Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s joke about regularly checking Tesla stock, which had plummeted 41.4% year-to-date as of March due to a series of vandalism incidents against the billionaire’s company.
“On the iPhone, they’ve got that little stock app. I added Tesla to it to give me a little boost during the day,” Walz said, referencing Tesla’s stock slump as he held up his iPhone during a Wisconsin town hall titled, “The People vs Musk,” on Tuesday.
Walz, who called Musk an “un-elected, South African, nepo-baby” during the event, also encouraged Tesla owners to remove the logo on their car with “dental floss.”
Musk, however, turned the tables on the Democratic governor with a diss about his 2024 election loss.
Sometimes when I need a little boost, I look at the @JDVance portrait in the @WhiteHouse and thank the Lord 🙏 https://t.co/etwL4KocIx
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 19, 2025
“Sometimes when I need a little boost, I look at the @JDVance portrait in the White House and thank the Lord,” Musk wrote in response to Walz’s post on X.
The White House joined in on hitting back at Walz’s comment regarding the billionaire’s company.
“When we need a little boost during the day at the White House, we walk around the corner from our office and admire these beautiful portraits,” Trump’s Rapid Response team wrote in a social media post.
