A Tesla automobile owned by President Donald Trump (he does not drive it but some staffers do) is parked in a lot next to the White House fence in Washington on Thursday. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)

By Taylor Telford

Searching for a hardly sat-in luxury EV in cherry red? The president might be willing to cut you a deal.

A day after his public spat with Elon Musk, the White House signaled Friday that President Donald Trump might be joining the ranks of buyers with Tesla remorse and surrender the keys to his nearly new Model S.

Trump bought the sedan in March, calling it “a great product, as good as it gets” to show his support for the Tesla CEO. The gesture was meant to counter some of the public backlash to Musk’s involvement with the U.S. DOGE Service, some of which wa

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