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Showing Original Post only (View all)The outrageous reason Trump is buying an electric vehicle after denouncing EVs [View all]
Last edited Tue Mar 11, 2025, 06:03 PM - Edit history (1)
The president spent much of his candidacy bashing electric vehicles. Now he says hes buying one as a favor to a campaign megadonor.
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But Trump also took care to let voters know that, as far as he was concerned, electric vehicles belong on the GOPs partys list of villains, too.....
That, of course, was before the election. Now that the president is in the White House, however, he claims hes going to purchase an electric vehicle for himself. CNBC reported:
In an online item published shortly after midnight, the president claimed that Radical Left Lunatics are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla. Trump added, Im going to buy a brand new Tesla tomorrow morning as a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American. Why should he be punished for putting his tremendous skills to work in order to help MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN???
At this point, we could talk at some length about the fact that its not illegal for consumers to boycott a company a fact Trump ought to know, given that hes launched a wide variety of boycotts. We could also talk about the degree to which Elon Musks skills are anything but tremendous....
Imagine a scenario in which a hyper-wealthy campaign donor helps put a politician in the White House. Soon after, the politician rewards his benefactor with unprecedented governmental power and authority, seemingly indifferent to the megadonors expansive conflicts of interests.
Then imagine these circumstances help spark a public backlash against one of the donors businesses, which contributes to a sharp decline in the value of the companys stock.
At that point in our little hypothetical, the beneficiary of the hyper-wealthy campaign donors generosity decides to use the power of his unique position to issue a testimonial of sorts to publicly endorse the contributors business.
Under normal circumstances, such a scenario would be described at a minimum as an ethics nightmare, if not outright corruption. And yet, here we are.
That, of course, was before the election. Now that the president is in the White House, however, he claims hes going to purchase an electric vehicle for himself. CNBC reported:
President Donald Trump shared his intent to purchase a Tesla on Tuesday to support Elon Musk as the electric vehicle makers sales and share price face pressure from the CEOs foray into global politics, most notably as head of Trumps cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency.
In an online item published shortly after midnight, the president claimed that Radical Left Lunatics are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla. Trump added, Im going to buy a brand new Tesla tomorrow morning as a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American. Why should he be punished for putting his tremendous skills to work in order to help MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN???
At this point, we could talk at some length about the fact that its not illegal for consumers to boycott a company a fact Trump ought to know, given that hes launched a wide variety of boycotts. We could also talk about the degree to which Elon Musks skills are anything but tremendous....
Imagine a scenario in which a hyper-wealthy campaign donor helps put a politician in the White House. Soon after, the politician rewards his benefactor with unprecedented governmental power and authority, seemingly indifferent to the megadonors expansive conflicts of interests.
Then imagine these circumstances help spark a public backlash against one of the donors businesses, which contributes to a sharp decline in the value of the companys stock.
At that point in our little hypothetical, the beneficiary of the hyper-wealthy campaign donors generosity decides to use the power of his unique position to issue a testimonial of sorts to publicly endorse the contributors business.
Under normal circumstances, such a scenario would be described at a minimum as an ethics nightmare, if not outright corruption. And yet, here we are.
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The outrageous reason Trump is buying an electric vehicle after denouncing EVs [View all]
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'm not allowed to drive because I haven't driven a car in a long time...I'm not allowed to..."
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This made me smile-President Biden/DarkBrandon actually drove one or more vehicles
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#10
trump was reading from a literal Tesla sales pitch, complete with pricing, during his White House event
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