Tesla goes for the Trump bump
Never before has an Austin company been thrown so far into the global limelight and zeitgeist as Tesla Inc. Take March 11, for instance, when a row of Tesla vehicles lined the driveway of the White House. “Well, I’m going to buy,” President Trump said as he surveyed the line of Teslas. “I’m going to buy because No. 1 it’s a great product, as good as it gets. And No. 2, because this man [Elon Musk] has devoted his energy and life to doing this, and I think he’s been treated very unfairly…
Never before has an Austin company been thrown so far into the global limelight and zeitgeist as Tesla Inc.
Take March 11, for instance, when a row of Tesla vehicles lined the driveway of the White House.
“Well, I’m going to buy,” President Trump said as he surveyed the line of Teslas. “I’m going to buy because No. 1 it’s a great product, as good as it gets. And No. 2, because this man [Elon Musk] has devoted his energy and life to doing this, and I think he’s been treated very unfairly… 
