--- title: "Elon Musk Asks Analyst Pointing Out Tesla Issues to “Shut Up”" description: "Amid Tesla's latest CEO-inspired downturn, Elon Musk is now hurling insults at one of his biggest bulls for offering advice." date: "2025-07-10" modified: "2025-07-10" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musks-dan-ives-shut-up" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "dan ives" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Asks Analyst Pointing Out Tesla Issues to “Shut Up” ![Amid Tesla's latest CEO-inspired downturn, Elon Musk is now hurling insults at one of his biggest bulls for offering advice.]() *\Image: Kevin Dietsch / Getty / Futurism\* ## Expert Advice Amid Tesla's latest [CEO-flavored downturn](), Elon Musk is now hurling insults at a prominent stock analyst. Earlier in the day, Wedbush analyst and Tesla fan [Dan Ives posted on X]() with a few stark but reasonable recommendations to keep the electric vehicle company afloat and its investors happy to boot. Those suggestions — a new pay package, an xAI merger, and oversight on how much time Musk spends at Tesla and his outside "political endeavors" — clearly rubbed the multi-hyphenate business owner the wrong way. "Shut up, Dan," [Musk replied](), glib as ever. It's unclear which aspect of Ives' three-part suggestion list the billionaire took the most affront to, but if we had to wager a guess, we'd say that he is amply opposed to the idea of there being any outside control over his politicking. ## Simple As Though Ives didn't mention it directly in the post, he did [expound in a Sunday investor note]() after the billionaire announced via tweet that he wants to create what he's calling the "[America Party]()" — a protest faction against his [former best friend](), president Donald Trump, and his "[Big Beautiful Bill]()." "Very simply Musk diving deeper into politics and now trying to take on the Beltway establishment is exactly the opposite direction that Tesla investors/shareholders want him to take during this crucial period for the Tesla story," Ives wrote, [per *CNBC*](). "While the core Musk supporters will back Musk at every turn no matter what," the analyst continued, "there is broader sense of exhaustion from many Tesla investors that Musk keeps heading down the political track." Despite [continuing to push the EV company's stock]() many years after Musk's personality and politics became untenable, it would appear that Ives is once again on the money when it comes to the markets — [Tesla stock did indeed take a nosedive]() in response to the "America Party" news, and it hasn't climbed out of that hole yet. **More on Tesla:** [*Judge Finds Tesla Has Failed to Deliver Full Self-Driving, Needs to Issue Refund*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()