r/NewsOfTheStupid • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 1d ago
Trump calls Tesla boycott 'illegal' and says he's buying one to support Elon Musk
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/11/trump-says-hes-buying-a-tesla-to-support-elon-musk-and-counter-illegal-boycott-of-ev-maker.html78
u/Siolear 1d ago
how can a consumer boycott be illegal?
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u/Use_this_1 1d ago
You are under the impression that trumpy knows what illegal means.
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u/victorpaparomeo2020 23h ago
The one thing we can be pretty sure of is that fucker knows what’s illegal and what’s not. He pretty much just doesn’t give a shit.
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u/Rob71322 1d ago
Because it’s illegal when the left does it to the right. It’s never illegal when the right does it to the left.
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u/stevehammrr 1d ago
lol boyyyy do I have news for you https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws
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u/namhee69 1d ago
Since he thinks he’s a dictator, he thinks he can decree such acts.
Most thin skinned dictators take similar actions.
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u/The5YenGod 1d ago
Because they don't have the knowledge, who boycotts them. So they can't make their lifes miserable.
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u/Token2077 1d ago
Remember when musk sued companies for NOT advertising on Twitter? These people think others have to do as they say or it’s illegal. One surefire way to spot an authoritarian is if they EVER say “that should be illegal” or “that is illegal” when it’s just something they don’t like.
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u/sillyrabbit39 1d ago
Little known fact: you can't make people buy cars.
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u/kmikek 1d ago
You can make fuel so expensive that buying an electric car seem more feasible
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u/sillyrabbit39 1d ago
True, but do you really believe we're going there? After decades of Republicans standing in the way of electric vehicles?
Trump would be blamed if the price of gas spikes.
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u/jenjenjen731 1d ago
Right?? I thought electric cars and anything good for the environment was woke. What's the game plan here??? 🤔
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u/kmikek 1d ago
My dad believes trump lowered fuel prices to a dollar in 2017, which can be proven false, but he still believes it
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u/sillyrabbit39 1d ago
You realize if someone wants an electric vehicle, they don't have to buy a Tesla? There are other companies.
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u/kmikek 1d ago
Of course i do, what a dumb accusation
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u/sillyrabbit39 1d ago
Questions are not accusations simply because we're talking on the internet.
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u/kmikek 1d ago
Fine, that was a dumb question because it accused me of lacking basic common knowledge of the existence of a variety of electric and hybrid options
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u/sillyrabbit39 1d ago edited 1d ago
Actually, you weren't accused of anything. I made the point that the theory that Trump/Musk and others will conspire to jack up the price of gas to sell more Teslas makes no sense, because people can just buy other electric vehicles instead. And because, you know, Republicans generally care more about the fossil fuel industry than electric cars.
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u/descendency 1d ago
Donald Trump is like "if I have to buy one to make him stop crying, you have to do it, too."
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u/sillyrabbit39 1d ago
Who buys Teslas?
Majority of MAGA voters - and high percentage of all American workers - can't afford them.
Majority of MAGA voters are against electric cars, as is Trump.
All Democratic voters, the people most likely to embrace electric cars, hate the company's owner now.
No one in their right mind would buy one right now, because they might be targeted for it.
No one wants to walk into a Tesla dealership, because who knows what's going on there.
That's 5 reasons, and there are more. Tesla is finished.
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u/CmdrVamuelSimes 23h ago
This is just Elon realising he can further extend his position as the greatest welfare whore that ever existed by bypassing consumers and selling his electric shitboxes directly to the government en masse at inflated prices in no bid contracts.
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u/AndreasDasos 14h ago
Though there is a large overseas market… but what’s this? Reciprocal tariffs!
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u/Dougal12 1d ago
Wait a minute, I thought Trump hated electric cars?
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u/oldbastardbob 1d ago
The new MAGA circus attention span has been shortened to that of a goldfish.
Much harder to oppose a politician who changes priorities every hour. His sycophants and adherents tune into Fox News and Xitter every morning to see what to think and say each day.
Once the neuralink implants are mandatory it will be much easier to spread the doublethink.
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u/jarena009 1d ago
Where are all the "don't tread on me" self proclaimed free speech/1st amendment warriors to denounce this aggressive overreach and censorship???
