Protests against billionaire Elon Musk바카라s influence in the US government under President Donald Trump have been growing, with crowds gathering outside Tesla dealerships across the US and in some European cities. This is the latest effort to challenge the vast fortune of the world바카라s richest man.
The demonstrators are seeking to amplify a movement targeting Tesla dealerships and vehicles in response to Musk바카라s leadership of the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In this role, he has gained access to sensitive government data and taken steps to shut down entire agencies as part of his efforts to reduce government spending.
A significant portion of Musk's estimated $340 billion fortune comes from the stock he holds in Tesla, the electric vehicle company he continues to lead while collaborating with Trump.
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For Amy Neifeld, a 70-year-old American psychologist who had not taken to the streets since the anti-Vietnam War protests in the 1970s, Elon Musk is leading the United States towards fascism. 바카라I바카라m Jewish and I grew up with a deep awareness of what fascism is. And it바카라s only gotten worse since the election바카라 of Donald Trump, she told the AFP news agency.
In London, about two dozen protesters held signs lambasting Musk outside a Tesla dealership as passing cars and trucks tooted horns in support. One of the signs displayed at the London protest showed a photo of Musk next to an image of Adolf Hitler making the Nazi salute 바카라 a gesture that Musk has been accused of reprising shortly after Trump바카라s January 20 inauguration.
At a protest, a person dressed in a tyrannosaurus rex costume held a sign featuring an image of Musk's straight-arm gesture, with the message: 바카라You thought the Nazis were extinct. Don바카라t buy a Swasticar.바카라
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Some of Musk's critics have escalated their opposition beyond protests, setting Tesla vehicles on fire and committing acts of vandalism, which U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has condemned as 바카라domestic terrorism.바카라 Musk expressed his disbelief over the attacks during a company meeting on March 20, urging the vandals to 바카라stop acting psycho.바카라
Meanwhile, police are investigating a fire that destroyed seven Tesla vehicles in northwestern Germany early on Saturday morning. It remains unclear whether the blaze, which was put out by firefighters, was connected to the Tesla Takedown protests.
