Is It Time to Sell Tesla?

If not, what're you waiting for?

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Consider this a "special edition" of the newsletter I suspended months ago. It's still suspended, but I'm burning to get the word out there.

If You Have Been In Hiding Since November 6 . . .

(Though I wouldn't blame you if you have been.)

The Orange Traitor won the election.

I have a LOT to say about that, but it mostly wouldn't be relevant here, and would require entire books, but one of the MANY outrageous and despicable things he's done is turn the machinery of the federal government of the most powerful and greatest nation on Earth to Elon Musk.

Musk and his "DOGE" crew of kiss-ass elves are running rampant through government offices and computers.

They have access to your Social Security numbers, your earnings record, your income tax returns and all other information the federal government has on you.

Right now, the Drudge Report is reporting on his Wrecking Crew disrupting the Internal Revenue Service during the peak of tax season.

So much for the alleged Republican concern for "fiscal responsibility."

That's as much a lie as everything else Republicans claim, do and promise.

If you're still waiting for a tax refund, rots of ruck - they're driving regular IRS staffers - you know, the people who DO THE WORK - to tears.

As a 30 year employee of the Social Security Administration, I confidently say - this is HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY illegal.

They're violating the Privacy Act.

They have NO - ZERO! - legal right to access our personal information.

If I'd done 1% of what they are, I'd still be in jail.

And they're hacking into the Treasury Department computer systems.

And they ARE hackers. The kind of computer nerds who break software programs just so see what happens, or because it's cool - without caring about the consequences.

To add an insult to this: these little shits are being paid SIX FIGURES out of the government agencies they're tearing apart.

Oh, the United States Treasury handles "only" the strongest, most dominant currency on Earth.

That's why Musk wants to destroy all faith and trust in our government.

He wants to destroy the US dollar, along with other aspects of our government, including democracy, freedom, the Constitution as a whole and the Bill of Rights in particular.

Him and his goons belong in jail.

It Gets Still Worse

The Republican Party has only a one-vote majority in the House of Representatives, and there may be a few of them who are actually responsible enough to have reservations about this mess.

Some Republicans may actually be "old-school" enough to oppose some of Trump's more incredible policies, such as the tariffs or invading Canada.

Some of the remaining Republicans in Congress might even be old-fashioned enough to support our democratic ally, Ukraine, in its fight for survival against fascist Ruzzia.

After all, modern Republicans still want to claim Ronald Reagan as "their" president.

While I had - and still have - a lot of problems with Reagan, he WOULD support a democracy against a KGB agent's dictatorship.

Yet, it's clear Putin has Trump - and many of his supporters though not all - in his hip pocket.

Musk has threatened ALL Republican lawmakers who oppose Trump with being "primaried."

That is, if they don't back Trump 100% when he tries to take over Greenland, Musk will run his own "Republican" candidates against them in the November 2026 elections.

As the richest man alive, he can clearly afford to overwhelm everybody else with campaign spending.

This is a direct THREAT to our democracy.

To all democracies, because he's also spending to influence elections in Germany and other European countries.

A Modern Nazi

A short while ago, Musk gave a speech to a far-right political party in Germany.

During it, he gave them a Nazi salute. Yes, right out of World War II movies - only he was serious.

He was speaking to people who probably think of themselves as Nazis, except that word is forbidden by German law.

A few days ago, he tweeted that Hitler didn't kill a lot of people, making him a Holocaust denier - which is also a crime in Germany.

But, Isn't This is an "Investment" Newsletter?

Yes, but . . .

First, "business" and "investing" are NOT totally separate from politics.

That's because running a successful business to a large extent depends on a smoothly running society where people count on law and order.

This is even more true of investing in the stock market or bonds.

That requires companies that exist in an environment that allows them to grow large enough to need outside capital.

It requires a stock exchange.

It requires a country with trustworthy currency, so companies can send you dividend checks every quarter.

It requires a country with a trustworthy banking system.

It requires a legal system to enforce contract law.

It requires respect for the rule of law, including the principle nobody is above the law.

It requires a lot of things I - and all other Americans - have taken for granted since at least the end of World War II.

