Elon Musk’s Tesla stock took a bath on Monday. Here’s why

Tesla stock has dropped 45 percent since hitting an all-time high of $1.5 trillion on December 17 , erasing most of the gains the stock made after CEO Musk helped finance the election victory of U.S. President Donald Trump .

The company’s market capitalization has dropped by nearly half in three months , but investors are still debating whether it remains overpriced.

There aren't any apparent attacks afoot on Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider, though the mainstream media is full of doomsaying about Starlink access in Ukraine being cut off.

European countries are now considering what alternatives they might deploy in Ukraine .

Starlink has supported Ukrainian military and civilian activities ever since Russia invaded in early 2022 .

Scott McKay : It's going to be a very weird next couple of weeks for SpaceX.

He says the political risk of Elon Musk emerging as a hero and their cementing themselves as villains upon the astronauts’s return is fairly high.

He asks whether the next cyberattack against Musk will come against SpaceX just in time for the rescue mission.