As the White House appears to go “all-in on propping up Tesla’s stock,” political polarization is moving from companies and their products — think: Bud Light — to the stock market.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) walked back his joke about Tesla stock dropping, saying he was “being a smart-a–.” “I have to be careful about being a smart-a–, I was making a joke,” Walz said. “These people have no sense of humor.

Tesla finds itself in uncharted territory, now that it appears to have lost its aura of infallibility, leaving punters in the dark about its outlook.

Throughout its years as a publicly traded company, Tesla (TSLA) has experienced fairly consistent volatility due to both internal and external forces. Between the unpredictable nature of both CEO Elon Musk and the electric vehicle (EV) market,