President Donald Trump kept his promise to his billionaire-backer Elon Musk and bought a shiny red Tesla on Tuesday. Before actually making the purchase, the Republican had dozens of cars lined up in the South Lawn of the White House.

Musk initially celebrated his White House car show on Tuesday, but his posts on X eventually took a darker turn. By Wednesday, he was promoting theories that protests and vandalism at Tesla dealerships were part of a Democrat-funded effort to undermine him.