Tesla loses $152 billion in market cap after Musk-Trump spat, biggest hit ever
- Tesla experienced its largest one-day market value drop on Thursday, losing $152 billion in a 14% share decline on Wall Street.
- The steep decline occurred amid growing tensions between Elon Musk and the U.S. President over the recent tax and budget legislation and its impact on government contracts tied to Musk’s businesses.
- Investors grew concerned that Trump's threat to cut subsidies and contracts to Musk's companies could hinder Tesla’s key driverless taxi business and SpaceX's NASA partnerships.
- Trump wrote on Truth Social that terminating Elon’s subsidies would save 'Billions and Billions of Dollars,' while Musk labeled the bill a 'disgusting abomination' on X.
- This feud generated significant market uncertainty, indicating potential impacts on Musk’s ventures and tensions in U.S. Government support for his companies.
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