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Summary

Elon Musk lashed out online Monday as Tesla stock plunged over 15%, wiping out its post-election rally and shedding 50% of its value since December.

Investors worried about market declines, recession fears, and Tesla's growing controversy after Musk's far-right rhetoric and mass government layoffs.

Musk falsely claimed Democratic donors funded anti-Tesla protests and linked critics to Jeffrey Epstein. He amplified conspiracy theories blaming arson attacks on Democrats.

Despite his efforts, Tesla's collapse cost Musk $23 billion in a single day.

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[–] joecamnet@lemmy.world 15 points 5 hours ago

Man. Poor guy. Really gotta feel for the nazi billionaires trying to destroy the world when their feefees get hurt. Chin up, champ!

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, the president is really scared, he even had to call trump for a photo op in front of a Tesla

trump had to stop golfing after the president called him for promoting sales of Tesla

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 3 points 4 hours ago

He went from selling beans to selling shitty cars. The american dream is alive and well

[–] plc@feddit.dk 11 points 5 hours ago

Schadenfreude intensifies

[–] Billybob22@feddit.uk 6 points 4 hours ago

Trump just f***ed Tesla. It had some coolness left in the brand but Truml just removed that on the White House lawn.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Today so many good news

He lost $23 billion from Tesla and $23 billion from tweeting about Carlos Slim

[–] D_C@lemm.ee 3 points 4 hours ago

Has anyone told him about the pulling of bootstraps? I feel that if he really, realllly pulled then he could make that 46 bill back by the end of the week!

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 32 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like he didn't work hard enough.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 14 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Maybe he should eat less avocado toast.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Shooting yourself in the head in a bunker speedrun GO!

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 22 points 7 hours ago

Tesla’s collapse cost Musk $23 billion in a single day.

yummy.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Great to see. Fuckwad deserves it

[–] thickertoofan@lemm.ee 5 points 6 hours ago

well deserved!

[–] weirdboy@lemm.ee 11 points 7 hours ago

Over the weekend, he shared clip from a Tesla fan account of the prototype for the Cybercab, a two-seater robotaxi the company will allegedly be making by 2026.

It is so accurate they qualified this with "allegedly" in this sentence.

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 36 points 10 hours ago

Oh wow look taking hard political stances is actually bad for business. A fact known for pretty much all of time. I wonder how the self proclaimed genius didn't see this coming.

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Ketamine is a hell of a drug.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

He doesn't seem to be having a good time. It reminds me of the DPH sub.

[–] LucidLyes@lemmy.world 30 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago) (1 children)

I received 0 money from any Democratic donor. They don't have to pay me to enjoy watching your downfall.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 7 points 8 hours ago

Some of us spent money to see this happen.

[–] pogt@lemmy.wtf 8 points 8 hours ago

That was an awesome read. Thank you.

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 94 points 13 hours ago

The amount of raw, undiluted satisfaction that would come from watching Musk's fortune disappear would probably be enough to tide me over for the rest of the Trump presidency. I could be sent to a concentration camp slaving away somewhere manufacturing MAGA merch, and I'd still have a smile on my face knowing Elon went broke.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Good, strip his US citizenship and send his worthless back to South Africa.

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

We don't want him back, send him to Antarctica.

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

Why pollute such a pristine environment. Just fire up the incinerator

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Just grant him his wish to go to Mars. We all get a happy ending ;)

[–] Sundiata@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

and risk having him make first contact with alien life?

any alien civilization that comes into contact with him will default to exterminating the human race after incinerating him on the spot.

[–] SirFasy@lemmy.world 71 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

God damn is he stupid. TF did he think was gonna happen when he pissed off the kind of people that buy EV's

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 60 points 13 hours ago

Nothing. He's not used to consequences.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago

He thought he was smarter and that it would be over in a week. He thought no one would keep listening to the bad and they are the type of leaders that only listen to themselves within their own echo chamber.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 18 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

were doing something right if hes melting down.

Epstein we know you are linked with EPSTEIN you have been in a photo with Miss kungfu coordinator and epstein. his projection against pedophelia and transgendered people is very telling.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 51 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

musk melts down

ah, I was hoping it was literal. maybe one day, fingers crossed.

[–] Cargon@lemmy.ml 12 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Melt down? Better pour 5 thousand tons of boron and sand on him.

[–] BobbyNevada@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

In this economy?! The best we can do is a 55 gallon drum filled with Coca-Cola.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 53 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] patrickS@lemm.ee 8 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

Apropos nothing, has there ever been an uglier name (aesthetically, aurally) than "Elon Musk"? Just say it out loud a couple of times. Does it not make you almost throw-up in your mouth a little bit?

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

The entire family has bad taste in names, Errol Musk... Also a jackass, but less of a large scale grifter.

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