随着特斯拉的利润继续下滑，埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)周二获得了一辆电动汽车的潜在新主人的认可，这或许并不令人意外:美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)。
周二下午，马斯克和他4岁的儿子X一起向白宫交付了5辆特斯拉模型，包括一辆Cybertruck，就在几个小时前，目前不开车的特朗普发誓要买一辆支持马斯克。
“我只是想让人们知道，你不能因为是一个爱国者而受到惩罚，”特朗普在与汽车和马斯克的合影中告诉记者。“人们应该变得疯狂，他们喜欢这个产品。”
总统坐进其中一辆车的座位，声称他将购买其中一辆车，并把它留在白宫，供他的工作人员使用。
“我打算让那里的人使用它，他们都对我不被允许使用它感到兴奋，”他说。
特朗普宣布这一消息之际，特斯拉正在采取一项大受欢迎在过去的两个月里，包括最近的抗议和海外销售的下滑。
自马斯克前往华盛顿以来，该公司的股票每周都在下跌，市值蒸发超过7000亿美元。根据彭博亿万富翁指数，自就职日以来，马斯克的个人净资产已经下降了1480亿美元。
“这意味着很多，也感谢所有支持特斯拉的人，”马斯克说。
特朗普此前批评电动汽车，声称它们成本太高，效率低下，不受欢迎。
然而，他在8月份的竞选活动中承认，在马斯克认可他的候选资格后，他不得不改变自己的论调。
“我赞成电动汽车。我必须这么做，因为埃隆非常支持我，”他在一次集会上对人群说。
然而，自上任以来，特朗普发誓要结束联邦政府对电动汽车购买的激励措施，并签署了一项行政命令，取消了乔·拜登总统在2030年销售的所有汽车中有一半是电动汽车的目标。
现任和前任总统都不允许在公路上开车，这是一条潜规则。
Trump checks out Teslas at White House as Musk's auto company stock sinks
As Tesla's bottom line continues to slide downward, Elon Musk on Tuesday received maybe an unsurprising endorsement from a potential new owner of one of his EVs: President Donald Trump.
Musk, joined by his 4-year-old son X, delivered five Tesla models, including a Cybertruck, to the White House Tuesday afternoon, just hours after Trump, who does not currently drive, vowed to buy one to support Musk.
"I just want people to know that you can't be penalized for being a patriot," Trump told reporters during a photo op with the cars and Musk. "People should be going wild, and they love the product."
The president got into the seat of one the cars and claimed that he was going to buy one of the cars and leave it at the White House for his staff to use.
"I'm going to let people at the place use it, and they are all excited about that I'm not allowed to use it," he said.
Trump's announcement came as Tesla has been taking amassive hitover the last two months, including recent protests and slumping sales overseas.
Stock in the company has dropped every week since Musk went to Washington, wiping out more than $700 billion in market value. And Musk's personal net worth has dropped $148 billion since Inauguration Day, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.
"This means a lot, and also thank everyone out there who is supporting Tesla," Musk said.
Trump previously criticized EVs, claiming that they are too costly, inefficient and not in demand.
However, he admitted in August on the campaign trail that he had to change his tune after Musk endorsed his candidacy.
"I'm for electric cars. I have to be because Elon endorsed me very strongly," he told a crowd at a rally.
However, since taking office Trump has vowed to end federal incentives for EV purchases and signed an executive order that undid President Joe Biden's goal to have half of all cars sold in 2030 be an EV.
It is an unspoken rule that current and former presidents aren't allowed to drive on open roads.
