Elon is in the FAFO Stage of his Puppeteered Presidency
A Series on Misinformation, Disinformation and Subterfuge
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These aren’t terrorists, rather ‘peaceful protesters’ on a US Capitol tour, as MAGA3x would put it.
Frankly, I am shocked Musk hadn’t liquidated his entire stock holdings near its peak before putting on his ‘war costume’ then working to build a New World Order of Nazi-capitalists.
It’s also clear I overestimated Elon’s intelligence here. Had he been smart, he’d have sold out of Tesla knowing he wasn’t too likely to pay any taxes given his control of the US. He then could have used that capital to buy other things needed to consolidate power and control. Heck, he could have even put in a bid to buy Greenland, the Panama Canal, a news outlet. Instead he has allowed himself to lose over 100B in wealth and counting.
No, Tesla is not fine in the long-run. Nor should it be. The US is running against green energy, tearing up windmill applications, pushing for more oil and ‘clean coal.’ At the same time Musk again year-end loaded his sales reaching as far into market saturation as he could possibly get by slashing prices and therefore future profits.
Then there are the tariffs.
Where does Musk get his steel? It’s already well known that the US steel quality built during COVID wasn’t as high quality as imports from Canada or China’s. While most of operations are centered within the US, he gets his raw materials from a variety of sources.
Tesla’s market share is crumbling in Europe as well as in China, which long term means flatter growth in sales. So even without Musk making a fool out himself being a Nazi putting Putin first, not America.
It doesn’t make sense to Elon to collectively defend the US and our allies against our enemies because our enemies are his allies.
Frankly, Russia and Putin are militarily weak, so weak currently that they lost Syria, they had to buy/trade for North Korean soldiers, and have to cycle untrained or handicapped militants to push forward. All Putin has left to pull from is a conscription notice drafting Russian youth. Europe is rising to that challenge, and will hopefully put troops on the ground along with increasing small arms transferred to the front lines to deplete the Zs advances.
I also strongly suspect Musk and therefore Tesla, will get sanctioned by Europe for conspiring with the Russians and for interfering in the German elections. How would that impact sales? Same if China closes Tesla within their borders.