U.S. President Donald Trump said violence against Tesla dealers will be marked as family terrorism and the perpetrators will “go through hell.”
Trump said on Tuesday, March 11 that he provided support to EV maker CEO Elon Musk.
Tesla’s shares closed up nearly 4% on Tuesday after the president’s biggest sunset in four and a half years after the White House selected the new Tesla with Musk for his employees to use the new Tesla.
Activists have recently protested at Tesla to express dissatisfaction with Musk’s role in Trump’s demands and cancellations to fund global humanitarian programs.
Musk is the richest man in the world, and he is the first to take responsibility for the Trump administration’s government efficiency or threshold rate.
“They are damaging a great American company,” Trump said at the White House, referring to protesters and Musk wearing a black “make America great again” baseball cap. Nearby, many Teslas (TSLA.O), lined up new label vehicles in the driveway between the mansion and the South Lawn.
“Let me tell you, you do this to Tesla and then do it to any company, and we’re going to catch you, … you’re going to go through hell.”
“The ongoing and outrageous violence by activists against Tesla is nothing more than family terror,” White House spokesman Harrison Fields said.
Last week, about 350 protesters protested outside the Tesla electric vehicle dealership in Portland, Oregon, and nine were arrested in a demonstration outside the Tesla dealership in New York City.
The media also reported on the Tesla cars and showroom vandals under investigation.
One said it was the organizer of Tesla’s protests in a statement on social media platforms, saying it was a act of peace and opposition to violence.
“Peaceful protests on public property are not family terrorism. They try to intimidate us. We won’t let them succeed,” the group said, calling on people to join the protests.
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