There's literally no reason besides market manipulation. Even if he knew how to drive, the president is not allowed to drive for the rest of their life after being elected.
It's not a law, but more of a rule enforced by the secret service. Ever since JFK the secret service has restricted the ability of the president to drive outside of private property. There was one time during Obama's presidency when the secret service went into an immediate panic when decided to drive around the white house.
So I guess you technically could, it's just an incredibly stupid thing to do. It's an easy way to piss off the secret service and put your life at risk for no reason.
This isn't even market manipulation. It's one sale. That makes functionally zero difference to Musk's bottom line.
In fact, if you're dumping Tesla stock because the brand image has been utterly destroyed by Musk's actions, this is just more reason to sell. Trump openly associating himself with the car is just making that problem worse.
The only good outcome for Musk here is if Trump's cult all decide to follow suit, and that ends up being a win for the rest of us anyway since now all the "Fuck the environment" guys are suddenly driving electric cars.
Let the 'good ol' boys' know that the rolling coal equivalent for an electric vehicle is to connect the battery to the frame. That'll really show the libs!
Yeah I really highly doubt any MAGAts out there are going to pony up to buy an electric car. LoL, Musk torched the base of people who were buying his dumb cars and now he's paying for it.
The all-too-slow decline of TSLA stock value is a daily source of joy for me.
P.S. I'm also going to have a glass of wine in celebration when Bill Gates cashes in his short.
Completely out of context, iwas down a Goya rabbit hole, when i came across this:
Goya Foods, through its Goya Gives global initiative, is sending ready-to-serve Goya food and beverages to the people of East Palestine and surrounding areas in response to the Ohio train derailment.
I was so confused, then remembered you guys really have a lot of city names, where my mind goes to max effort trying to geo localize what I'm reading.
Trump offers to buy a single Tesla in response. Which he won't do anyway, because he's too cheap to pay for anything, so he'll get given it for free and won't drive it because he's not allowed. He's driven everywhere in The Beast which weighs about 10 tonnes.
I wonder how his fans will react to that. Will they get angry that their idol buys a "woke" electric car or will they suddenly wish they could afford one too?
Tesla has been due for a correction since forever. A single car company couldn't be worth $1T unless they sold every car in the American market, new and used.
Tesla's value was always a bubble and I'm gratified by the popping sound.