Tesla sales in Germany dropped an astonishing 76 percent in February compared with last year.
That's extremely bad news for the electric vehicle maker on its own, but even more striking because of what it represents: that Germany, a major aggressor and perpetrator of genocidal horrors under the 20th century's Nazi regime, is turning its back on CEO Elon Musk after he performed two Sieg Heil salutes at Donald Trump's post-inuguration celebration and made tasteless Holocaust jokes on his social media platform.
As the New York Times reports, figures by the German Association of the Automotive Industry show that sales in the European nation have fallen for two months in a row, in a clear sign that Germans are increasingly fed up with Musk's embrace of far-right ideologies.
And who could blame them? Musk's support of Germany's highly divisive AfD political party has caused a major uproar in the country, with residents furious over the richest man in the world directly meddling with the country's February elections.
That's extremely bad news for the electric vehicle maker on its own, but even more striking because of what it represents: that Germany, a major aggressor and perpetrator of genocidal horrors under the 20th century's Nazi regime, is turning its back on CEO Elon Musk after he performed two Sieg Heil salutes at Donald Trump's post-inuguration celebration and made tasteless Holocaust jokes on his social media platform.
As the New York Times reports, figures by the German Association of the Automotive Industry show that sales in the European nation have fallen for two months in a row, in a clear sign that Germans are increasingly fed up with Musk's embrace of far-right ideologies.
And who could blame them? Musk's support of Germany's highly divisive AfD political party has caused a major uproar in the country, with residents furious over the richest man in the world directly meddling with the country's February elections.
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