Tesla's stock price has dropped more than 40% since President Trump took office and Elon stepped into his role at the Department of Government Efficiency, aka DOGE (though it has seen a bounce back after this event). There have also recently been protests at Tesla dealerships, and Teslas have been vandalized and burned.

U.S. president Donald Trump has hosted a Tesla advertisement on the White House lawn alongside CEO Elon Musk. He also erroneously called the boycott against the electric vehicle company "illegal." On Monday night,

Donald Trump held an odd press event at the White House where several Tesla cars were lined up in front of the historic building. The president read from a pre-determined script when he announced he would buy a Tesla during the bizarre stunt to help boost the stocks of Elon Musk's business.

Charlemagne, Jean Monnet, Konrad Adenauer, Donald Trump: the pantheon of figures who have helped forge European unity has taken an unexpected turn of late. In less than two months in office the American president has prompted such disbelief and revulsion in Europe as to unexpectedly jolt the place into collective defiance.

President Donald Trump has threatened to place a 200% tariff on all alcohol from the European Union. Chloe Kim