Musk and Tesla have faced heightened criticism since the billionaire made a gesture likened to a Nazi salute during an inaugural event in January.

Elon Musk stirred controversy by sharing a post suggesting mass killings under Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were carried out by public sector workers, not

The repost, later deleted by Musk, said: "Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”