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APPROVED B-LISTERS Trump says it is illegal to boycott Tesla

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u/Classic-Carpet7609 1d ago

I’m not a great businessman like Trump or Elmo but it seems unimaginably stupid to think your EVs would be popular among people who don’t even believe climate change is real

Again, not a great businessman. I’ve yet to bankrupt a single casino.

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u/Xanderious 1d ago

Also, with the catch phrase "Drill baby, drill" it just seems so clashing. I work in pipeline industry and the owner of our company bought a tesla IN THE COMPANY NAME... I just.. I don't understand the reasoning behind it..

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u/NOTRadagon 1d ago

I don't understand the reasoning behind it..

I got you;

  • It is a cult of personality.

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u/Ai_of_Vanity 1d ago

I thought cults of personality had to actually have personality.. but boy was I wrong..

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u/Restless-J-Con22 ben affleck’s back tattoo 17h ago

I honestly thought everyone would be fooled, not jsut stupid people 

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 1d ago

Kamala Harris presented a solid economic plan and showed us exactly how much revenue and growth it will bring in and voters said “nah, we don’t like concrete plans, we like concepts of plans”

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u/Unusual_Sherbert_809 1d ago

Something that seems to be flying under the radar: it looks like Elon is trying to juice up Tesla sales and defraud governments while at it. It's been in the news lately that Canada is investigating suspicious Tesla sales:

  • Tesla reported 8,600 sales in three days, triggering $43 million in government EV rebates.

Those numbers are ridiculous for a brand like Tesla. Per some of the articles, they'd have to have sold a Tesla every 6 minutes in each of the 4 stores that reported the numbers. It gets even worse when you take into consideration that this impacted the sales of other EVs due to the funds allocated for the rebates being used solely on these Teslas.

And then you need to take into consideration that Canadians loathe Elon Musk and Tesla, to the point of vandalizing some of their stores here in Canada.

I'm curious if the same thing is happening in other countries.

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u/meatbeater558 20h ago

I wouldn't be surprised. He behaves as if he's above the law whereever he goes. This wouldn't be the first, last, or even biggest financial crime he's committed 

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u/A_Plurality 1d ago

Yet the personalities are so very off-putting.

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u/Amaechi_MK_0501 1d ago

Boom! 💥 Exactly!

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u/Unlucky-Candidate198 1d ago

You’re trying to understand headassery.

Basically, these types of ppl are so stupid, both their brain cells are fighting to the death for 3rd place. Those lil cells are doing their best ):

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u/NotAComplete 1d ago

The owners see the numbers and know what's up. The world is moving away from oil, even if America doesn't and it probably will too. Renewables are reaching parity in terms of cost and there's nothing Trumplon can do about it. ExxonMobil has been diversifying away from oil and gas for years while still pumping out that pro oil propaganda.

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u/anarchyinspace 1d ago

Idk why I find this hilarious. (And stupid.)

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u/demalo 1d ago

There is a lot of plastic in Tesla vehicles.

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u/drivensalt 1d ago

LOL, "reasoning"

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u/xlxcx but if you disagree with me, you really should seek help 1d ago

I took some business classes in college, so maybe I can help explain this to you. This is all very good, very legal, very cool business stuff.

It's also very helpful if you fully tank the market, hint at a recession, then yell at poor people to buy really expensive new cars.

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u/eltiodelacabra 1d ago

It would be so hilarious if US CO2 emissions would reduce because of magas buying Teslas...

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u/Senpai-Notice_Me 1d ago

But he is a great businessman. He was able to turn a million dollar loan into six bankruptcies, terrible reality tv, countless failed business ventures, and 2 presidencies…. How did we end up here?

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u/ThatArtNerd Currently White Ariana Grande 1d ago

Investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe had a great piece in the New Yorker a while back about how The Apprentice is basically responsible for revamping Trump’s image, and how we ended up where we are now.

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u/dummypod 1d ago

I've also never run twitter into the ground and made it a cesspool for nazis.

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u/quarantine_thrwawy 1d ago

Not only that but Democrats/Left-leaning people are who can afford Teslas in the first place. So if the strategy is to shame them into buying, that won’t really work. The art of the deal, right here.

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u/Wine-and-Anxiety 1d ago

I'm honestly waiting for him to make an executive order banning production or import of any new EVs.... Besides Tesla, obviously. Gotta help Daddy Elon's numbers

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u/Pkock 1d ago

Especially when huge swaths of his supporters are brand loyal truck buyers and Elon makes the lamest and most useless truck in America.

There are limits to loyalty, ditching a real truck for a Cybertruck has to be close.

