Tesla sales are in an unprecedented slide. Competitors are rapidly gaining ground. There’s a lot of bad news for Tesla lately – but it’s unclear if the politics of its polarizing CEO, Elon Musk, are to blame.

Elon Musk has long railed against the U.S. government, saying federal investigations and safety programs have stymied Tesla. Now, his relationship with Trump means many of those headaches could vanish.

Tesla has announced it will recall 380,000 vehicles in the US due to a power steering fault that raises the risk of a crash.