Elon Musk makes ‘ambitious’ pledge after Trump bought Tesla to support his ‘baby’

Elon Musk has publicly announced an ‘ambitious’ pledge after President Donald Trump stepped in and bought a Tesla to support his right-hand man.

Ever since Musk was appointed co-lead of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), we’ve been seeing him out and about with the US president a lot more.

But what wasn’t expected was a range of Tesla models, including electric cars and a Cybertruck, to be parked outside of the White House on Tuesday (March 11).

At the time, Trump declared that he would ‘support’ Musk’s ‘baby’ – AKA the businessman’s automotive company.

Tesla has lost half its value in three months, 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’.

Donald Trump supported Elon Musk’s ‘baby’ (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Therefore, to support Musk, Trump revealed he was going to buy a ‘brand new Tesla’ – despite not being allowed to drive.

In videos and images of the moment Trump was looking at the cars, a piece of paper in his hand caught the eye of viewers.

They were handwritten details of all of the models, prices and features.

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).”

While there’s 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’s buying a car as a way to show support to Musk instead of putting in a good public word.

Surely that would cost him a few hundred thousand dollars less?

Anyway, Musk has since claimed that his company will be making a big promise, that’ll help his stock grow further.