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President Donald Trump took a break from his bitter public feud with Elon Musk by offering support to Tesla in an early morning post on Truth Social.
Trump is looking to set the record straight on his stance on Elon Musk's companies. The president said he wanted Elon's businesses to "thrive."
Musk's electric vehicle maker posted the worst quarterly sales decline in more than a decade and profit that missed Wall Street targets, but its profit margin on making cars was better than many feared.
The fallout from Elon Musk’s plunge into politics a year ago is still hammering his Tesla business as both sales and profits fell sharply again in the latest quarter.
Tesla revenue dropped 12%, and profits slumped 16% in the three months through June as buyers continued to steer clear, and in some cases, turn to more affordable competitors' offerings.
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The Tesla CEO said the company expects to expand their autonomous driver service to include customer-owned cars.
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Tesla's market cap fell below $1 trillion, but it still reflects investors' assumptions of enormous future growth.
Tesla's earnings are due today with an investor call at 5:30 p.m. ET. Elon Musk's politics have rocked TSLA stock, with shares down 18% YTD.