Published on : 04:04 PST, Jun 7, 2025 FOLLOW President Donald Trump bought a red Tesla from off Elon Musk during a White House spectacle in March (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC: Once a vocal supporter of Tesla and its mission, President Donald Trump is now walking away from the brand and his own bright red Tesla Model S following a very public and personal clash with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. On June 6, a White House official confirmed that Trump is preparing to offload the $80,000 electric vehicle, which he purchased earlier this year in a gesture of solidarity with the company, reports Mediate. Tesla no longer has Donald Trump’s stamp of approval US President Donald Trump, accompanied by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, speaks next to a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025, in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy said, “We’re told that that Tesla, the red Tesla with Florida tags, is either going to be given away or sold off.” The car, which remains parked in the White House lot, was originally acquired in March after a wave of vandalism targeted Tesla dealerships, a move Trump had condemned. But that show of support has now soured, just hours after Musk launched a blistering critique of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”, calling it a “disgusting abomination.” I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it. — DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) June 5, 2025 President Donald Trump dismissed Elon Musk’s recent online tirade as a symptom of what he called “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Speaking from the Oval Office on June 6 during a joint press appearance with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump downplayed the Tesla CEO’s fiery criticism of his administration’s legislation and subsidy decisions. “He’s not the first,” Trump said. “People leave my administration, and they love us, and then at some point they miss it so badly. Some of them embrace it, and some of them actually become hostile. I don’t know what it is. It’s sort of ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome,’ I guess they call it.” “They leave, and they wake up in the morning, and the glamour is gone. The whole world is different, and they become hostile,” he added. Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside US President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025, in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) The president also opened up about a private disagreement with Elon Musk, sharing that Musk had lobbied for a personal friend to be named NASA administrator. “Elon is upset because we took the EV mandate, which was a lot of money for electric vehicles, and they're having a hard time,” Trump said. “The electric vehicles. And they want us to pay billions of dollars in subsidy. And, you know, Elon knew this from the beginning. He knew it for a long time ago.” “I know that disturbed him. He wanted, rightfully, he recommended somebody from that he, I guess, knew very well. I'm sure he respected him, but to run NASA, and I didn't think was appropriate. And he happened to be a Democrat, like totally Democrat. And I say, you know, we won. We get certain privileges, and one of the privileges we don't have to appoint a Democrat. NASA is very important. We have great people,” he added. Share this article: Trump to ‘sell or give away’ Tesla he bought from Elon Musk during White House event amid bitter feud SORT BY