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Donald Trump, Tesla Salesman
In promoting Elon Musk’s car company, Donald Trump showed just how far he’ll go for his allies.

By Lora Kelley
Elon Musk and Donald Trump stand in front of a red Tesla that's parked in front of the White House
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March 12, 2025

In 2023, Donald Trump posted that electric-car supporters should “ROT IN HELL.” Now he is showcasing Teslas on the White House lawn. Yesterday, the president stood with Elon Musk and oohed and ached at a lineup of the electric vehicles, saying that he hoped his purchase of one would help the carmaker’s stock, which had halved in value since mid-December thanks to a combination of customer backlash and general economic uncertainty. (The stock has rebounded by 7.6 percent since yesterday.)



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Tesla Sends Unsigned Letter to Trump Administration Warning It’s ‘Exposed’ Because of His Trade War
Story by Michael Luciano
Elon Musk and Donald Trump standing in front of a Tesla
Elon Musk and Donald Trump standing in front of a Tesla
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President Donald Trump’s trade representative received an unusual letter this week from Tesla Motors, stating that the company is “exposed” to retaliatory tariffs, The Financial Times reported on Thursday. The letter was unsigned.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a White House adviser and has taken an outsized role in the administration. His proximity to Trump makes the letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer all the more curious.

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The letter comes as Trump has levied tariffs on imports from the two biggest U.S. trading partners, Canada and Mexico. Additionally, the president has imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, regardless of their origin. Automakers are expected to be hit particularly hard, so much so that someone at Tesla felt compelled to write to the Trump administration.

The Times reported:

In an unsigned letter addressed to US trade representative Jamieson Greer, Tesla said that it “supports” fair trade but warned that US exporters were “exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to US trade actions”.

“For example, past trade actions by the United States have resulted in immediate reactions by the targeted countries, including increased tariffs on EVs imported into those countries,” the Austin, Texas-based company wrote in the letter dated March 11.

Tesla’s letter follows two weeks of erratic trade policy announcements that have rattled businesses and financial markets as investors worry about the growing risks of the world’s largest economy being plunged into a recession.

“It’s a polite way to say that the bipolar tariff regime is screwing over Tesla,” one person familiar with the transmission of the letter said. “It is unsigned because nobody at the company wants to be fired for sending it.”

Tesla did not respond to the Times‘ request for comment.

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The company told Greer that certain auto “parts and components are difficult or impossible to source within the U.S.” and urged him to consider “domestic supply chain limitations to ensure that U.S. manufacturers are not unduly burdened by trade actions.”

On Tuesday, Trump tried to give Tesla a public relations boost by hosting a promotion at the White House, where he praised the company’s electric vehicles, calling them “as good as it gets.”

Tesla’s share price has plummeted since reaching an all-time high in December after Trump’s victory, as it has lost more than half its value since then.

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