(NASDAQ:TSLA) tumbled by 6.79 percent on Monday to finish at $293.94 apiece and lost as much as $68 billion in market value amid concerns about Elon Musk’s feud with President Donald Trump. This followed Musk’s announcement that he would launch a new political party called the “America Party” and could focus on just two or three Senate seats and eight to 10 House districts,

But Tesla's troubles, though levered to Musk, may be deeper than Musk's distractions, such as politics, gaming, and colonizing Mars. A record fourth quarter delivery report in January seemed to indicate all was well with Tesla, but it doesn't tell the full story.