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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    23 days ago

    At most companies, it’d be long past time to show the CEO the door. But Tesla’s stock price is inextricably linked to Musk and his onetime image as Silicon Valley’s greatest living genius.

    BWaHAAHAhaahaha. Ahhh what a fuckin’ idiot Elmo is.

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      23 days ago

      He is also Tesla’s largest single shareholder, and has a hand-picked board. It would take a lot to get him to leave involuntarily.

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        23 days ago

        Oh yeah, it’s not happening. I just thought the part about his image as the greatest genius was well-played as sarcastic AF and also laughable in hindsight