Tesla CEO Elon Musk said over the weekend that his involvement in the Trump administration could be hurting the automaker's stock price.Speaking at a town hall event in Wisconsin, Musk said that backlash to his role with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency — which is pushing for widespread government job cuts — is creating backlash against his electric car company and hurting the stock.

Protesters from New York to Berlin called for a boycott against Tesla, denouncing the company's CEO, Elon Musk.

Elon Musk and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman clashed on social media after the former accused the latter of funding groups responsible for organizing protests against Tesla.