Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick condemned attacks on Elon Musk and violence against his electric vehicle company, suggesting people should be buying stock in Tesla.
In an appearance on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” Wednesday, Lutnick defended the Tesla CEO and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the wake of a rash of protests and violent attacks on Tesla vehicles and charging stations as well as at dealerships.
“How are you interpreting firebombing Teslas?” host Jesse Watters asked Lutnick.
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“This is so outrageous,” the Commerce Secretary replied. “You probably have the best entrepreneur, the best technologist, best leader of any set of companies in America, working for America, and you have this sort of weird side of the Democratic Party attacking him.”
“Let me remind you, he is the guy that saved the astronauts, saved the astronauts and he’s the guy who’s going to build the next generation technology,” he continued, referring to NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, who spent months on the International Space Station and returned home this week thanks to Musk’s Dragon spacecraft.
“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla!” Lutnick told viewers.
“It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap, it’ll never be this cheap again. When people understand the things he’s building, the robots he’s building, the technology he’s building — people will be dreaming of today and Jesse Watters and thinking, ‘Gosh, I should have bought Elon Musk’s stock!’ I mean, who wouldn’t invest in Elon Musk? You gotta be kidding,” he added.
“Alright, so you’re calling the bottom? This is it?” Watters asked, laughing at the enthusiasm.
“Whether today is the bottom or not, I tell you what, Elon Musk is probably the best person to bet on I have ever met,” Lutnick replied.
“And I think, we all know that, I mean, gosh, in the same week that he saves astronauts with his rockets that he invented — imagine that. He’s building the coolest robots you’ve ever seen. Go online and look up ‘Optimus’ — it’s the coolest thing you’ve ever seen, we’re all gonna be buying robots, they’re gonna cost about $30,000, you’re buying a Tesla robot, and anybody who doesn’t buy a Tesla robot is gonna be silly, no one’s gonna be keying anything,” he exclaimed. “Elon Musk is the best entrepreneur and technologist in America and I’d bet on him — I wish I was allowed, but I’m not allowed to buy any stock!”
“Secretary, I gotta stop, I gotta stop you, you’re saying we will have $30,000 robots that I can buy and boss around and get them to do chores, is that what you are saying?” Watters asked with a laugh. “When do I get a robot?”
“I think he says at the end of ’26, he’s gonna start making tons of robots, ’27 and ’28, he thinks 2028 you and I are each gonna have five robots each,” Lutnick said. “They’re gonna mow our lawn and they’re gonna make us coffee and they’re gonna make our bed…and they’re gonna fix our bathroom and renovate our bathrooms — I’m telling you we are gonna have very nice bathrooms!”
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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