Motorists have been told to boycott Tesla by the Polish sports minister in response to CEO Elon Musk's comments at a far-right German political rally that Germans should move beyond their "past guilt" over Nazi atrocities.
Tech mogul said Germans should not be ‘guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great grandparents’
Tesla owners are boycotting the popular electric vehicle over founder Elon Musk’s controversial salute at the inauguration of President Donald Trump, which was widely compared to the Roman salute used by the Nazis.
“No normal Pole should buy a Tesla anymore. There needs to be a serious and tough response to this, including something like a consumer boycott,” Nitras (PO) told private TOK FM radio broadcaster on Monday.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO showed up on video Saturday at an event to support German chancellor candidate Alice Weidel.
Last week, the tech billionaire livestreamed on his social media platform X a chat with Alice Weidel, the party's candidate for chancellor ... has set off alarm bells among politicians across the continent. The Tesla and SpaceX chief executive also has ...
The Tesla CEO addressed the crowd alongside party leader Alice Weidel, saying that the party is the “best hope for Germany” and calling to “preserve German culture” and “protect the ...
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While speaking to the gathering alongside AfD’s party co-leader, Alice Weidel, Musk spoke about the need to preserve the German culture and protect the rights of the German people
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Mr Tusk denounced the words as "all too familiar and ominous", and his tourism minister, Sławomir Nitras, has gone even further and called for Polish citizens - around 6 million of whom died in the Holocaust - to launch a boycott of Tesla vehicles in response.