Speaking on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 11, President Donald Trump told onlookers that he would be taking very, very seriously the campaign of attacks against Tesla dealerships, cars, and owners that the left has begun as it tries to fight back against Elon’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). President Trump said he would be treating attacks on Tesla dealerships as domestic terrorism attacks on Tesla.
As background, as the head of DOGE, Elon has sent much of the left into a spiral of rage by cutting out corruption. Particularly, his digging into, and then canceling, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) contracts infuriated them, as has his continuing attempts to root out the fraud, waste, and abuse at Social Security.
So, in response to him, Elon’s political enemies have taken to attacking Tesla cars and dealerships, causing vast amounts of damage. President Trump, meeting with Elon outside the White House to discuss Tesla, described how his administration would treat those attacks as the domestic terrorism incidents that they really are.
Initially, President Trump spoke about the matter as the left’s economic attacks on Tesla, noting in a post on Truth Social that leftists are trying to boycott the American automaker. He wrote, beginning that post, “To Republicans, Conservatives, and all great Americans, Elon Musk is “putting it on the line” in order to help our Nation, and he is doing a FANTASTIC JOB!”
Continuing, he alleged that even their boycott of Tesla is illegal because of the collusion involved, saying, “But the Radical Left Lunatics, as they often do, are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla, one of the World’s great automakers, and Elon’s “baby,” in order to attack and do harm to Elon, and everything he stands for.”
He then said that he would buy a new Tesla to support Elon, writing, “They tried to do it to me at the 2024 Presidential Ballot Box, but how did that work out? 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. Why should he be punished for putting his tremendous skills to work in order to help MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN???”
That post led to President Trump and Mr. Musk putting on a show outside of the White House, during which the two men discussed Tesla’s virtues as the president looked over a lineup of cars that Elon had delivered to the White House for him to consider purchasing. That by itself was quite entertaining, particularly when President Trump mocked former President Biden’s frailty while getting into a Tesla Model S, and then commented on the whole car seeming like a big computer.
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But then, after buying the Telsa Model S Plaid, “I will label attacks on Tesla as domestic terrorism. We already know who some of them are, we are going to catch them.” He added, commenting on what will happen to those who are carrying out the attacks, “When we catch you, and we will, you’re going to go through HELL.” Watch him here:
While the left panicked over Trump’s pronouncement, many people online seemed to be in broad agreement. One poster, for example, noted in response to the attacks on Teslas and dealerships, “My thoughts are that the destruction of private property to make a political point is terrorism and if we don’t take it seriously and crack down on the people who do this, it will get much worse.”
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video