# Biden also paraded electric vehicles at the White House when he drove a Jeep Wrangler in 2021

## 'White House turned into a car dealership'

**By **** | Fox News**

**Published March 14, 2025 11:06am EDT**

[](https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369897400112 "President Donald Trump shows support for Elon Musk, Tesla")

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President Donald Trump backs Elon Musk and his efforts in DOGE by accepting a Tesla at the White House.

Democrats pounced on President  purchase of a red Tesla on Tuesday — even though former President Joe Biden similarly paraded a Jeep Wrangler at the White House in 2021.

Trump flaunted the vehicle on the White House’s South Lawn with SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is also heading up the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), as Tesla’s stock floundered earlier in the week. The share price rose following the White House event.

Democrats decried the move, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee labeled the Trump administration the "most corrupt administration in American history."

But Biden also conducted a similar event at the White House in August 2021, when he drove an electric Jeep Wrangler on the White House South Lawn as part of a meeting with top executives from General Motors, Ford and Stellantis.

That event corresponded with Biden signing an executive order aiming for zero-emission vehicles manufactured in the U.S. to make up half of its vehicle production by the end of the decade.





Then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki signaled that Tesla would be invited to other electric vehicle events in the future.  (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)

Others criticized Trump for his Tuesday Tesla show. "I’m sure all the people losing their retirement, jobs, and health care because of Trump are glad to see the White House turned into a car dealership for the richest man on the planet," Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said in an X post.

_Fox Business’ Breck Dumma contributed to this report._

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