A very interesting interview with Elon Musk

 

It's in two parts, and appeared yesterday on Fox Business, where a partial transcript may be read if you prefer.  Both parts together are only a little over 20 minutes, and I think it's worth your time to watch it all.

Mr. Musk is facing severe personal backlash, including organized attacks on Tesla dealerships and vandalism of Tesla vehicles, Internet denial attacks against X.com, and criticism of SpaceX and related products.  So far, he's withstood all the pressure, and I hope he continues to do so.  He's an essential component of the Trump administration, and leading the charge against waste, fraud and abuse in our government.  Long may he continue!

While on the subject of Elon Musk, it's been pointed out that all the attacks against him are part of "the Left's playbook of intimidation".

The attacks on Elon Musk and Tesla are no accident. They are the logical, almost inevitable, consequence of the incitement coming from the highest levels of the Democratic Party, left-wing media outlets such as MSNBC and The New York Times, and billionaire activists like Alex Soros and Reid Hoffman, who fear that Musk is dismantling what they've spend years building. These attacks are not isolated. They are coordinated. They are deliberate. And they are meant to send a message—not just to Musk, but to anyone else who dares challenge the progressive orthodoxy.

The recent wave of violence against Tesla facilities, dealerships, and charging stations is staggering in its scope. In New York City, over 350 protesters stormed a Tesla showroom, smashing windows, attacking customers, and even assaulting police officers. In Colorado, an activist-turned-arsonist lobbed Molotov cocktails at Tesla vehicles, spray-painting "Nazi cars" on the walls. In Oregon, a self-described "transgender terrorist" opened fire on a Tesla showroom, shattering windows and riddling vehicles with bullets. And the vandalism isn't limited to the United States—graffiti in Tasmania denounces Tesla owners as driving "swasticars."

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Central to this disturbing phenomenon are five Democrat-affiliated non-governmental organizations (NGOs)—Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project, and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Funded significantly through ActBlue, these entities have leveraged protest not merely as an act of political expression but as strategic sabotage aimed squarely at Tesla’s economic interests and Musk’s personal resolve.

Now, they are trying to do the same to Musk. Unlike Trump, who built his influence through political campaigns and direct electoral victories, Musk operates within the government as an outsider tasked with reform. He does not command a political base in the traditional sense, but his power lies in his ability to disrupt entrenched interests through technological innovation and bureaucratic overhaul. This makes him an even greater threat to the status quo—his reforms are not rhetorical, but structural, directly undermining the systems that his opponents rely upon for control. His crime? Daring to reform the government through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Exposing the bureaucratic rot, the waste, the corruption that entrenched interests rely upon. And worst of all, refusing to be cowed by their threats. They do not fear Musk merely because he is a billionaire; they fear him because he is a billionaire who does not bow. The irony is that the left once embraced Musk, celebrating Tesla as the future of green energy and passing laws that provided generous tax breaks to incentivize the purchase of his electric vehicles. But the moment he shifted from being a technological visionary to a government reformer exposing fraud, waste, and abuse, they turned on him. Now, Musk receives hundreds of death threats each day, many of which are credible. The government was even forced to deputize his personal security as part of the U.S. Marshal Service due to the severity of the threats against his life.

What we are witnessing is the worst form of political violence—not merely the brute physical attacks on Tesla facilities, but the broader campaign to chill dissent through intimidation and economic sabotage.

There's more at the link.  Go read it all.

Peter