{"id":23969,"date":"2025-03-13T00:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T00:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23969"},"modified":"2025-03-13T00:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T00:04:10","slug":"elon-musk-makes-ambitious-pledge-after-trump-bought-tesla-to-support-his-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=23969","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk makes ‘ambitious’ pledge after Trump bought Tesla to support his ‘baby’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elon Musk has publicly announced an \u2018ambitious\u2019 pledge after President Donald Trump stepped in and bought a Tesla to support his right-hand man.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ever since\u00a0Musk<\/a>\u00a0was appointed co-lead of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), we\u2019ve been seeing him out and about with the\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0president a lot more.<\/p>\n

But what wasn\u2019t expected was a range of\u00a0Tesla<\/a>\u00a0models, including electric cars and a Cybertruck, to be parked outside of the White House on Tuesday (March 11).<\/p>\n

At the time,\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0declared that he would\u00a0‘support’ Musk’s ‘baby’<\/a>\u00a0– AKA the businessman’s automotive company.<\/p>\n

Tesla has lost half its value in three months<\/a>, and as its share price recently reached a new low, the president took Truth Social to accuse ‘the Radical Left Lunatics’ of ‘trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla’.<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump supported Elon Musk’s ‘baby’ (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Therefore, to support Musk, Trump revealed he was going to\u00a0buy a ‘brand new Tesla’<\/a>\u00a0– despite\u00a0not being allowed to drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In videos and images of the moment Trump was looking at the cars, a\u00a0piece of paper in his hand caught the eye of viewers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They were handwritten details of all of the models, prices and features.<\/p>\n

It also noted: “Teslas can be purchased as low as $299\/month of $35k. All cars have self driving, just needs to be turned on (fee).”<\/p>\n

While there\u2019s no friend discount being given as Trump told reporters at the White House that he wanted to ‘pay full price’ for his vehicle, it does seem a little odd that he\u2019s buying a car as a way to show support to Musk instead of putting in a good public word.<\/p>\n

Surely that would cost him a few hundred thousand dollars less?<\/p>\n

Anyway, Musk has since claimed that his company will be making a big promise, that\u2019ll help his stock grow further.<\/p>\n

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Musk made an ‘ambitious’ pledge (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, the tech mogul wrote: “In support of the policies of President @realDonaldTrump and to demonstrate our confidence in the future of the United States, @Tesla commits to doubling vehicle production in the US within 2 years!”<\/p>\n

However, this pledge has left many skeptical, as one person wrote: “Don\u2019t you need demand to do that.”<\/p>\n

A second commented: “And halving the price?”<\/p>\n

But then another piped up and brought up the possibility that the \u2018leftist\u2019 protesters who have allegedly been targeting Tesla cars have been \u2018paid\u2019 to do so.<\/p>\n

They said: “Sounds ambitious! But with people driving Teslas being attacked by vicious, leftist, paid \u2018protesters,\u2019 how are you going to sell all of those cars? Overseas? I would buy one if I could afford it, because I live in a very conservative area.”<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t seem as though Musk\u2019s declaration has gone down too well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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