Elon Musk ’s Tesla is taking a hit across the globe and “sales are tanking” since the billionaire got heavily involved in politics. Musk spent hundreds of millions of dollars in an effort to get Trump elected and has since taken the reins of a non-governmental entity that’s tasked with shrinking the size of the U.S. government.

Elon Musk believes some $1 billion is being spent on fraudulent Treasury payments, prompting President Trump to ask if this could help Uncle Sam's national debt issue.