Yesterday evening, Tesla reported first-quarter earnings for 2025, and they were abysmal: Profits dropped 71% from the same time last year.

Musk sounded bitter on the call with investors that followed, blaming the company’s misfortune on protesters who have raged at Tesla dealerships around the world over his role running DOGE and his ardent support of far-right politicians.

“The protests that you’ll see out there, they’re very organized. They’re paid for,” he said, without evidence.

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  • pyre@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    tech investors are fucking idiots who chase after shiny objects in hopes of the next big thing. it’s one thing for these morons to be impressed by a wannabe Tony Stark, and another to be ok with open nazism.