Drop Site News reports that the Trump administration plans to spend $400 million on “armored” Teslas in what’s reportedly the State Department’s biggest contract of 2025, while unelected billionaire an Tesla owner Elon Musk brags about (illegally) ridding the government of waste with his DOGE agency:
The award is targeted for Q4, and is forecast to last for five years.
The procurement forecast is listed as having been modified on December 13, 2024, a month after Donald Trump’s election. The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Under the heading, “extent competed,” the document reads merely “TBD.”
Elon Musk is both the head of Tesla and a senior government official who has been relentlessly halting government contracts.
Business Insider notes the Trump State Department has tried to hide the deal with Musk:
The State Department has scrubbed mention of armored Teslas from its 2025 procurement forecast.
The procurement document previously contained a line item that read: “Armored Tesla (Production Units)” — a reference to products from Elon Musk‘s electric vehicle company, Tesla. It was listed as a five-year contract and valued at $400 million, making it the biggest item on the list.
The document was titled “Department of State Procurement Forecast Year 2025 (Revised 12/23/2024).” The Tesla line item had last been revised on December 13.
(Sources: Drop Site News, Business Insider)