Internet users have been left shocked after honing in on a piece of paper Donald Trump was holding as he perused Elon Musk’s selection of Teslas at the White House.
A range of Tesla models, including electric cars and a Cybertruck, were put on display at the White House on Tuesday (March 11) as Trump declared his plans to show ‘support’ for Musk’s business, which the president branded as Musk’s ‘baby’.
Trump accused the ‘Radical Left’ of boycotting Tesla to ‘attack and do harm to Elon’ as the company’s stock plummeted, so the president responded by declaring that he was going to buy a ‘brand new Tesla’ as a show of confidence for the company’s founder.
In videos from the White House, Trump could be seen telling reporters he wanted to buy one of the cars because it was a ‘great product’. He described one red Tesla Model S as ‘beautiful’ and expressed surprise at the interior, saying: “Everything’s computer!”
But those more obvious details weren’t the only information Trump had to hand while looking at the cars, as eagle-eyed viewers noticed he had more details written out on the piece of paper he was carrying around.
Trump described the red car as ‘beautiful’ (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
One photographer snapped a picture of Trump’s documents, with one handwritten note at the top detailing the different costs for Teslas.
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 costings, the note featured a line that read like a sales pitch, reading: “Teslas can be purchased as low as $299/month of $35k. All cars have self driving, just needs to be turned on (fee).”
Trump’s paper detailed the costs of different Teslas (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Viewers were left shocked by the detailed breakdown Trump had on hand while looking at the cars, with one Reddit user writing: “Jesus. This is one of those pictures you see in history books for all the wrong reasons.”
Another went as far as to describe Trump as a ‘literal car salesman’, adding: “This is extraordinary.”
One Reddit user also claimed the president needed to be ‘impeached’ for using ‘official White House press events to do literal advertisements for his billionaire friends’.
Trump told reporters at the White House that he wanted to ‘pay full price’ for his Tesla, though his support of electric cars hasn’t always been so strong. In 2023, the POTUS told crowds in Iowa that electric vehicles ‘don’t go far’ and ‘cost a fortune’.
The same year, he told another crowd: “Electric cars are good if you have a towing company.”
