After seeing the paper held by Donald Trump at a White House event, the online community shutted POTUS for using his position to save Elon Musk’s billion dollar “baby” from “radical boycotting.”
On March 11, a range of Tesla models were shown as Trump publicly praised Musk and vowed to encourage the billionaire’s business.
“I’m going to buy a brand-new Tesla,” at “full price,” Trump told reporters.
The president then indicted the “radical left” of boycotting Tesla to hurt Musk, whose company has recently dealt with a significant decline in stock prices.
The paper
Internet users were left astonished and amused after spotting a peculiar handwritten note that Trump was clutching while checking out a fleet of Teslas on the lawn of the White House.
One photographer zoomed in on the paper and captured an image of the document that detailed the different costs of the electric vehicles.
It read:
Tesla Pricing:
Full Self Driving:
Model X – $112,490 (silver)
CT – $114,000 (Gray)
Model S – $108,990 (Blue)
Model Y – $59,990 (Red)”
Below some additional prices hidden by Trump’s thumb was a sales pitch, reading: “Teslas can buy as low as $299/month of $35k. All cars have self-driving, just needs to be turned on (fee).”
‘Embarrassed’
Social media sparked discussion with one Redditor writing, “I’m always surprised by his ability to make me more embarrassed as an American. Like you’d think there’d be no pride left at this point but he finds a way to ruin it. He is constantly doing things that would be a full episode of South Park. But it’s reality.”
A second netizen commented “Too expensive for the yahoos that voted for him and they’re so dumb they wouldn’t be able to figure out the control panel anyway.”
“Why is the white house orchestrating an exclusive, live commercial for the richest man on earth and a specific private sector company?” a third added.
Donald Trump’s White House Tesla moment was shown to be about encouraging Elon Musk, but it quickly became a viral moment.