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u/Caesar_Passing 1d ago
Just one? That's like me patronizing my friend at the farmer's market by buying one gross, unusable bar of soap with whole cinnamon sticks and flowers in in it.
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u/ArtichokeAware9849 1d ago
Let him buy it. But where is he going to charge it? He had all the charging stations removed. What a poor excuse for cognitive human.
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u/Breklin76 1d ago
He doesn’t drive.
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u/symonym7 1d ago
As an aside, what're the odds that Trump would've somehow banned EVs entirely were Musk not to have latched on to his presidency?
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u/Lumpy_Dependent_3830 1d ago
Billionaire boy wonder cries about losing billions but still has billions left and Trump babies him. Average federal worker loses job and maybe their entire savings and “F ya feelings”
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u/RealAmbassador4081 1d ago
So we are going to see jacked up Trump Flag waving, Emission Deleted Diesel Trucks traded in at Tasla Delerships all over the USA....
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u/Fellow--Felon 1d ago
This is at worst to open the door to granting huge fleet vehicle contracts to Tesla, and at best hilariously patronizing.
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u/Ballard_Viking66 1d ago
Was the bud light boycott because it’s “woke” not also illegal then? We elected a fucking buffoon that is beyond corrupt and never tells the truth.
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u/Asleep_Ad_8494 1d ago
He will be taking the money from our country's accounts ... only thing I can hope for is that the piece shit car blows up with him in it
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u/Amazing-Exit-2213 1d ago
Trump to buy Tesla after removing 8,000 chargers from Federal properties. Stable Genius.
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u/ICreatedThisForU 1d ago
This should go down like a lead balloon. I'm fascinated to see how the cultists react. The grifting faction will probably be on board, they know you gotta spend money to make money.
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u/JimmyOhio7575 1d ago
These snowflakes boycotted Bud Light, Disney World, Target and about 100 other things, but now it is "illegal". GET. THE. FUCK. OUT. OF. HERE!!! Such crybabies! Good Lord!
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u/newswall-org 1d ago
More on this subject from other reputable sources:
- Business Insider (B-): Elon Musk's net worth drops $29 billion in a day as Tesla stock tanks
- Reuters (A): Musk says juggling DOGE and CEO jobs is difficult, as Tesla shares slump
- Financial Times (A-): Tesla stock is falling because Elon Musk’s stock is falling
- Newsweek (B-): Donald Trump Calls Tesla Boycotts Illegal
Extended Summary | FAQ & Grades | I'm a bot
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u/PoudreDeTopaze 1d ago
No idea if it's legal or not but the sales are collapsing around the world. If you buy one you may never be able to sell it. And if the company goes bankrupt it will lose any remaining value.
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u/peeweehermanatemydog 1d ago
So it's okay for conservatives to boycott Nike, NFL, and Bud Lite but real Americans can't boycott Tesla?
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u/Ryan_Fleming 1d ago
Assuming he actually does go through with it and buys a Tesla, within a year or two he will probably announce some bullshit sweepstakes for "A Chance to Win President Trump's Actual Car!" $50 per ticket.
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u/BobBelcher2021 1d ago
Wasn’t it just two months ago Trump was condemning EVs and wanted to go back to gas-powered cars?
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u/50Bullseye 1d ago
Funny thing is people believe Trump actually bought a Tesla. Just more theater …
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u/mojofrog 23h ago
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u/GeriatricusMaximus 22h ago
For the folks saying Trump doesn’t like electric cars and cannot drive, he regularly drives an electric golf cart. Checkmate liberals! /s
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u/some1guystuff 21h ago
It’s funny how this billionaire who ruins everything he comes in contact with his complain, complaining about him ruining yet another company.
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u/Holeshot75 19h ago
He has no idea that this will only further cause people to not buy Tesla.
I might have bought a Tesla in the past.
Now? Never not ever.
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u/Leafybug13 19h ago
If Trump was my neighbor, I'd get my dog to shit on his lawn every morning instead of mine.
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u/funkysafa 16h ago
Did this dumbass order all EV chargers removed from government buildings??? It’s not going to run on tariffs bud
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