They sold it for a few days at that price a few years after the car launched. I tried to buy one for that price. They said no.

Of course they can raise prices, but they can also lie about what price the car will be sold at in the future.

I later bought one for more than 35k.

There are no mental gymnastics. Musk said I could buy one at a specific price. Tesla would not sell it to me at that price.