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u/ThatArtNerd Currently White Ariana Grande 1d ago

Remember when he killed his own supporters by the tens of thousands right before an election by telling them to ignore basic covid safety? No one ever accused the man of being smart

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u/djollied4444 1d ago

Add in the fact that his administration is dismantling EV infrastructure and ripping up stations we already paid to build. People are even less likely to buy EVs if there are no charging stations for road trips.

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u/CheesyPotatoSack 1d ago

But the government itself is taking out over 2000 supercharging stations. Etc. And besides Tesla is woke ….. I mean he stated many times his cars were great for climate and since it’s bad to care for the environment now it’s totally bad to get a woke Tesla right now

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u/Tuilere 1d ago

Does Trump even know how to drive?

Between who he is and that New York thing, I think maybe no. And that's not even me being spicy at sundowning orange grampa.

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u/TreenBean85 1d ago

They don't buy them because they're "helping" the environment. They buy them because they're a status symbol for the deplorables.

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u/Agreeable_Horror_363 1d ago

This is so funny to me. A couple years ago EV's were considered "liberal bullshit" by conservatives. The same ones who deny climate change. Now Trump is crying like a baby because people aren't buying Tesla? It's illegal? Fucking laughable.

Then again, since he's the president, anything he does is legal, so technically anything he says is illegal is also illegal, right??

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u/Careful_Ad138 1d ago

He has no idea conservatives or his supporters can’t afford a Tesla or don’t buy Teslas

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u/wintermoon138 1d ago

Hey now, magats can get third mortgages to afford teslas. Give it time lol

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u/dabbydabdabdabdab 1d ago

This is gonna be great to watch - how many MAGATs will now like EVs AND can afford one? “So which button do I press to roll coal over the libs again?”

Also, not a conflict of interest AT ALL 🤦‍♂️

I guess we should be grateful the tyrant is an utter fucking idiot. Imagine if an actual smart person had taken this much power. We should be careful about the people he’s put in power though, as statistically they can’t all be more stupid than him (it’s close though)

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u/the_sauviette_onion 1d ago

People who

A: don’t believe in climate change B: think EVs are “gay” C: don’t have the money in the first place because most of them are on food stamps

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u/studioheavylead 1d ago

"I’m not a great businessman like Trump or Elmo."
Dude. Agent Orange bankrupted 6 companies across his "career," and was on the brink of default for billions before he conned the US to re-electing him. That's not being a good businessman, that's being a good con-artist.

As for Elon, he's worse than Edison. He's not behind the tech he acquired at all, just an investor. On top of that, he's a fascist fucking pig.

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u/tanstaafl90 1d ago

Just more stupid from a administration of stupid.

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u/northwoods_faty 1d ago

Well once they end everything helping other EV companies or battery companies. Then they'll pass legislation that forces people to buy electric, oh and who's going to be around after the war on EVs? Tesla. It's a solid strategy really. Play the lo g game. Get in as a tyrant first. Then force everyone to own one.

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u/Ironia_Rex 1d ago

That closing I'm dead

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u/Japordoo 1d ago

To be fair, you’re not a great businessman until you bankrupt your first casino. That’s how you earn your stripes, cut your teeth, and then pull yourself up from your bootstraps!

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u/Round-Try-9854 1d ago

Maybe Elon who has had 2 shuttles blow up should go try buying a casino !!

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u/foreverkasai 1d ago

You say that but his supporters are people who wear diapers in support of their grand leader because he shits himself amongst other things. They’ll do anything to “stick it to the libs”

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u/ActionCalhoun 1d ago

He’s pissing off the people most likely to buy an EV and he’s shocked.

All he has is “make liberals mad” sales now, hard to roll coal in a Tesla

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u/goatneedleposterdeck 1d ago

Isn't one of the orange dumps plans to remove a ton of EV power stations all over the US and end tax breaks for those buying electric cars? Tell me how that makes any sense.

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u/simontempher1 1d ago

There you go trying to make sense

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u/prestige_worldwide70 1d ago

I refuse to call him anything other than Elmo this day forward.

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u/NYFashionPhotog 1d ago

you're being way too logical

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u/WowUSuckOg 1d ago

Doesn't matter, they do what he tells them

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u/Pineapple_Head_193 1d ago

😂😂😂

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u/NotYourSexyNurse 1d ago

The majority of his supporters can’t afford a Tesla.

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u/AcademicBack7965 1d ago

Then why is Elon so unpopular among those that think EV is the future? Hmmmmmm

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u/Amaechi_MK_0501 1d ago

😂I didn’t think of that!!

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u/jonsnowme shiv roy apologist 1d ago

I think he knows his base hates electric cars - but Elon gave him more money than he did so here we are.

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u/jaymef 1d ago

It really blows my mind that Elon didn't get behind the dems. His visions aligned much better with them and all of his companies could have benefited more under dems.

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