Musk hopped into the passenger side, joking about giving the Secret Service a heart attack.

Trump told reporters he would write a check for the car, the AP said.

The retail price is $80k.

President Donald Trump exits a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House

President Donald Trump exits a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White HouseAndrew Harnick/Getty Images

Its a great product we have to celebrate him, the President said.

I will do that.

I will do it.

Donald Trump

I am going to stop them.

He praised Musks big ideas.

We had to do it carefully.

And we had some little hiccups.

But we saved a tremendous amount of money for the future …

According to reports, agencies in some cases had to reverse firings of essential workers and reinstate them.

The biggest win is if they move into our country.

That is a bigger win than the tariffs themselves.

The uncertaingy has beendriving the stock market nutsand dragging on consumer sentiment.