{"id":2412580,"date":"2025-03-11T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-fights-to-keep-tesla-afloat-during-preoccupation-with-doge-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T17:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:50:56","slug":"musk-fights-to-keep-tesla-afloat-during-preoccupation-with-doge-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-fights-to-keep-tesla-afloat-during-preoccupation-with-doge-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk fights to keep Tesla afloat during preoccupation with DOGE &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-fights-to-keep-tesla-afloat-during-preoccupation-with-doge-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412580&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses \u2062elon Musk&#8217;s\u200c ongoing challenges as the CEO of Tesla amidst his involvement with the Department of Government Efficiency, wich he describes as an initiative to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-and-unions-challenge-trumps-very-generous-federal-employee-resignation-offer-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrats and unions challenge Trump\u2019s \u2018very generous\u2019 federal employee resignation offer - ...\">enhance governmental efficiency<\/a> by reducing waste and\u2064 fraud. Despite currently being\u2062 the world&#8217;s richest person, Musk&#8217;s wealth has significantly declined, losing $148 billion as January, primarily\u2064 due to a 15% drop in Tesla&#8217;s stock. This decline\u200b reflects\u200d broader issues faced by Tesla, including a significant\u200c drop in vehicle sales\u2062 in Europe and \u2062a \u2064series of vandalism incidents targeting\u2063 Tesla vehicles and dealerships associated \u200bwith anti-DOGE activism. Musk \u200bremains optimistic about the company&#8217;s future, despite external pressures and\u2062 criticisms, including those\u200b from political figures like\u200b Donald Trump, who claim that opposition from the\u2062 left is adversely affecting Tesla. Musk asserts he \u2062is managing his commitments\u2064 with difficulty \u200bbut believes in the potential of his initiatives to streamline government processes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Musk fights to keep Tesla afloat during preoccupation with DOGE<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2028741\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> still holds claim to being the world&rsquo;s richest man, but his most successful company is facing challenges as the businessman devotes his attention to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3342279\/elon-musk-expand-doge-hiring-larry-kudlow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">an interview <\/a>with Fox Business Network&rsquo;s Larry Kudlow on Monday, Musk downplayed concerns about <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">literal and figurative shots being taken at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tesla\/\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Tesla<\/a>, his electric vehicle company&nbsp;<\/span>worth over $700 billion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3344277\/mass-layoffs-expected-department-of-education\/\">Mass layoffs expected at Department of Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3344147\/trump-buys-tesla-white-house-thank-elon-musk-great-patriot\/\">Trump buys Tesla at White House to thank Elon Musk for being &#8216;a great patriot&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3343854\/hochul-fires-2000-striking-prison-guards-state-jobs-ban\/\">Hochul fires 2,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-fires-2000-striking-prison-guards-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Hochul fires 2,000 striking prison guards - ...\">000 striking prison guards<\/a> and bans them from future state jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Always look on the bright side of life,&rdquo; the Tesla CEO said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s optimistic outlook comes despite data showing his net worth has tanked by $148 billion since January, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Tesla&rsquo;s stock plunged 15% on Monday, marking the steepest drop for the company, which is the primary source of Musk&rsquo;s income, since September, and signaling a $22.8 billion personal loss for the businessman, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dereksaul\/2025\/03\/11\/a-timeline-of-elon-musks-terrible-24-hours-a-dark-day-for-x-tesla-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Forbes<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It will be fine long-term,&rdquo; Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1899202765781450951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote in response<\/a> to the drop in his stock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some losses were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/tesla-stock-surges-tuesday-after-major-sell-off-11694825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">recouped<\/a> the following day, but the Monday news marked the start of a bad week for Musk, whose Tesla brand has taken a hit as anti-DOGE activists across the country target and, in some cases, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3336994\/tesla-targeted-violence-protests-elon-musk-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">violently damage<\/a> his electric car dealerships and charging stations across the country.&nbsp;The activism has occurred as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3332899\/musk-warning-anti-doge-eruptions-gop-town-halls-george-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> groups such as Indivisible<\/a>, a partisan professional group with links to left-wing billionaire George Soros, have <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1W0J4ZqFN40-9oNeRZXNqH3O6brlBwJWWKVGf15dSdGc\/preview?tab=t.