Boston – The protesters gathered outside Tesla stores in the United States on Saturday to protest the billionaire CEO of the automobile manufacturer, ELON ALMIZCLEand his impulse to reduce government spending on behalf of the president Donald Trump.
The manifestations are part of a growing reaction in North America and Europe to Musk’s disruptive role in Washington.
Trump and Musk’s critics expect to discourage and stigmatize the purchases of Tesla, the electric car company that is the most valuable car manufacturer in the world. Liberal groups for weeks They have organized anti-tesla protests With the hope of galvanizing the opposition to the Efficiency Department of the Musk government and energizing the Democrats still demoralized by Trump’s victory in November.
“We can return to Elon,” said Nathan Phillips, a 58 -year -old environmentalist from Newton, Massachusetts, who protested in Boston on Saturday. “We can impose direct economic damage to Tesla appearing in the exhibition rooms everywhere and boycotting Tesla and telling everyone else to leave, sell their actions, sell their teslas.”
Musk is taking Trump’s direction to reduce federal expenditure and drastically reduce the workforce, arguing that Trump’s victory already gave the president already a mandate to restructure the United States government. Doge officials have quickly obtained access to confidential databases, directed thousands of federal employment cuts, canceled contracts and closures sections of the government, including the United States Agency for International Development.
Musk’s critics say his actions challenge the power of Congress to control the United States budget and present a series of ways for him get. Musk leads several other companies, especially Spacex, which performs launches for NASA and the intelligence community, and the social media platform X.
“The protests will not dissuade President Trump and Elon Musk to comply with the promise of establishing Dux and make our federal government more efficient and more responsible before US working taxpayers throughout the country,” said White House spokesman Harrison Fields.
Tesla did not respond to a request for comments by email.
More than 50 demonstrations were listed on Saturday on the Tesla Takedown website, with more planned later in March from Costa to Costa in the United States along with England, Spain and Portugal. News reports showed demonstrations in recent days in US cities, such as Tucson, Arizona; San Luis; New York City; Dayton, Ohio; Charlotte; and Palo Alto, California.
Some Tesla owners have also reported that their vehicles shattered with swastika painted with aerosol amid what Jewish groups and observers Fear is an increase in anti -Semitism.
Federal prosecutors loaded A woman in relation to a series of vandalism against a Colorado Tesla dealership, which included Molotov cocktails thrown into vehicles and the words “Nazi cars” spray painted in the building.
Saturday’s demonstration in Boston had a festive atmosphere, with a brass band playing music while the protesters wore signs and sang. Several of the signs made fun of Musk and Doge, with a reading: “Stop Elon and his despicable musk.”
“This government led by Trump and Musk, has completely left the rails and we are here to stop that,” said Carina Camasso, a federal worker retired. “And I hope you listen.”
Some 300 protesters protested in a Tesla dealership in New York City on Saturday. Police said nine people were arrested but did not give details about the positions they faced.
The price of Tesla’s shares has fallen by almost a third since Trump assumed the position, although he is still higher than a year ago. The current net worth of Musk is an estimated $ 359 billion, according to Forbes, which calculated its net worth of 2024 as $ 195 billion.
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Cooper reported from Phoenix. Associated Press Patrick Whittle writer at Scarborough, Maine, contributed to this report.
