Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) told a crowd in Wisconsin on Tuesday that he boosts his mood by looking at Tesla stock, taking a shot at Elon Musk, the automaker's CEO and the face of President Trump's divisive cuts to government agencies. “There’s this thing on my phone, I know some of you know this, on the iPhone. They’ve got that little stock app,” Walz said at an event Tuesday evening, in a clip he posted on the social platform X. “I added Tesla to it to give me a little boost during the day,” he said, to a laughing crowd. “225 and dropping!” he added. Musk has seen sharp scrutiny since the start of the Trump administration, as he leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and constantly shares right-wing memes and talking points on X, which he owns. The billionaire responded to Walz's quip in his own post on X. "Sometimes when I need a little boost, I look at the @JDVance portrait in the @WhiteHouse and thank the Lord," Musk wrote, along with a praying hands emoji. Tesla stock is down 34.6 percent over the last month, as Trump’s tariff plan shakes up the stock market and fuels uncertainty about a recession. According to the Nasdaq composite, Tesla ended Wednesday at $235 a share. The company has seen a significant drop since last December, when it was at $479 a share. Elon Musk's overall net worth has dropped as his political profile has risen in recent weeks. Walz, who ran alongside former Vice President Kamala Harris in the election, has begun touring the country speaking to people about the current state of the country. The Minnesota governor left the door open to a presidential run in a recent interview with The New Yorker. He offered to host town halls in districts where Republicans are refusing to hold them, after the National Republican Congressional Committee told its members to avoid in-person meetings as constituents expressed frustration about the Trump administration and DOGE's cuts to the federal workforce. ...read more read less