Protesting crowds against the billionaire Elon Musk US government purge under the American president Donald Trump started to raise outside Tesla Concessionaires in the United States and in certain European cities on Saturday in the last attempt to brew the wealthy human fortune in the world.
The demonstrators try to degenerate a movement targeting the dealers and vehicles of Tesla in opposition to the role of Musk as head of the Department of Effectiveness of the Government, or DOGEWhere he had access to sensitive data and closed entire agencies while he is trying to reduce public spending. Most of the estimated fortune of 340 billion dollars of musk consists of the stock which he holds in the company of electric vehicles which he continues to run while working alongside Trump.
Previous demonstrations have been somewhat sporadic. Saturday marked the first attempt to surround the 277 of the exhibition halls and service centers of the automaker in the United States in the hope of deepening A recent drop in business sales.
At the beginning of the afternoon, crowds ranging from a few tens to hundreds of demonstrators had flocked to Tesla in the locations of New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Minnesota and the original state of the car manufacturer. Photos published on social media accounts have shown that demonstrators brandishing signs such as “Honk if you hate Elon” And “Fight the billionaire broligarchy.”
The demonstrators gathered against the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, during a demonstration of “Tesla Takedown” in front of a Tesla store in New York on March 29, 2025.
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The Tesla Takedown movement also hoped to join the demonstrators at more than 230 Tesla locations in other parts of the world. Although participations in Europe were not as important as the crowd in the United States, anti-MUSC feeling was similar.
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About two dozen demonstrators kept musc -castigated panels outside a Tesla dealership in London while cars and trucks passed horns to support.
One of the signs displayed during the London demonstration showed a photo of Musk next to an image of Adolf Hitler making the Nazi salute – a gesture that Musk was accused of reproducing Shortly after Trump’s inauguration on January 20. A person in a Tyrannosaurus Rex costume held another sign with a photo of the musk arm gesture who said: “You thought the Nazis were turned off. Do not buy a swasticar.”
A group of demonstrators gathers outside the Royal Park Tesla dealer in London, United Kingdom, March 29, 2025.
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“We just want to be strong, make noise, make people aware of the problems we face,” said Cam Whitten, an American who came to the London demonstration.
Tesla Takedown was organized by a group of supporters who included owners disappointed with car manufacturer vehicles, celebrities such as the actor John CusackAnd at least one legislator of the Democratic Party, the representative Jasmine Crockett of Dallas.
“I will continue to shout in the corridors of the Congress. I just need all of you to make sure you continue to shout in the streets,” said Crockett Tesla Takedown Organing Call Held earlier this month.
Some people opposed to Musk went beyond the demonstrations and set fire to the vehicles of the automaker and committed Other acts of vandalism that the American prosecutor general Bondi has Decree as domestic terrorism. Musk said he was stunned by attacks during A corporate meeting of March 20 And said the vandals should “stop the psycho acting”.
Crockett and other supporters of Tesla Takedown stressed the importance for Saturday protests to remain peaceful.
But the police were investigating a fire that destroyed seven Tesla vehicles in northwestern Germany early Saturday morning. It was not immediately clear if the fire, which was extinguished by the firefighters, was linked to the Tesla demonstrations at the withdrawal.
An increasing number of consumers who bought Tesla vehicles before Musk took control of DOGE, sought to sell or exchange their cars while others slapped on stickers for bumpers seeking to distance themselves from the billionaire’s efforts to cut or close government agencies.
But Musk did not seem concerned about an extended collapse of the sales of new Tesla cars in its address on March 20 to employees. He reassured the workers that the company’s Y model, which is refreshing, would again remain “the best -selling car on Earth this year”. He also predicted that Tesla would have sold more than 10 million cars worldwide by next year, compared to around 7 million cars now.
“There are times when there are difficult times, when there is stormy time, but what I am here to tell you is that the future is incredibly brilliant and exciting,” said Musk.
After Trump was elected last November, investors initially saw the Musk alliance with the president as a positive development for Tesla and its longtime efforts to launch a network of autonomous cars.
This optimism has contributed to increasing Tesla’s shares by 70% during the period between the November 5 elections of Trump and its inauguration of January 20, creating an additional $ 560 billion in shareholders. But practically all these gains were evaporated in the midst of investors’ concerns concerning the Tesla reaction, late sales in the United States, Europe and China, and spending time supervising Doge.
“It continues to be a moment of truth for Musk to sail in this moment of brand tornado crisis and put itself on the other side of this dark chapter for Tesla,” said Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities analyst, leading to Saturday demonstrations.
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