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Trump's State Department Could Spend $400 Million on 'Armored' Teslas


Donald Trump's administration expects to spend $400 million on 'armored' vehicles made by Elon Musk's Tesla.

Now, as first reported by Drop Site News, it appears that President Donald Trump ‘s State Department, led by Marco Rubio, expects to pay $400 million for some kind of “armored” Tesla vehicles. The prospective $400 million budget item appears on the latest version of the State Deptartment’s procurement forecast, updated on Dec. 23, during Trump’s transition period and one month before his inauguration. The Trump White House, State Department, nor Musk immediately responded to requests for comment on the procurement forecast for the armored vehicles, which has an “anticipated award date” of Sept. 30.

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