Mark Kelly of Arizona on Friday became one of the highest profile figures yet to ditch his Tesla in favor of a new ride, channeling the growing backlash against billionaire Elon Musk. "Elon Musk kind of turned out to be an asshole,

President Trump said on Tuesday that he's buying one of the Teslas displayed at the White House as an endorsement of Elon Musk's product. Had he waited a few days, he might have avoided the depreciation hit by instead making an offer on a gently used model driven by an astronaut.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) clapped back at tech billionaire Elon Musk after he called Kelly a “traitor” for visiting Ukraine and demanding that the United States stand with Ukrainians in their ongoing war with Russia.