nationwide Vandalism Amid Musk's DOGE Role
Above: The burnt-out remains of a Tesla electric car in the Steglitz district of Berlin, Germany, on March 14, 2025. Image copyright: Omer Messinger/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
Democrats have dropped their worn-out Trump derangement syndrome and traded it in for anti-Elon Musk hysteria. These ill-informed, albeit dangerous, outbursts are born out of an ideology based on hating politicians because they're told to. Liberals actually love billionaires until one like Musk comes around and aligns himself with Trump's government efficiency agenda, after which their hate is redirected towards a new ambiguous enemy.
Democratic narrative
While these isolated acts of violence are wrong and should be condemned by all, the underlying anger against Trump's right-hand oligarch isn't and shouldn't be. Trump's economic policies, backed by Musk, have sent Americans' retirement funds plummeting, and the president chose to respond by holding a photo shoot to encourage people to buy a new car. If public sentiment has led to a 50% decline in Tesla's stock, it would behoove Trump to start asking why.