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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BRAWNDO
THE THIRST MUTILATOR
it's got electrolytes
it’s what plants crave
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
The kind that doesn’t know shit about any car on the lot and just tries to pressure you into buying the most expensive car because it’s the most expensive, but was secretly totaled on a flood.
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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?
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.
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Goya beans
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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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
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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
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.
when your influence is dying due to your hubris you become desperate and pull something out like this.
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!
Best politicians money can buy!
does trump even drive.
He can't, former and current presidents aren't allowed to
I assume he lacks the ability as well
Just because we want electronic cars, doesn't means we'll take Tesla's.
President Musk told his employee to do a photoshoot.
This story makes no sense any other way.
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
"Daaaad, the other kids are being mean to me!"
Rednecks are gonna buy ev to own the libs!
Trump is for sale.
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.
Well, yeah. It's the same boomer move: pull the ladder up behind you. Musk and Tesla already benefitted from the programs he now wants to cut, to raise the barrier of entry for potential competitors...
Sawsticars aren't profitable without the carbon taxes credits. Notice no one has suggested getting rid of those.
Those public chargers are competion with Musk's Tesla chargers. The only profitiable part of Tesla.
😂 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.
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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.
Of course he does.
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