President Donald Trump's escalating tariff war could put Tesla in serious danger. As Politico reports, the trade war has put Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an extremely awkward position politically. While the president's top henchman's businesses are largely insulated thanks to a strong manufacturing presence in the United States,

Ray Wang, founder of the Silicon Valley-based firm Constellation Research, flagged Optimus — Musk’s humanoid robot — as a vulnerable spot. Musk expects the robot “will be overwhelmingly the value of the company” and eventually generate $10 trillion in revenue as the “biggest product in history.”

Championed as Trump’s first buddy, the tech mogul has since watched Tesla sales plummet, seen billions knocked off its share price and is now in a very public spat with his boss’s chief trade adviser,