In various places in the world, thousands of people met on Saturday to demonstrate against billionaire Elon Musk and Tesla, the creator of electric cars in the hands of Musk. In the American cities of New York and Washington, the protests were peaceful.
On Saturday, March 29, critics of Musk had declared a global action day against Tesla and Musk. The organizers are angry about the interventions that Musk does as an adviser to the White House at numerous federal government organizations in the United States.
Musk, who supported Trumps election campaign with hundreds of millions of dollars, leads the Taskforce Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), or the Ministry of Public Efficiency, which controls mass declarations at the government and the dismantling of aid organization USaid. His influence on the government policy also worries critics about conflicts of interest, for example, because the government must inspect the safety of Tesla’s.
For the Teslawinkel in Manhattan (New York), 500 to 1,000 protesters met. There was a large police force on the move, but according to the police the demonstration was peaceful.
Around 150 opponents of Tesla and Musk together in Washington. In that American city too, manifestation went without incidents.
There were also similar demonstrations elsewhere in the world. There were actions in some German cities. Ten demonstrators arrived on the street in Berlin. Action drivers lay on the street at a Tesla showroom. There were similar actions in Munich and Nuremberg, among others.
At a Tesla dealer in the Dutch city of Tilburg, 80 to 100 people were gathered. The demonstrators showed signs on which Musk was depicted as Nazi, a reference to the times he seemed to give the Hitler salute. The demonstration was short -lived. After a speech, the protesters left, by bike.