My son (18) loves the outdoors and is a big environmentalist. Global warming is his biggest fear and he has been a huge Musk proponent because he thought Musk mainstreaming EVs was going to be revolutionary. So you can imagine he was devastated when Trump won and then felt huge betrayal when Musk did his heel turn
But he’s also an eternal optimist and looking to find the good in the bad. Today he says to me “what if Musk is actually a genius? even though he is pissing off all the traditional Tesla buyers, what if he actually is expanding EVs to a whole new market? Liberals have other EV options but now Trumpers will be buying Teslas”
I said that sounds great but hardly any Trump supporters can afford a Tesla.
Not believing me he gets on the googles and finds the following:
1. Musk’s aligning with Trump has greatly increased the popularity of Teslas, especially the cyber truck, among Trump followers
2. The average Trump supporter makes 50K per year.
his conclusion: Musk is a fucking moron