Remember that EV summit drama? That was probably one of the biggest strategic blunders in recent political history.

Picture this: the administration hosts a major electric vehicle summit, celebrates the "EV revolution," and guess who wasn't on the guest list? The company that literally pioneered the modern EV market and dominates sales. Instead, they gave all the credit to traditional automakers just starting their transition.

That snub didn't just alienate one entrepreneur—it pushed away someone with massive cultural influence and a direct line to millions of followers. The irony? While praising others for "leading" the charge, they ignored the actual leader who'd been in the trenches for over a decade.

Politics aside, you can't rewrite market reality. Sometimes the optics matter less than the facts on the ground.