‘Buy Tesla,’ Commerce chief Lutnick urges as Musk leads DOGE for Trump administration
KEY POINTS
- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is urging people to buy Tesla stock, a highly unusual promotion of a private business by a presidential Cabinet member.
- Lutnick’s touting of Tesla shares comes as the stock has been battered, and its cars have been the targets of vandalism around the United States.
- CEO Elon Musk has faced criticism for his role overseeing the controversial DOGE effort to slash the federal workforce for the Trump administration.
