Clearly, America’s chief tech thug, Elon Musk, is feeling the impact of the almost 50% drop in the value of his Tesla shares since the Trump Reality TV Show hit the airwaves.

While Tesla owners across the nation were trying to disguise the marque with fake badges, the Presenter of the United States turned the White House driveway into a Tesla showroom to try to help his favourite billionaire stop the rot.

Trump then pretended to buy a top-of-the-line shiny red Tesla, a Model S Plaid in deep red, costing about $US80,000.

Even after the Tesla market falls, Musk’s personal fortune is still estimated at $US325 billion. He’s still the richest man in the world, ahead of Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, who is at $US215 billion (and Vladimir Putin, estimated to be worth as much as $US200 billion).

(No wonder Trump is such a fanboy of Russia’s oligarch-in-chief. Vlad Putin, the career public servant has amassed his vast wealth while on an official salary of around $US140,000 a year.)

Meanwhile, Tesla is the worst performing S&P 500 listed company, dropping 45% this year. Musk owns 12.5% of its shares, worth roughly $US116 billion, about a third of his total wealth.

Trump’s cheque is apparently in the mail.