What Musk is doing in the United States feels really fierce There are also people/departments in China who seem to be doing this, but it's just a matter of "face" and "substance". Musk is doing everything he thinks is wrong, treating the country like a company and laying off employees, investigating corruption, and so on. It feels like he is offending many, many people Doubting a decline in Tesla stock may be due to concerns among investors about a major unexpected event - I absolutely do not want any accidents to happen to human heroes.