PJ Vogt

On a stage filled with fog, laser lights, and jets of flame, the aesthetic halfway between Tron and American Gladiator, Elon, in a black leather jacket, here to give the world its first glimpse of the future.

Encountered in the real world, I tend to think cyber trucks look like computer mice from the 1980s. But on stage here, I have to say, it does look pretty futuristic and cool. And now comes the moment of real showmanship. A Tesla employee holding a metal ball is about to try to prove Elon Musk's claim that the cyber truck's so-called armor glass windows are essentially indestructible.

Encountered in the real world, I tend to think cyber trucks look like computer mice from the 1980s. But on stage here, I have to say, it does look pretty futuristic and cool. And now comes the moment of real showmanship. A Tesla employee holding a metal ball is about to try to prove Elon Musk's claim that the cyber truck's so-called armor glass windows are essentially indestructible.

Encountered in the real world, I tend to think cyber trucks look like computer mice from the 1980s. But on stage here, I have to say, it does look pretty futuristic and cool. And now comes the moment of real showmanship. A Tesla employee holding a metal ball is about to try to prove Elon Musk's claim that the cyber truck's so-called armor glass windows are essentially indestructible.

Franz, a very buff individual, winds up to throw the metal ball.

Franz, a very buff individual, winds up to throw the metal ball.

Franz, a very buff individual, winds up to throw the metal ball.

Elon Musk, making a big promise that turns out not to be rigorously empirically true, as the shattered glass in his car fact-checks him the way only physics really can.

Elon Musk, making a big promise that turns out not to be rigorously empirically true, as the shattered glass in his car fact-checks him the way only physics really can.

Elon Musk, making a big promise that turns out not to be rigorously empirically true, as the shattered glass in his car fact-checks him the way only physics really can.

On stage in 2019, Musk quickly rebounds.

On stage in 2019, Musk quickly rebounds.

On stage in 2019, Musk quickly rebounds.

I feel like this was a moment where Elon had not yet completed his arc as like, he was a person more liked in more quarters, but people were starting to sort of tire of his braggadocio. And just, it was a moment where I was like, oh, Elon Musk has become a popular target for schadenfreude.

I feel like this was a moment where Elon had not yet completed his arc as like, he was a person more liked in more quarters, but people were starting to sort of tire of his braggadocio. And just, it was a moment where I was like, oh, Elon Musk has become a popular target for schadenfreude.

I feel like this was a moment where Elon had not yet completed his arc as like, he was a person more liked in more quarters, but people were starting to sort of tire of his braggadocio. And just, it was a moment where I was like, oh, Elon Musk has become a popular target for schadenfreude.

It just didn't make any sense. At this point, the story was still in its first 24 hours. Bobby didn't yet even know what the State Department was planning to use $400 million worth of Teslas for. Sometimes it's hard to tell when you're talking about money the government spends, what constitutes a lot of money. This here, a lot.

It just didn't make any sense. At this point, the story was still in its first 24 hours. Bobby didn't yet even know what the State Department was planning to use $400 million worth of Teslas for. Sometimes it's hard to tell when you're talking about money the government spends, what constitutes a lot of money. This here, a lot.

It just didn't make any sense. At this point, the story was still in its first 24 hours. Bobby didn't yet even know what the State Department was planning to use $400 million worth of Teslas for. Sometimes it's hard to tell when you're talking about money the government spends, what constitutes a lot of money. This here, a lot.

I mean, it's also surprising because Elon's public stance for the past few months has been, the U.S. government wastes so much money, I'm going to lead an office called DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency, and I'm going to find all the places that your taxpayer money is being squandered either by inept bureaucrats or, you know, corrupt ones.