Musk has been able to play off Tesla's struggles for over a year now because the stock has been astonishingly resilient. Neither political gaffe nor falling deliveries has knocked Tesla off its upward trajectory, but Monday's selloff may be a sign of a changing sentiment.

Elon Musk's new political party could split the right-wing vote but is unlikely to succeed in any major way, experts have told Newsweek. While Musk cannot run for president because he was born in South Africa,