WE CAN NO LONGER TAKE THESE THINGS FOR GRANTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anarchy, violence and chaos are bad for business - and investing.

I remember when I was first researching the stock market and came across the argument that stocks in general - not individual companies, of course, but the market in its entirety - go up in the long run.

Because they're all based in the United States economy, and, despite down cycles, it keeps going up.

Look at the 20th century. The Dow Jones went up tremendously from 1901 to 2000 despite two world wars, the Great Depression in between, and the Cold War with the Soviet Union and China, Nixon taking us off the gold standard and lot of other scary things.

The left-unsaid implication of this argument was that if we could get through the world wars, the depression and everything else, we were going to survive.

So, invest for the long term.

Now, though, in 2025, we're learning we face another threat.

The enemy within.

Not poor Mexicans just trying to support their families back home, but MAGA, including Elon Musk.

Trump trying to destroy the world's economy with his ridiculous tariffs.

(Lest we forget, many economists blame the Great Depression on the tit-for-tat tariffs enacted by major countries, including the US with the Smoot Hawley Act.)

I believe Trump is deliberately driving Americans to violence. He's just waiting for a major protest, then he will call in the military, massacre hundreds of people, jail the rest and suspend the Constitution, making himself dictator for life.

With Elon "Heil Hitler" Musk pulling his strings.

Won't a Trump/Musk Dictatorship Be Good for Business and Investing?

Well, they say Hitler made the trains run on time.

But, in the long run, fascist governments are unstable.

To tell the truth, most Germans probably did experience a better economy from 1933-1938.

Not German Jews.

Not German gay men.

German workers had jobs in the rapidly expanding armament industry, but their wages actually went down after Hitler's government outlawed independent unions, installing a Nazi-run union that helped make industrialists rich as long as they followed orders and kicked back some of their profits.

(Yes, Hitler was corrupt as hell. It's never mentioned because it's one of his most minor sins.)

However, this economy was not sustainable, and Hitler knew it, so as some of us still remember, he invaded Poland, and the European Theater of World War II kicked off.

What did Germans get from the Nazis?

Death - tens of millions of soldiers and civilians.

Destruction - almost all housing and factories was destroyed.

The 45-year occupation of the eastern half of their country by the very communists Hitler promised Germans he would protect them from. (The former East Germany is still economically poorer than the former West Germany.)

We are Heading Into Unknown and EXTREMELY Frightening Territory

If you're not scared for the future of America, you're out of touch with reality.

If you think a Trump crackdown will solve the problems we face, you're really an Orange Kool-Aid drinker.

Don't You Have Hope?

If I didn't, I wouldn't writing this.

But I have ZERO belief we're going to get past this dark period without violence.

Maybe lots of violence.

For our own safety, as well as for freedom and democracy and leaving our children and grandchildren the same legacy we inherited from past generations, we need to resist the MAGA takeover of our country.

But What About Tesla as an Investment?

First of all, if you bought Tesla as an individual stock, you were NOT following my investing advice (as explained in my book INCOME INVESTING SECRETS).

I advocate buying ONLY stocks that pay dividends, NOT risky, highly speculative companies such as Tesla.

I also advocate reducing risk by buying ONLY indexes, especially through Exchange Traded Funds.

Therefore, yes - my advice is to sell your Tesla.

That's based solely on the type of investing I have always advocated, which was NEVER to gamble on one stock, especially such a risky one as Tesla has always been.

It's been overvalued according to fundamental analysis for many years.

But What About Tesla Itself?

Is it too risky?

In the long run, who knows?

But what we DO know, is this:

Many people AROUND THE WORLD now hate Musk.

And, I mean HATE.

Tesla sales are down dramatically - in many countries.

That decline began in 2024, and is accelerating. Tesla sales went down 70% in just the first two months of 2025.

Faced with such a disaster, most high-profile CEOs would be trying to repair the damage. They'd be trying to solve the problems and - certainly - doing full-time public relations to bring customers back.

Instead, Musk is camped out in OUR White House, generating even MORE hatred toward himself and Tesla - every day.

