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Opposition against Elon Musk for his of President Donald Trump is ramping up in the United States and Tesla is being targeted.
The most violent incident occurred in Las Vegas in the last few hours, when an individual threw Molotov cocktails and shot at vehicles of the brand founded by Musk at one of its dealerships, causing a spectacular fire that has gone around the world.
Domestic terrorism against Tesla and Musk
Five Tesla vehicles were damaged, three shots were heard and even one of the Molotov cocktails was found undetonated at the scene. In addition, the inscription "Resist" was found engraved on one of the walls of the facility. Authorities described the acts as "domestic terrorism".
Musk himself was asked about this in an interview with FOX for a very different reason: the rescue of two American astronauts who had completed their mission in space, which was supposed to be just over a week but they spent almost 10 months on the International Space Station.
Before this television intervention, Musk had already expressed his rejection of these violent actions on X (Twitter), the social network of which he is the owner: "This level of violence is toxic and completely inappropriate. Tesla only makes electric cars and does not deserve these devilish attacks," wrote the South African. On FOX, he framed them within the process of opposition from "the left" to the White House's austerity policies.
Continuous attacks in the U.S
The attack on the Tesla facility in Las Vegas is not the first, but it has been the most viral because of the violence of its nature. Previously, several Cybertrucks were also set on fire at a dealership in Missouri.
To this must be added other manifestations of opposition (these peaceful) to Musk and Trump's policy of cuts by different public figures who have chosen to get rid of their Tesla vehicles in protest against measures with which they do not agree. One of the most high-profile 'defections' was that of country superstar Sheryl Crow.
The world's richest man was one of the bastions of the Republican Donald Trump's campaign, both in of image and economically (it is even speculated that he was his biggest benefactor) and, once elected, the president has given him an important role in the istration.
Musk, who is Trump's special adviser and has been present at multiple interventions by the American president, heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is responsible for reducing costs that Republicans consider superfluous.
Trump and Musk's mutual
Trump has also had numerous gestures of explicit for Musk, the latest of which was when he turned the White House gardens into a Tesla exhibition in front of dozens of journalists. The tycoon even announced that he would buy one of the American cars as a show of for the American company, despite having been a traditional opponent of electric car technology.
Trump also gave the green light to Space X, Musk's aerospace company, to carry out the aforementioned rescue of the astronauts. A return that was consummated precisely yesterday and became a media event in the United States.