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">organized anti-Tesla campaigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A fire erupted at a Seattle parking lot on Sunday, damaging four Tesla Cybertrucks. Officials told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>the incident is under a joint investigation by the Seattle Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Three Cybertrucks were vandalized at a dealership in Dedham, Massachusetts, early Tuesday morning, police said, bringing the number of acts of vandalism to Tesla vehicles, dealerships, and charging stations to at least 10 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/vehicles-damaged-at-tesla-dealership-in-dedham-investigation-underway\/3654473\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">recent weeks<\/a>, per NBC News.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Clearly the Musk DOGE distractions\/brand issues have taken on a life of their own and that has created a black cloud over Tesla&rsquo;s stock,&rdquo; Daniel Ives, a leading financial security analyst for Wedbush,<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Teslarati\/status\/1899222310780899707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> said<\/a> on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His words come as Tesla&rsquo;s sales have dropped significantly in Europe this year &mdash; down 71% in Germany, 45% in Norway, and 44% in France and Spain, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/global-trends\/us-news-elon-musk-to-lose-worlds-richest-man-title-heres-what-is-making-a-huge-dent-in-his-net-worth-120-billion-tesla-stocks-down-x-outage\/articleshow\/118886182.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Economic Times<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ives later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DivesTech\/status\/1899442145691406404?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">expressed confidence<\/a> Musk has an opening with Tesla to corner the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">electric vehicles market<\/a>, &ldquo;but this Musk\/DOGE political firestorm needs to be contained for the Tesla brand.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">President Donald Trum<\/span>p, too, has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-was-offered-more-than-4-million-for-pandemic-leadership-book-report-says\/\" title=\"Andrew Cuomo Was Offered More Than  Million For Pandemic \u2018Leadership\u2019 Book, Report Says\">expressed concern&#038;nbsp<\/a>;that Democratic-fueled opposition to DOGE is hurting Musk&rsquo;s brand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&hellip;The Radical Left Lunatics, as they often do, are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla, one of the World&rsquo;s great automakers, and Elon&rsquo;s &ldquo;baby,&rdquo; in order to attack and do harm to Elon, and everything he stands for,&rdquo; the president said in a post to Truth Social. &ldquo;Why should he be punished for putting his tremendous skills to work in order to help MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN???&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114141854575248527\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>When Musk was pressed Monday on how he&rsquo;s finding time to run his businesses while heading DOGE, the Tesla owner signaled he hasn&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re giving up your other stuff; how are you running your other businesses?&rdquo; Kudlow asked.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With great difficulty,&rdquo; Musk responded. &ldquo;But there&rsquo;s no turning back. I&rsquo;m just trying to make government more efficient &mdash; eliminate waste and fraud &mdash; and so far, we&rsquo;re making good progress actually. So our savings at this point exceed $4 billion a day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elon Musk flashes his t-shirt that reads &ldquo;DOGE&rdquo; to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3332899\/musk-warning-anti-doge-eruptions-gop-town-halls-george-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>MUSK ISSUES WARNING AFTER ANTI-DOGE ERUPTIONS AT GOP TOWN HALLS REVEALED TO BE BACKED BY SOROS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite facing opposition, Musk expressed confidence Monday that he would continue using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-joint-address-speech-used-against-him-in-doge-lawsuit-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump\u2019s joint address speech used against him in ... lawsuit - ...\">government-slashing initiative<\/a> to bring the &ldquo;rule of the people&rdquo; back to Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president is the elected representative of the people. And if the president cannot get things implemented as a reflection of the will of the people, then what we have is not a democracy. We have a bureaucracy. We have rule of the bureau, not rule of the people. And that&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re trying to defeat here [with DOGE] is the bureaucracy and have rule of the people,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2028741\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2028741\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk struggles to support Tesla while focused on DOGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2412581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/elon-musk-doge-march-9.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12577,23466,4250,6734],"class_list":["post-2412580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-doge","tag-musk","tag-tesla"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/elon-musk-doge-march-9.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412584,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412580\/revisions\/2412584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}