According to this article half the teslas are manufactured in China.
https://www.politico.eu/article/tesla-trump-and-the-china-trade-tariff-clash/
Another article on the subject:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-07/elon-musk-tesla-trump-us-china-evs/104670632



Trump probably doesn’t want his NY real estate to lose value, so now he will say and do anything to keep the market up.