As Donald and his Republican Party bend over backwards to continue to appease the wealthiest

1%.

But by appease, I mean, make richer, the backlash has been fierce.

This week, the tide seems to have turned against the millionaire and billionaire class.

It sucks.

Well, I was going to say it sucks to be Elon Musk this week, but let's face it, it always sucks to be Elon Musk.

After getting kicked out of the White House, perhaps, failing in his pretend mission to save the country a penny at Doge, the Department of Government Efficiency, and continually getting trolled on Twitter by his very own AI chatbot,

his companies are getting torched.

And this time, I mean that figuratively speaking.

This week, Tesla's first fleet of robotaxies was launched, and things didn't go so well, which again shouldn't

surprise us because nothing Musk does goes well. Here's Reuters on the bumpy first few days.

They only hit public roads on Sunday, but Tesla's robotaxis already face a probe over alleged

traffic violations. A small fleet of the vehicles

has started operating in Austin, Texas. They're offering rides within a limited zone inside the city.

But the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it is seeking information on the operation.

Watchdogs say they have reviewed online videos purporting to show one robo-taxie speeding

and another using the wrong lane.

The EV maker did not respond to a request for comment by Reuters.

Yes, usually when things are going extraordinarily,

well companies don't respond to request for comments.

The whole week, social media has been flooded with videos of the new fleet driving erratically, which is to say illegally.

Here, a Roby Taxi was filmed by another driver, breaking hard in the middle of the road in response to a stationary police car, which wasn't even in its path.

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