President Donald Trump saw a variety of Teslas in the White House on Tuesday in a show of support for Doge Leader and Telsa founder Elon Musk.
The president promised Buy a 'brand new Tesla' to support MuskThe 'Baby' after showrooms with the vehicle, which can sell from $ 42,000 to $ 99,000, were attacked in protest against Musk's cuts to the federal government.
There were five different models on the South Lawn for Trump to view, including the notorious Cybertruck.
Musk came together with his young son, X.
Trump said he would buy a Tesla, but noticed that he would not be there, because he is not allowed. He said the Tesla in the White House would be used.
He defended Musk in his comments: 'I think he was treated very unfairly by a very small group of people. And I just want people to know that he cannot be punished because he is a patriot. '
He also removed the falling stock market: “The markets go up and they go down, but you know what, we have to rebuild our country.”
The stock price of Tesla has plummeted. The turnover of the company has fallen. Musk reportedly lost $ 29 billion a day.
“It will be fine in the long term,” Musk wrote on his X platform of the Tesla stock.
President Donald Trump, next to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, speaks alongside a Tesla vehicle on the South Drive of the White House
A Tesla Cybertruck is parked in front of the White House
Trump has been an avid defender of Musk, who helped Bankroll at his presidential campaign of 2024.
'On Republicans, Conservatives and all the great Americans, Elon Musk puts it at stake' to help our nation, and he does fantastic work! 'Trump wrote on Monday evening in a social post truth.
The founder of Tesla has borne the victim of a large part of the anger of the liberals to the second government Trump, with protests against his presence in the Ministry of Government Efficiency.
Anti-mosk demonstrations have broken out in the United States with demonstrators attacking Tesla showrooms with weapons and Molotov cocktails.
The stock price of Tesla has fallen 45 percent since he reached a record high of $ 1.5 trillion on December 17, so that the most profit was deleted that the stock made after Musk helped finance Trump's election victory.
The president claimed that 'radical left -wing madmen' 'try to boycott Tesla, one of the world's large car manufacturers, illegally, and Elon's' baby', to attack and harm, and everything he stands for. '
Trump also thanked Musk for 'punished' despite 'his great skills to work to make America big again.'
White House Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt teased the purchase of the president in her briefing.
“He is going to look at a Tesla who finds his way to the White House complex,” she said. “Tesla is now on the road here.”
She said the president would pay full selling price for the Tesla.
Protests against Musk and Tesla have been raised since the billionaire and his Ministry of Government Efficiency (Doge) started to dismiss thousands of federal workers, including veterans, while insisting on reducing the government.
Dozens of coordinated crowds gathered on Saturday afternoon outside of Tesla stores throughout the country to protest against Musk's efforts to defeat government spending and to implement reforms. Demonstrations also broke out in London, Portugal, Malaysia and Iceland.
About 250 activists were gathered outside of a showroom in New York City, with anti-mosk layers with the text 'Block Fascism Now and' Musk Must Go 'while they shouted:' Elon Musk is not chosen! Democracy must be protected! '
Five demonstrators were arrested for disorderly behavior in the demonstration of Manhattan and one was taken into custody for resisting arrest, obstruction and violation of local legislation, the New York Daily News reported.
There have also been more than a dozen acts of vandalism against Tesla vehicles, dealers and charging stations since President Donald Trump's inauguration, according to police and local reports.
The stock price of Tesla has fallen 45 percent since he reached a record high of $ 1.5 trillion on December 17, thereby erasing the most profit that made the stock after Musk helped to finance Trump's election victory
Anti-elon Musk demonstrations have broken out in the US with demonstrators attacking Tesla showrooms with weapons and Molotov cocktails. A Tesla showroom in Salem, Oregon, was shot in February with an AR 15-style rifle
A Tesla showroom in Salem, Oregon, was shot with a AR 15-style rifle in February. Probable Vandal Adam Matthew Lansky, 41, is also accused of causing great damage in the same store with Molotov cocktails in January.
Likewise, four Tesla Cybertrucks were set on fire at night in a storage party in the industrial SODO neighborhood in Seattle, King-TV reported.
The police in Oregon also work with the FBI to investigate gunshots fired at a Tesla dealer in Tigard, outside Portland, last week.
Although the motivation for the attack has not been confirmed, the Tigard police said they are aware that other Tesla dealers are aimed at Oregon and the nation for political reasons. “
The shooting comes a week after the federal prosecutors in Denver had accused a woman in connection with vandalism against a Tesla dealer in Colorado -including Molotov cocktails thrown to vehicles and sprayed the words 'Nazi cars' on the building.
Last week also last week, seven Tesla charging stations that deliberately set fire to Massachusetts, according to the LittleLeton police. No injuries were reported.
Graffiti reading 'No Musk' and depicting a sign that looked like a swastika was also found in a Tesla dealer, one day after demonstrators gathered in the facility.
In the meantime, in recent weeks, DOGE has had to deal with intensive control because of the chaotic treatment of dismissals, in particular the dismissal of important federal employees to try to rent them again later.
About 250 protesters were gathered outside a showroom in New York City on Saturday afternoon and held anti-sparrow tops while they screamed: 'Elon Musk is not chosen! Democracy must be protected! '
Among the affected were employees who were responsible for maintaining nuclear weapon sites in the US – a movement that has expressed serious concern about national security and Musk and his allies are now the increasing pressure on the face to reassess their approach.
Musk at Morgan Stanley Conference last week, His influence on the federal government compared to that of a 'business takeover'.
“To understand the federal government, it is like a business takeover on a scale, but a takeover, but one where the company is in fact much bad than a commercial company could ever be,” said Musk.
Musk continued to say that 'logically we have to prioritize everything that can reasonably be privatized', when he called the USPS and Amtrak – which he called Amtrak a 'sad situation'.
