Elon Musk Complains About 'Paid' Protests on Call About Tesla's Poor Earnings
Elon Musk Bemoans ‘Paid’ Protests as Tesla Earnings Plummet
During a call with investors Tuesday, Musk blamed “paid” and “very organized” protesters for his electric company’s remarkably weak earnings so far in 2025.
“They’re obviously not going to admit that the reason that they’re protesting is because they’re receiving fraudulent money, or that they’re the recipients of wasteful largesse, they’re gonna come up with some other reason, but that is the real reason for the protests,” said the billionaire.
Musk and DOGE have slashed the agency that manages Social Security, as he’s falsely criticized America’s core safety-net program as a “Ponzi scheme.”
They probably receive or expect to receive funds or services from Social Security or some other government program. The filthy swine.
Somehow, I don't think that this is going to do a great deal to heal any brand damage with progressives.
Frankly, I think that Mr. Musk would be considerably better off if he would simply stop tweeting or publicly-saying things before running them past a PR team.
because they’re receiving fraudulent money, or that they’re the recipients of wasteful largesse
Every accusation is a confession https://fortune.com/2025/03/26/elon-musk-tesla-under-investigation-canada-wrongfully-boosting-sales/
Hiring a PR team is too close to admitting that you recognize you say and do wrong things. Narcissism requires the denial.
IIRC he fired his PR team. That's why his reputation went down the toilet, we started getting raw Elmo instead of the shiny image his PR team had carefully crafted.
IIRC he fired his PR team.
Apparently so.
Frankly, I think that whatever said team cost would have paid for itself many, many, many times over from the "DOGE" incident alone, had it been able to dissuade Mr. Musk from engaging in it.
Who ever they were they really should advertise themselves as the people that were able to make elon look sane