Because of ethical restraints it is extremely rare for a senior government official, let alone a sitting president, to endorse a consumer product so explicitly.
Yeah... Those were good times.
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Do they not fucking remember the whole Goya thing last time. He literally shot a commercial from the presidents desk.
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Like we needed another reason not to buy tesla
In parallel universes where he wasn't born of a rich family, Trump is a car salesman. This is our universe trying to find balance.
A used car salesman
At a buy-here-pay-here dealer that specializes in salvage title "luxury" cars.
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He hasn't got the charisma, the financial sense, or trustworthiness to become a used car salesman.
Yet here we are.
It's Goya beans all over again
And I've been boycotting Goya ever since.
Same. Turns out they're not much different from store brands anyhow
First thing I thought of too.
I'm not surprised. Didn't Donald Trump used the Oval Office once to promote some... ketchup or sauce or something, and was paid for? I mean it denigrades the station of the office, but does he really care?
Goya beans
He literally sold the Resolute Desk to Goya for ad space.
This is after he did a Mcdonalds/Dominos ad when he had them cater the NCAA basketball champions' dinner at the White House.
It's what he does.
Don't be surprised, each social media influencer has to make a living by promoting shitty products and scams for the affiliate money.
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Keep boycotting, and join protests outside Tesla showrooms. ~60% of Musk’s wealth is in Tesla shares. Tank the stock and tank his wealth and thus influence
There are protests all across the US and starting to spring up in other countries. Here’s a list of upcoming ones + a guide to help organize one around you if none exist
This is the easiest boycott of my life. I love it
Elon with his child shield again
Protecting them kneecaps
"The thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don’t kid yourself, when they say they don’t care about their lives, you have to take out their families."
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Seeing musk, trump and a Tesla in a single shot just makes that toxic association so much stronger. I don't think this is going to play out like they hope.
Plus, you know the boycott is working, talk about desperate.
Best politicians money can buy!
Searching on Google “how to sell my tesla” or “how to sell my tesla stock” hurts their shares. Scheduling a test drive and not showing up wastes their time and resources :)
Well if I'm gonna schedule a test drive i may as well test the hell out of it, no?
Read those waivers and see how much you can get away with 😈 “oops, I lost control and scratched the shit out of the side”
I like the cut of your jib!
Just because we want electronic cars, doesn't means we'll take Tesla's.
I don't want electric cars. I want electric trains.
Okay, but lots of people do. Why not both? I'm sure you realize that progress is incremental, we're not going to jump from here straight to a utopia.
Also, many people don't have a choice. My job has to be done in-person most of the time, it can't be done by robots or AI (yet), and I have to bring a large amount of equipment with me. But I would love my work vehicle to be a government-subsidized zero-emissions one!
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"Daaaad, the other kids are being mean to me!"
This man is one of the most pathetic human beings to ever walk the earth
That's so fucking gross
Such a historical site defaced for such a purpose.
I hope someone's dog shits on the white house lawn and doesn't clean it up
😂 what a waste. I doubt this even moves the needle on public perception. Rednecks aren't buying these things only well off urban Republicans. I can't think many leftists give a shit about these things. They may be fast, but they have no class.
especially considering how restricted by range and chargers people are subject to in more rural areas.
Trump is for sale.
Of course he does.
This the same dipshit who wants to halt federal EV buildout, EV Programs, and federal building charging stations. I doubt any of you needed reminding, but JFC, it pains me that some dummy is gonna buy an EV only AFTER he sat in one for political theater.
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Surely associating the vehicles even more closely with the primary reason the stock is falling off of a fucking cliff will prevent the stocks from falling off of a cliff.
President Musk told his employee to do a photoshoot.
This story makes no sense any other way.
Presidents (present nor former) are not allowed to drive vehicles.
On public highways. I remember they made a fairly big point of Dubya driving a pickup truck while visiting his ranch in Texas.
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