'They're being fed propaganda': Elon Musk reveals who is fuelling vandalism against Tesla

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has expressed outrage over a spate of vandalism and attacks targeting Tesla properties and dealerships, saying a 'great wrong' was being done to Tesla employees and customers. In an interview to Fox News, DOGE chief Elon Musk said, "I think a great wrong is being done to the people of Tesla and to our Tesla and to our customers."

“I mean, Tesla’s a peaceful company that has made great cars, great products — that’s all it’s done,” Musk, 53, argued. “It hasn’t harmed anyone, and yet, people are committing violence.”

Electric vehicle company Tesla has become a target of activists opposed to the political agenda of President Donald Trump and the role of his adviser, Musk, who is leading a drive to slash the federal payroll through the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has fired tens of thousands of federal employees in a bid to streamline government operations and slash federal spendings.


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Tesla faces massive attacks

The attacks on Musk's Tesla have ranged from vehicles being keyed and defaced with anti-Trump graffiti to being lit on fire and shot at, while charging stations have similarly been torched with Molotov cocktails. The billionaire tech mogul claimed he and his employees have also received death threats, who struggled to comprehend why his company has become a target.

Acts of violence and vandalism have been unfolding for months against Tesla vehicles and facilities, including charging stations and individually owned vehicles. Protests have been held at Tesla showrooms criticizing Musk, the company’s CEO, who is leading the Trump administration’s controversial efforts to downsize the federal government’s workforce and shrink federal agencies through the Department of Government Efficiency.

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“What are they doing this for? Why?” he said.

“What’s happening, it seems to me, is they’re being fed propaganda by the far left, and they believe it. It’s really unfortunate,” Musk told Baier, arguing that the “real problem” isn’t “the crazy guy that fire bombs a Tesla dealership” but rather “the people pushing the propaganda that caused that guy to do it.

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“Those are the real villains here, and we’re going to go after them,” the Trump administration official warned. In his one-on-one with Baier — during which a young child, presumably Musk’s 4-year-old son, X, could be heard becoming restless in the background — the DOGE chief was also asked to reveal something about Trump that most people wouldn’t know.

“I think the president is a good man. I think he is an honest man. I have yet to see him do anything mean or anything that is wrong, that I would say is morally wrong,” he responded.

“Not even once.”

Trump's big support to Musk

Earlier this month, Trump shopped for a new Tesla on the White House driveway and selected a shiny red sedan to showcase his support for Elon Musk's electric vehicle company. The President said he hopes his purchase will boost Tesla, which is struggling with sagging sales and declining stock prices.

“It’s a great product,” he said. Referring to Musk, Trump said “we have to celebrate him.” “Elon Musk is ‘putting it on the line’ in order to help our Nation, and he is doing a FANTASTIC JOB!” Trump wrote. “But the Radical Left Lunatics, as they often do, are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla, one of the World’s great automakers, and Elon’s ‘baby,’ in order to attack and do harm to Elon, and everything he stands for.”

(With inputs from Reuters)