Elon Musk is one of the world’s most divisive people. He may be one of the world's most mercurial business leaders, and people either love or hate him. Musk’s fans credit him with somewhat single-handedly mainstreaming electric vehicles at Tesla and cheer his ambitious goals for autonomous driving,

To flood the world with robotaxis and humanoid robots, Elon Musk needs open markets — and the kind of globalized trade Donald Trump’s tariff war is closing off.

President Donald Trump's escalating tariff war could put Tesla in serious danger. As Politico reports, the trade war has put Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an extremely awkward position politically. While the president's top henchman's businesses are largely insulated thanks to a strong manufacturing presence in the United States,