Cyberstuck

Elon was an asshole at that point, but he wasn't full-blown MAGA. Remember during Trump's first administration Musk was part of a committee of business leaders that advised Trump, but resigned in protest when Trump backed out of the Parks accords. Elon publicly supported and donated to Hillary Clinton and later Joe Biden.

It wasn't until 2024 that he really started to go from "shitty billionaire using politics to protect his business interests" to "maga fanatic trying to fight a culture war, destroy the administrative state, start a new era of US imperialism, etc". Even then he only publicly endorsed Trump after the assassination attempt.

I can understand how to people with bad taste, too much money, and far too little awareness of current events could have bought Cybertrucks. I mean, they clearly ignored all of the reports about how badly made the cars were, so it's not too much of a stretch to think they are under-informed. I think most true MAGA faithful probably buy F-150's or Rams or some other kind of ICE vehicle. It wouldn't surprise me if 50% or more of Cybertruck owners thought they were helping the environment by going electric, or at least helping the US be more energy independent.

There are some malicious people out there, but I think there are more dumb people than actively mean ones.