Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal on Monday asked U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to answer questions about a reported plan to spend $400 million to purchase armored versions of Tesla Cybertrucks to transport diplomats.

A letter from two House Democrats presses Rubio for details about who approved an effort to try to use hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on armored electric vehicles from Tesla.

A letter from two House Democrats presses Rubio for details about who approved an effort to try to use hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on armored electric vehicles from Tesla.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) pressed the State Department on Monday for answers about the agency’s plans to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas after new reporting disputed its initial claims about the contract.

SNL highlighted Elon Musk's role in the White House in a sketch making fun of his reported feud with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Quite a few Democrats are vehemently critical of billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk for his role in the mass layoffs of federal workers being carried out by the Trump administration with the help of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

SNL mocked Trump's this week's cabinet meeting, where he purportedly told secretaries that they were in command of their departments, not Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Trump (James Austin Johnson) first summoned Secretary of State Rubio (Marcello Hernandez) to the Oval Office, where he told the former Florida senator that he’s been doing great in his new role. “You’re the GOAT,” he said. “You’re the scapegoat. But it’s still a type of goat.”

President Trump on Friday told reporters that there was no "clash" between Musk and Rubio during a Thursday meeting.