'We're coming for them': Elon Musk slams Tesla attacks as 'domestic terrorism'; warns of crackdown

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Speaking on the ongoing protests against Tesla and attacks on company’s dealerships in several parts of the US and other countries, its owner Elon Musk called it widespread domestic terrorism, and said that the Trump administration will go after those “who are organising and paying for such attacks and protests”.

In an interview with Fox News, Musk said: “They've burnt cars, fired bullets into dealerships and scratched swastikas into Teslas of innocent people; It's widespread domestic terrorism. What we have to do is get the people who are organizing and paying for these attacks and protests. We need to go after the generals, and we are going to do so. We're coming for them.”

Elon Musk in new interview on the attacks against Tesla and its customers:"They've burnt cars, fired bullets into dealerships and scratched swastikas into Teslas of innocent people; It's widespread domestic terrorism. What we have to do is get the people who are organizing and pic.twitter.com/VM7Inxoffq
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Thousands of demonstrators have recently descended on Tesla dealerships across the United States, Europe and Canada to protest Musk, owing to his allegiance with the Trump administration.

Some blasted Musk, the world's richest man, while others demanded the shuttering of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is dramatically slashing the federal government.

Last week, protests took place in Florida, Massachusetts and California, as well as in in European cities such as London, Berlin and Paris.

In Canada's Vancouver, where around one hundred people protested at a Tesla dealership, one person in a dinosaur costume held a placard that said, "You thought the Nazis were extinct? Don't buy a Swasticar."

Acts of vandalism against Tesla vehicles, dealerships and other facilities have spread for weeks, in protest both against Musk's ruthless job-cutting work, and what has been seen as his unwelcome interference in politics.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi has denounced the attacks on Tesla as "domestic terrorism."