People are holding protests at Tesla dealerships - every Saturday in my area.

Last night, somebody damaged five Teslas with incendiary devices, so at least two burned.

In Boston, somebody destroyed Tesla charging stations.

Germany was Tesla's biggest European market, but 94% of Germans now say they will NEVER buy one.

According to filings with the SEC, Tesla executives and board members have sold $100 million of Tesla stock over the past few months.

When insiders begin selling their company stock, that's a VERY bad sign.

If you drive a Tesla, you are now a target. People will give you a Nazi salute to insult you. They may spray paint the vehicle.

In Berlin, somebody set four Teslas on fire. In France, they've been vandalized.

Some Tesla owners put on bumper stickers reading: "I bought this before Elon went crazy."

Just six months ago, you could tell people you bought a Tesla because you believe in saving the planet from fossil fuels.

Now, you're a Nazi-sympathizer.

I have contacts in the local DMV, where everybody who buys a car must go to get it titled and registered.

Starting roughly in mid-2024, the people who are buying Tesla stopped being mostly white liberals and became immigrants: Indians and others from the MidEast.

The problem is, these are the same people MAGA wants to deport!

By the millions.

Look, you don't need an MBA to realize that deporting your best customers is a lousy sales strategy!

Will This Hatred of Musk and Tesla Continue?

That's the $64,000 question.

If Musk were truly as smart as he clearly believes he is, he'd quit politics.

Get out of MAGA. Move out of the White House.

Just . . . LEAVE!

But, just as clearly, he enjoys being Trump's Rasputin.

I'm also sure he enjoys being hated by the same people he hates.

Allegedly, also, he's addicted to ketamine.

Ketamine is a related to the street drug PCP, once notorious as "angel dust."

Both PCP and ketamine are disassociative drugs. They make you feel disconnected from reality.

Look, as a hippie, I don't knock people for the recreational use of controlled substances, but the key word is "recreational." I enjoy watching movies while high on legal cannabis, but I do NOT let it negatively affect my personal or financial life.

I believe this is all a game to Musk. It enhances his incredibly large ego.

He's ultra-rich, and you're not - so fuck you.

Even if Musk moved out of the White House and went back to running Tesla while keeping his big fat mouth shut tomorrow, it's too late.

He's smeared feces all over his public image, and doesn't seem to even care.

Defund Musk Before He Defunds Your Social Security and Medicare

He can destroy the lives of 330 million Americans, but we can't hold him accountable.

The Tesla Trend is Down

Three months ago, one share sold for around $479.

Now it's down to about $225 - over HALF.

That's major drop for only three months.

Unless Musk turns himself around, the trend is going to continue.

Sales are dropping worldwide.

If you buy a Tesla now, you're not socially accepted.

You can be insulted in public with a Nazi salute.

You risk vandalism or - given just a little more time - total destruction.

As current Tesla owners come to regret owning one, many more used Teslas will come on the market, driving down their price. That will motivate people determined to buy a Tesla to look for bargains in the used car market instead of buying a new Tesla.

Before much longer, the insurance companies are going to raise rates on Teslas. Insurance rates on Teslas are already high for various reasons.

Unless Musk turns things around - the rates are going higher and higher.

Tesla dealerships have to be going crazy too. I don't know their profit margins, but they have to be dropping. How long can the dealerships survive the drop in sales, the protests against them, the vandalism and the notoriety when they probably thought selling EVs would make them environmental heroes?

How long can they survive hikes in their own insurance as angry Americans scared of losing their freedom destroy even more charging stations and dealerships

Reportedly, owners of large chunks of Tesla shares are becoming impatient with Musk.

They know everything in this article, and more.

How much longer will they hang on to their shares?

I don't know. But when Tesla whales start selling, that will drive the price down farther.

According to one online source, if it goes down to $114, Musk faces margin calls he won't be able to face.

Boo hoo hoo.

Defend Democracy

America, freedom and the Constitution are worth far more than anybody's portfolio.

If you own Tesla stock, you weren't listening to me anyway.

If you haven't sold already, sell now - before the price goes farther down.

Squeeze Musk - deport him back to South Africa.