Markets
President Trump Holds Press Conference With Elon Musk in White House's Oval Office
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside US President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Tesla sinks after Trump threatens to have “DOGE take a good, hard, look” at Musk subsidies

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are fighting in public again.

Rani Molla

It appears Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sufficiently poked the bear — again.

President Donald Trump took to his social media platform in the middle of the night to criticize Musk’s government subsidies, threatening to have the government organization — which, until very recently, Musk ran — look into cutting them.

“Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” Trump wrote. “Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!” the president added.

Tesla plummeted as low as 6% in overnight trading but is now trading about 5% lower in the premarket.

The post comes after a slew of posts by Musk on his social media platform criticizing Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” In one of the posts, Musk renewed his threat from the last time he and Trump publicly battled online to start his own political party if the bill goes through.

The tax bill is expected to have huge negative implications for Tesla, which has been on a tear since reporting earnings in late April, rising nearly 40% on optimism around its robotaxi launch. JPMorgan has said the pending legislation could eat into more than half of the EV company’s profits.

Tesla potentially has more tangible things to worry about: it’s reporting second-quarter deliveries tomorrow and analysts expect the numbers to be very bad.

More Markets

See all Markets
markets

SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

markets

Nike sinks to lowest level since 2014 after warning of “challenged” sales environment in Q4 report

Did Nike do it?

Investors had a mixed reaction after the global sports apparel company reported its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell. Shares initially rose 5% as Nike beat out Wall Street expectations amid a hefty tariff refund bonus. However, the stock then sank to its lowest level since August 2014 in postmarket trading.

Here are the Q4 numbers:

  • Revenue of $11.0 billion (estimate: $10.8 billion).

  • Adjusted earnings per share of $0.20 (estimate: $0.12).

Ahead of this report, Nike warned that results would be flattered by a one-time tariff refund (now estimated at roughly $0.52 per share for the bottom line). That gave the company an extra cushion in snapping its streak of seven quarters of year-over-year profit declines.

Over the past year, the company had been punished by tariffs on imported goods, stagnant consumer spending, and increasing competition from other footwear brands like New Balance, Adidas, and Hoka.

Outgoing CFO Matthew Friend deemed it an “increasingly challenging operating environment, where sell-through remains challenged.”

Latest Stories

Sherwood Media, LLC and Chartr Limited produce fresh and unique perspectives on topical financial news and are fully owned subsidiaries of Robinhood Markets, Inc., and any views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of any other Robinhood affiliate, including Robinhood Markets, Inc., Robinhood Financial LLC, Robinhood Securities, LLC, Robinhood Crypto, LLC, Robinhood Money, LLC, Robinhood U.K. Ltd, Robinhood Derivatives, LLC, Robinhood Gold, LLC, Robinhood Asset Management, LLC, Robinhood Credit, Inc., Robinhood Ventures DE, LLC and, where applicable, its managed investment vehicles.