Europeans have still not forgotten the impact of WW2. Musk sieg heiling on live TV (twice!!!) is not something they take lightly. Tesla sales of cratered over there, rightfully so, because of his completely unforced error.
https://www.autoblog.com/news/94-of-germans-wouldnt-consider...
> T Online has now reported that bots manipulated the survey, with 253,000 votes originating from just two U.S.-based IP addresses
Also fascist WW2 tanks rolling into Ukraine is somewhat reminiscent of the phenomenon of modern fascist tanks rolling into Ukraine.