There has been a nationwide surge in internet searches for ‘buy a Tesla’ after President Trump shopped for a Tesla vehicle at the White House on Tuesday, signaling support for Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company—the most American-made car brand.
Worked at McDonalds. Now buys a Tesla.
Only in America. pic.twitter.com/2VMfvCVYTk
— Tony Katz (@tonykatz) March 11, 2025
This comes after radical leftist groups aligned with the Democratic Party launched attacks, now classified as domestic terrorism, on Tesla showrooms and Supercharger stations nationwide. The attacks stem from outrage over Musk’s efforts through DOGE to eliminate waste and corruption by the Deep State.
🚨 #BREAKING: Rep. Darrell Issa has formally requested the Trump administration to open up an investigation into ActBlue, accusing them of potentially accepting payments from TERR0R organizations
ActBlue is said to be linked to financing attacks on Tesla showrooms and Elon Musk,… pic.twitter.com/YtusP2QvZW
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 12, 2025
I can’t find a single Democrat in office that has condemned the escalating attacks on Tesla pic.twitter.com/gEKpfNMpM1
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 11, 2025
TERROR: The attacks on Tesla are anything but a grassroots movement. They are a well funded effort to intimidate and silence Musk by driving down $TSLA stock prices. Likely in violation of Rule 10b-5. pic.twitter.com/XCbKNxEfry
— @amuse (@amuse) March 11, 2025
The multiple violent attacks at Tesla Dealerships in Oregon and across the nation are Democrat terrorist attacks. Plain and simple. Where is the Democrat Party of Oregon? Why have they not publicly condemned these actions? Where is the DNC? Why have they not publicly condemned… pic.twitter.com/gQgZU5Jemo
— Ben Edtl (@benedtl) March 11, 2025
We turn to Google Trends data to assess whether Trump’s support for Tesla and his showboating of these EVs on the White House driveway had any impact on potential sales.
We found that searches for ‘buy a Tesla’ hit a record high nationwide. To confirm that the broader EV market remains in a bear trend, we also compared this search trend with others, including ‘buy a Rivian’ and ‘buy a Lucid’—both of which, show no movement this week—just searches for Tesla.
Trump told reporters Tuesday afternoon that he would write a check for one of the Tesla vehicles. The president was fond of the Model S, calling it “beautiful,” adding that he hopes his purchase will boost Tesla amid a flurry of blowback by unhinged liberals, slowing sales, and sliding share price.
Teslas at the White House and the spike in Americans interested in the most American-made car brand comes ahead of the company’s first quarter reported earnings on April 22.
Last week, Goldman Sachs analysts Mark Delaney, Will Bryant, and others lowered their Tesla delivery forecast for the first quarter to 375,000 from 399,000.
“Weak Demand”: Goldman Lowers Tesla Vehicle Delivery Estimate For Quarter https://t.co/l4K15HjHTC
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 5, 2025
Then, on Monday, UBS analyst Joseph Spak slashed delivery projections to 367,000 from 437,000 for the first quarter. The analyst also lowered his 12-month price target to $225 from $259.
Let’s not forget that prior presidents have shown off car brands at the White House… And remember that the Biden-Harris administration excluded Tesla from the EV summit at the White House in 2021.
2021: Biden drives a Jeep—made by the foreign-owned Stellantis—on White House grounds.
Stellantis moved thousands of Dodge, Chrysler & Jeep jobs from Detroit to Canada.
Spare me the outrage of Trump purchasing an American-owned, American-made Tesla. pic.twitter.com/hUfh0xTpx6
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) March 12, 2025
Shares in Tesla finally caught a bid on Wednesday, up more than 7% by lunchtime. Shares are down 39% this year.
Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier this week:
“Elon Musk is ‘putting it on the line’ in order to help our Nation, and he is doing a FANTASTIC JOB!
“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.”
MSM still doesn’t get it.
Democrat strategist Julie Roginsky says Trump supporters are too poor to buy Teslas so Trump buying a Tesla at the White House was meaningless.
They hate you. pic.twitter.com/y5HQBE3HO5
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 12, 2025
Meanwhile…
Due to recent attacks on Elon, Tesla, and DOGE… last night, my wife and I ordered a new Tesla Model Y.
We bought a Tesla Model 3 nearly 6 years ago.
I was a liberal back then.
I believed in Tesla’s mission to accelerate sustainable energy.
And although my politics have… pic.twitter.com/9hkUjDjGWq
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) March 12, 2025
Holy s***, my anti-EV father just said he might buy a Tesla.
Massive new market just unlocked.
Elon just pulled off the biggest undercover coup towards an electric future. He knew what he was doing all along… 😂 pic.twitter.com/xNtuITcDwv
— Stephen Kneubuehl (@kneubuehl) March 11, 2025
I’m so Pro Musk
Anti Sheryl Crow
I bought a MF’ing Tesla
Welcome to the Golden Age 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/iauCMCFhvd
— Gas Biz Guy (@gas_biz) March 9, 2025
The question becomes whether this promotional stunt boosts delivery figures for the first quarter while analysts slash delivery estimates.
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