San Francisco – The crowds that protest the government’s purge Elon Musk of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, began to accumulate outside Tesla’s dealers during the United States on Saturday in the last attempt to groan the fortune of the richest man in the world.
The protesters are trying to intensify a movement aimed at the concessionaires and vehicles of Tesla in opposition to the role of Musk as head of the newly created government efficiency department, or Doge, where he has obtained access to confidential data and closed the entire agencies while trying to reduce government spending. Most of the estimated fortune of $ 340 billion of Musk consists of the shares it has in the electric vehicle company that continues to run while working with Trump.
The previous protests have been something sporadic. On Saturday he marked the first attempt to surround the 277 exhibition rooms and service centers of the automobile manufacturer in the United States with the hope of deepening A recent decrease in company sales.
First thing in the afternoon, the crowds that range from a few dozen to hundreds of protesters had made mass to Tesla’s locations in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Minnesota and the Native State of Texas of the car manufacturer. The images published in the Social Network Accounts showed demonstrators waving signs such as “Make the horn if you hate Elon” and “Fight against the billionaire Broligarchy.”
Tesla’s demolition movement also hoped to gather protesters in more than 230 Tesla locations in other parts of the world. Although participations in Europe were not as large as crowds in the United States, the anti-mudgen feeling was similar.
Around two dozen protesters contained signs that criticized musk outside a Tesla dealership in London while passing cars and trucks played horns in support.
One of the signs shown in London’s protest showed a photo of musizcle next to an image of Adolf Hitler doing the Nazi greeting, a gesture that Musk has been accused of reproducing Shortly after the opening of January 20 by Trump. A person with a Tyrannosaurus Rex costume had another sign with an image of Musk’s straight arm gesture that said: “You thought the Nazis were extinct. I don’t buy a swastika.”
“We just want to be loud, make noise, make people aware of the problems we face,” said Cam Whitten, an American who appeared in London’s protest.
Tesla Takedown was organized by a group of followers who included disappointed owners of car manufacturer vehicles, celebrities such as actor John Cusack and at least one legislator of the Democratic Party, representative Jasmine Crockett of Dallas.
“I will continue shouting in the halls of Congress. I just need you to make sure that everyone will continue shouting on the streets,” Crockett said during a Called Tesla Takedown organizer held earlier this month.
Some people opposed to Musk have gone beyond the protests and set fire to the vehicles of the car manufacturer and committed themselves Other acts of vandalism That the United States Attorney General Pam Bondi has denounced as domestic terrorism. Musk said he was stunned for the attacks during a company meeting on March 20 and said that the vandals should “stop acting psychopath.”
Crockett and other supporters of Tesla Takedown have been emphasizing the importance of Saturday’s protests remaining peaceful.
But the police were investigating a fire that destroyed seven Tesla vehicles in northwest Germany at dawn on Saturday. It was not clear immediately if the fire, which was extinguished by firefighters, was related to Tesla’s demolition protests.
A growing number of consumers who bought Tesla vehicles before Musk took care of Dege has been looking to sell or exchange their cars, while others have slapped the stickers that seek to distance themselves from the billionaire efforts to prune or close government agencies.
But Musk did not seem worried about a prolonged fall in the sales of new Tesla cars in his March 20 speech to employees. He assured the workers that the model and the company, which is being updated, would continue to be “the best selling car on Earth again this year.” He also predicted that Tesla will have sold more than 10 million cars worldwide for next year, compared to approximately 7 million cars now.
“There are times when there are rocky moments, where there is a stormy climate, but what I am here to tell you is that the future is incredibly brilliant and exciting,” Musk said.
After Trump was chosen last November, investors initially saw the Musk alliance with the president as a positive development for Tesla and his long -term efforts to launch A network of autonomous cars.
This optimism helped raise Tesla’s shares in 70% in the period between Trump’s elections of November 5 and its opening of January 20, creating additional $ 560 billion in wealth for shareholders. But practically all these profits have evaporated in the midst of investors’ concerns about the violent reaction of Tesla, delaying sales in the United States, Europe and China, and the musk that spent time supervising Dute.
“This is still a really moment for Musk to navigate for this moment of brand tornado crisis and reach the other side of this dark chapter for Tesla,” said Wedbush values analyst Dan Iives, in a research note prior to Saturday’s protests.
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Associated Press Mustakim Hasenath contributed from London and Stefanie Dazio contributed from Germany.
