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By EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
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President Donald Trump may sell or give away the red Telsa he purchased from Elon Musk, Daily Mail has learned.
Trump bought the Tesla – paying cash – in March after he let Musk park several of his vehicle on the South Lawn in a show of support.
It’s been parked on Executive Drive – outside the White House – since he bought it and was there as of Friday morning.
But now he is considering getting rid of the electric vehicle, a senior administration official told Daily Mail.
President Donald Trump is reportedly going to get rid of the red Tesla he purchased in March
The electronic vehicle is currently parked outside of the West Wing on Executive Drive
The move comes after he and Musk’s bro-mance ended, loudly and spectacularly, on the social media on Thursday.
It was both painful and fascinating to watch.
Musk dropped the bombshell after bombshell tweet: that the Jeffrey Epstein files haven’t been released because Trump was in them; he endorsed Trump’s impeachment; and he declared the president’s tariffs will bring about a recession.
Trump, in retaliation, threatened to cancel Musk’s billions in federal contracts. Those contracts are worth billions.
There were initial reports the two men may make amends with a phone call on Friday but a White House official tells DailyMail there is no such call in the works.
Trump is ‘not interested’ in speaking with him.
In March, the president turned the South Lawn of the White House into a Tesla showroom with five different models – including the infamous cybertruck – on display on the driveway.
The model Trump bought, which he said his staff at the White House would use, has a starting price of $76,880.
Aides have taken selfies of themselves in the Tesla as it sat in its parking space outside the West Wing.
It’s unclear if any one has actually driven it.
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump in front of a Tesla at the White House in March
Trump held the event to support Musk’s electronic car company.
Tesla showrooms and vehicles became targets of the public’s rage as they expressed their unhappiness with Musk and his government cutting work through the Department of Government Efficiency.
Meanwhile, Tesla shares fell 14% Thursday as part of the fallout of Musk’s break with the president, losing about $152.4 billion in market value.
