During a conference, Elon Musk announced to distance himself from the government of Donald Trump. The billionaire and owner of Tesla, Spacex and X made this decision in order to devote himself to his electric car business whose sales are down.
“Probably from next May, the time that I will allocate to Doge will drop very significantly”Elon Musk announced this Tuesday, April 22 in a conference. Concretely, the billionaire who joined the government of Donald Trump will distance himself from his implications in politics. On the government side, Elon Musk wants to be “reassuring”, he underlines that despite his “withdrawal” in the political life of the United States, his “crucial work was largely accomplished”.
Elon Musk “congratulates”
Despite “the crucial work accomplished”, her electric car business, Tesla has experienced a “hollow” period since the beginning of 2025. Elon Musk explains this complicated situation due to the “repercussions” because of her implications in politics. Indeed, since the first quarter of 2025, Tesla is boycotted … all over the world. Reason being the political positions of its leaderElon Musk since his investment in the government of Donald Trump. Tesla cars are sometimes vandalized, which the financial director deplores, Vaibhav Taneja, reports TF1: “The negative impact of vandalism and unjustified hostility towards our brand and our employees had an impact on certain markets”.
Tesla is experiencing economic difficulties, world sales have dropped drastically. Ditto, for share on the stock market. In the first quarter, TF1 reports that Tesla’s turnover has dropped by – 9% over a year. The brand’s cars are aging and the competition significant, which also lowers the number of models delivered worldwide (-13% over the year and “only” 336,681 cars delivered in the first quarter of the year 2025). Despite the little encouraging results for Tesla, Elon Musk wants to be reassuring and confident, he ensures that in addition to “many short -term obstacles, Tesla’s future is brighter than ever”.
You have to save the Tesla company …
In an attempt to “relaunch” Tesla, Elon Musk has planned a “attack plan”. Unveiled in October 2024, The “Robotaxi” electric car should be put on the market at the start of next year. The objective is to “counterattack” the aging side of the brand. Moreover, the first copies “imagined” by Elon Musk should circulate in June in Texas in June. According to the billionaire, this marketing should relaunch the group’s economy and should be felt from the “second half of next year”.
