Less than a week ago, President Donald Trump presented Elon Musk with a gold-colored key as a token of his affection in an Oval Office ceremony.
Now we’ve reached the “division of assets” part of the divorce proceedings.
A White House official told multiple media outlets Friday that President Donald Trump plans to sell ― or in a distinctly non-Trump move, give away ― the Tesla he bought in March, back when his bromance with the Tesla CEO was in full bloom.
According to NBC News, the red Model S is currently parked on a long driveway known as “West Executive Avenue” that sits adjacent to the White House, next to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and communications adviser Margo Martin apparently took the car out for a joyride last week, documenting the moment on social media:
“The Tesla President Trump bought for staff to use as part of a demo on the south lawn to help Tesla is going to be either given away or sold off,” Fox News’ Peter Doocy reported, adding that “Elon Musk was wearing thin on President Trump for about a month.”
That’s a sharp change in tone from just two months ago, when Trump turned the White House into a Tesla dealership, buying a Model S for himself while reading notes from a Tesla sales pitch aloud for the media.
“I’m going to buy because, number one it’s a great product, as good as it gets, and number two because this man has devoted his energy and his life to doing this,” Trump said at the time, referring to Musk as “a great patriot.”
Sitting in the driver’s seat moments later, Trump looked at the dashboard and exclaimed, “Everything’s computer!”