Tesla’s stocks seem to also reflect that shift, as the company’s stock was down 52% from last December. It briefly picked up this week after Trump hosted a Tesla showcase at the White House and pledged to purchase one in an effort to help the company.

Some dealerships have seen protests, gunshots, spray-painted cars, and even arson — including a dealership in France where a dozen Teslas were torched. Amid slumping Tesla sales and a tanking stock price,

"When one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful person in the world is saying you've committed a crime, it doesn't matter what the truth is," said Valerie Costa, an anti-Tesla protester.

Culture wars took center stage at the CAGOP convention with a speech from women’s sports activist Riley Gaines.

The fancifully named Department of Government Efficiency is grounded in a fundamental misapprehension of how the federal government works. The recklessness and destruction is not a bug but a feature.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have shared a video of NASA's two stuck astronauts—which included one thanking the pair—ahead of their return to Earth. They shared the clip from earlier this month on their social media accounts as a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday,