It appears Donald Trump has moved to the “getting rid of your ex’s stuff” portion of his breakup with Elon Musk. White House officials confirmed to the New York Post on Friday that Trump plans to sell his recently purchased Tesla. Given the potential collector’s value of the car, it could be the first used Tesla to actually be sold for a profit in a hot minute.
Trump bought the red Model S back in March during what could be described as a thinly disguised Tesla advertisement shot in front of the White House. Back then, Tesla was the subject of mass protests across the country , a response to Musk’s efforts at the Department of Government Efficiency to fire federal employees and cancel contracts for things like housing assistance and cancer research. At the time, Tesla’s stock price wa