These days, Tesla investors would probably like to be thinking about EV sales, robo-taxis, or anything else besides politics.

Elon Musk's empire isn't exactly crumbling, but it looks increasingly vulnerable as his falling out with President Trump intensifies. Why it matters: The world's richest person enjoyed ballooning wealth in the early days of his alliance with the president,

Dan Ives, an analyst with Wedbush Securities, wrote that Musk's continued push into politics was "exactly the opposite direction" investors wanted to see.