Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal on Monday asked U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to answer questions about a reported plan to spend $400 million to purchase armored versions of Tesla Cybertrucks to transport diplomats.

A letter from two House Democrats presses Rubio for details about who approved an effort to try to use hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on armored electric vehicles from Tesla.

A letter from two House Democrats presses Rubio for details about who approved an effort to try to use hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on armored electric vehicles from Tesla.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) pressed the State Department on Monday for answers about the agency’s plans to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas after new reporting disputed its initial claims about the contract.

SNL highlighted Elon Musk's role in the White House in a sketch making fun of his reported feud with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Quite a few Democrats are vehemently critical of billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk for his role in the mass layoffs of federal workers being carried out by the Trump administration with the help of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

SNL mocked Trump's this week's cabinet meeting, where he purportedly told secretaries that they were in command of their departments, not Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

WASHINGTON, DC – Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal has called on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to address concerns about a reported $400 million plan to purchase armored Tesla Cybertrucks for transporting diplomats. The irony is that under the Trump regime, anything related to climate change is under attack.

Richard Blumenthal pushes State Department for answers about agency’s plans to purchase $400M armored electric cars - Anadolu Ajansı