Trump Says He'll Buy A Tesla To Show Support For Musk As His Company Faces Sagging Sales

With Elon Musk facing escalating political blowback and financial troubles, President Donald Trump said he would buy a Tesla vehicle from his company, an unusual show of support from the president to his most powerful adviser .

It was the latest example of how Trump has demonstrated loyalty to Musk, who spent heavily on his comeback campaign last year and has been a key figure in his second administration.

The Republican president announced early Tuesday that he was going to buy a new Tesla as "a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American."

Musk's electric vehicle company has been battered by sagging sales and plunging stock prices . He continues to run the automaker - as well as the social media platform X and the rocket manufacturer SpaceX - while also serving as Trump's adviser on overhauling and downsizing the federal government .

"Elon Musk is 'putting it on the line' in order to help our Nation, and he is doing a FANTASTIC JOB!" Trump wrote on social media. "But the Radical Left Lunatics, as they often do, are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla, one of the World's great automakers, and Elon's 'baby,' in order to attack and do harm to Elon, and everything he stands for."