- Elon Musk visited Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday with a fleet of Tesla vehicles.
- Upon entering the driver’s side of a cherry red Model S, Donald Trump was amazed by the car’s technology.
- “Everything’s computer,” the president marveled.
Elon Musk visited the White House on Tuesday with a fleet of shiny Teslas in tow. President Donald Trump was awestruck.
“Wow, that’s beautiful,” Trump marveled as he climbed into a cherry red Model S.
“This is a different panel than I’ve ever — everything’s computer!”
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Indeed.
The visit came after the president posted on TruthSocial on Tuesday morning that he would buy a Tesla to support Musk, the electric vehicle maker’s CEO and a “special government employee” who has become the de facto face of Trump’s DOGE effort.
Tesla’s stock has fallen in recent weeks amid worries about tariffs, slumping sales prices, and the time Musk is spending on DOGE business.
“The Radical Left Lunatics, as they often do, are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla, one of the World’s great automakers, and Elon’s ‘baby,’ in order to attack and do harm to Elon, and everything he stands for,” the president wrote Tuesday.
“I’m going to buy a brand new Tesla tomorrow morning as a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American,” he added.
Trump reportedly opted for the Model S, suggesting that he was successfully seduced by siren call of computers. (The car is, in fact, full of them, as are most other gadgets these days.) The car retails for more than $70,000. A photo of the president’s notes from the event appeared to show a cheatsheet of prices for various models.
Trump also said he purchased his granddaughter a Cybertruck, according to CBS reporter Kathryn Watson.
Besides shelling out for a Tesla, Trump said he will label attacks against Tesla dealerships domestic terrorism.
Tuesday is the latest chapter in Trump’s relationship with technology, which has previously included a suspicion of wind power, a belief that planes are too complex to fly, a predilection for sharpies instead of email, and the question “What is digital?”
