Thank you for that, in exchange, I’ll buy one Tesla (distractions)

On Tuesday, Trump intervened to pump up Tesla’s stock price by doing a promo for the company with taxpayer money. He transformed the south lawn of the White House into a Tesla car lot, looking to “buy” a new car with Musk himself. Asked by reporters if he would pay with a credit card, Trump said he was “old-fashioned” and preferred checks.

Musk then had to explain to Trump that driving a car is like “driving a golf cart … it’s like a golf cart that goes really fast.” A car is a golf cart that goes really fast. I mean, is that how they have to explain things to Trump in the Situation Room?

What is Trump getting out of the photo-op? Musk already spent nearly $300m on the 2024 election and has reportedly promised to funnel another $100m directly into political entities controlled by Trump. And it says everything about Trump that his reaction to that is: ‘Thank you for that, in exchange, I’ll buy one Tesla.’ —Seth Meyers

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“A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”