WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a trio of congressional resolutions Thursday, including one overriding California’s first-in-the-nation ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

During a lengthy White House ceremony, he also approved measures to overturn the state’s policies to phase out the sale of medium- and heavy-duty diesel vehicles and to reduce tailpipe emissions from trucks. 

Several other states also signed on to California’s clean vehicle standard, and officials from California and 10 other states announced a lawsuit Thursday morning seeking to keep the air pollution standards for cars in place.

The Senate had voted last month in favor of overturning California’s waivers through the Congressional Review Act with Republican lawmakers opting to go against the guidance of the Senate parliamentarian.

“Your cars are going to be thousands of dollars less money,” Trump said during Thursday's ceremony in the East Room. 

At one point, Trump spoke about his former special adviser, Elon Musk, saying, “Now I know why Elon doesn’t like me so much, which he does actually.”

Trump recounted asking Musk why he didn’t ask the president to leave California’s vehicle rules in place — a move that would have helped Musk’s electric vehicle company, Tesla. Trump said Musk told him that he would not object so long as changes affected his competitors as well and that he planned to make a better product than other companies.

“Then he got a little strange,” Trump said before pivoting to another topic.