Trump Promotes Tesla To Help Musk As Stock Crashes

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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All three major indexes dropped after President Donald Trump doubled down early Tuesday on his threat to levy a new round of hefty tariffs on Canada. Yet by the afternoon, markets had pared some losses as officials from both the US and Canada said they would meet this week to deescalate tensions and renegotiate trade policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:18.1	Tonight, a car show at the White House.
0:24.6	Donald Trump and Elon Musk make a Tesla pitch on the South Lawn. But a lot of Americans aren't buying what they're selling.
0:27.6	Plus, President Trump's terror whiplash hits breakneck speeds, as everyday Americans are asking,
0:33.6	who's the end game?
0:34.6	And there's new footage from right before a U.S. student vanished in the Dominican Republic.
0:40.5	Are investigators closer to finding out what happened to this girl?
0:44.2	Tonight on Laura Coates Live.
0:52.7	You know, President Trump is trying to give a lifeline to the man who gave him a nearly $300 million lifeline during the campaign.
1:00.9	How?
1:01.7	By turning the south lawn of the White House into a kind of Tesla showroom with Elon Musk right there to give the sales pitch.
1:09.6	Why?
1:10.5	Well, probably because of the company's plumbing
1:12.1	stop, which is down nearly 40% for the year, or maybe because of scenes like these at real Tesla
1:19.3	showrooms, shattered windows, damaged cars, and what looks like gunshots near a Portland, Oregon
1:26.2	dealership. Now, you add in Tesla charging stations
1:29.6	burn to a crisp outside of Boston and you end up with Trump putting on a kind of live Tesla
1:35.7	advertisement at the White House. When I saw what was happening with this, you know, the concerted
1:42.2	effort by page, I think they're paid agitators. And when I saw what was happening with is, you know, the concerted effort by pay jet. I think they're paid
1:44.5	agitators. And when I saw what was happening, I said, I want to buy a Tesla. And he shouldn't
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