Elon Musk has long been credited with turning Tesla into a beacon of innovation, the visionary who pushed the world into an era of electrification. But

Ross Gerber said Tesla's brand crisis spanned far beyond Elon Musk's involvement at the White House DOGE office.

As the billionaire and his allied groups pour more than $20 million into a race for the state’s top court, his car company is suing Wisconsin over a law restricting vehicle sales.

"A PhD in Econ from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing," Musk said of Peter Navarro's academic qualifications.

The Tesla and SpaceX guru’s made very public swipes against Navarro, who is widely seen as one of the top architects of Trump’s tariff regime.

"He's a car person," said Trump's top trade adviser about Elon Musk. "That's what he does, and he wants the cheap foreign parts."