The people have spoken. And by “people,” I mean “Elon Musk.” Trump is now buying into the batshit crazy that is the current Musk/Cybertruck discourse. This, of course, leave…
    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      241·
      1 day ago

      Shorts are always risky especially and there’s a chance that Trump mandates everyone buy a Tesla tomorrow or some bullahit but, and this is not financial advice, it seems like a crazy time to try and hold Tesla stock.

    • ripcord@lemmy.world
      4·
      22 hours ago

      It’s back up the last 2 days. Looking likely to be back up tomorrow, too.

      Guess we’ll see if sanity returns.

      • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        9 hours ago

        It won’t last, the brand is already irreparably damaged. He was stammering all over the place when Kudlow asked him how he is running his companies, and it was clear he had something big on his mind.

        I suspect he has either been informed that the Tesla board of directors is not happy about his poor behavior’s impact on their company, and is pressuring him to change his behavior or step down as CEO, or he is being threatened with a shareholder lawsuit, or perhaps both.

        The bloom’s off the rose with Tesla, and it is now on a slow, inexorable slide down. It will rally a bit now and then, but HitlerPig isn’t going to give a weekly infomercial to prop it up. Every bit of bad news, every crash, every recall, every missed production date, every missed release date, etc., is going to be one more drag on the stock price.

        Most of Skum’s fortune is tied to Tesla stock. If we keep pressure on Tesla, Skum will be forced to go back to work, or better yet, he’ll have the humiliation of being fired because he put MAGA ahead of his legal responsibilities to his company and shareholders. If you have Tesla stock, sell it. If you are a market trader, short it. Everyone else should just keep spreading the word about how poorly they’re designed, all their problems, etc. Call it the SwatiKKKar at every opportunity. Inform Tesla owners of their new public identity as Nazis, just for driving one. Encourage Tesla owners to sell, a rising used market will supress sales of new vehicles, and put Teslas into the hands of low-end MAGADorks and further damage the image of the average Tesla owner.

        Tesla’s public image needs to be crushed until it is the best example of a bad EV, and Skum’s fortune has depleted.

      • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
        14·
        1 day ago

        It wasn’t closed but it was left in a state that wouldn’t allow it to detain tens of thousands of illegal immigrants and other terrorist dissenters without due process.

        • Billiam@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 day ago

          Well it isn’t big enough to hold tens of thousands of people there, which I guess means anyone sent there will be disappeared processed for deportation faster to make room.

          • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            8 hours ago

            They are already expanding the detention facilities at Gitmo.

            America has the largest percenrtage of incarcerated individuals in the world. The average maximum security prison in America is around 800-1500 people. The largest, in Angola, LA, is about 8300.

            The new facilty in Gitmo, is expected to hold 30,000, almost 4 times larger than Angola. The clearly expect to hold a LOT of people there. And once they’ve processed as many foreigners as they can, they’ll be looking for their next enemy to round up. Obviously, political opponents and the gay community are on the short list.

            It should also be noted that Guantanamo Bay is in Cuba (weird), far from the prying eyes of the media or the courts. How are detainees supposed to meet with their lawyers? They could literally ANYTHING to those detainees, and nobody would know.