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President Trump touts Tesla cars at White House. What does that mean ethically?

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Here & Now Newsroom

March 13, 2025

President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters as they sit in a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)

On Tuesday, President Trump held a media event outside the White House with a fleet of Tesla cars and Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO who has been working with the Trump administration.

Here & Now's Robin Young looks at the ethical questions raised with Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer under former President George W. Bush, and now a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School.

This segment aired on March 13, 2025.

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