Recently President Trump praised both Elon Musk and Tesla at an official White House event. Now a photograph of Trump’s notes from the event has been released, showing a list of Tesla vehicles and their corresponding prices and financing options. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00Recently, President Trump praised both Elon Musk and Tesla at an official White House event.
00:05He even tweeted about how great the car company was ahead of time,
00:08saying he planned on buying one to support the Doge head.
00:11Now, a photograph of Trump's notes from the event has been released,
00:14showing a list of Tesla vehicles and their corresponding prices.
00:18The notes also detail an associated color,
00:21each one matching one of the Teslas on display in the South Lawn of the White House during the affair.
00:26Trump said publicly at the time that he was going to buy a Model S for himself,
00:29and a Cybertruck for his 17-year-old granddaughter Kai.
00:33Those retail for around $108,000 and $114,000 respectively, as you can see in Trump's notes.
00:39While the list of Tesla prices is damning in its own right,
00:42the notes go on, detailing a monthly cost for financing one of the vehicles,
00:46with the notes reading more like a sales pitch rather than a dedication to an automaker.
00:50This all calms as Tesla shares have plummeted since Trump took office,
00:54mostly due to Elon Musk and Doge's scorched earth campaign against federal workers.
00:58Protests have since erupted at Tesla showrooms all over the country, all accompanied by boycotts.