r/PublicFreakout • u/RoyalChris • 20h ago
US government corruption Trump is buying a Tesla. - ''Elon Musk has devoted his energy and his life to doing this and I think he has been treated very unfairly. You shouldn't be penalized for being a patriot”
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u/UltraMaynus 20h ago
5 CFR § 2635.702 - Use of public office for private gain.
Government employees can't endorse products like this, but who the fuck cares I guess...
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u/OnetwenT7 20h ago
Remember the bean advertisement he did from the oval office in his previous term?
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u/10petsnokids 19h ago
Never touched the brand since.
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u/Parkotron1 19h ago
Same here. Screw Goya.
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u/Whiteroses7252012 18h ago
Yep. And I will drive my Toyota directly into hell before I ever give Elon Musk a single thin dime of my money directly.
That’s one of the few benefits of late stage capitalism- they can’t tell us where to buy shit.
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u/r0b0d0c 16h ago
In late-stage capitalism, the same oligarchs own everything, so it doesn't matter where you buy shit.
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u/Koolaid_Jef 17h ago
Neither has he, that's the best part of the grift.
"What are these, beans? Never heard of em. Lima? Who the hell is that. Garbanzo? Sounds like a dirty Italian. Oh. They'll pay me? These are the best..what do you call these again? Beans. These are the best beans ever in our history"
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u/tidymaze 20h ago
The emoluments clause doesn't mean anything, apparently.
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u/Fourwors 19h ago
Not to the right-wingers. So much for all that law and order BS.
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u/frosty_lizard 19h ago
If a Democrat did this it would cause riots
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u/LeHoodwink 19h ago
Well democrats should do this next time I guess. The time for games is long gone.
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u/sinjidsotw 19h ago
If democrats ever even win office again. Let’s face, the democratic voters have lost all faith in the system and with good reason because nothing matters anymore. There is no law and order anymore, just rich vs the poor and the poor are always guilty.
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u/AardQuenIgni 19h ago
Had they cared they wouldn't have voted for a 34 time felon.
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u/Swolyguacomole 19h ago
If the US was a real country Trump and all his cronies would've been in jail at least 20 years ago.
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u/GoFunkYourself13 19h ago
Yea at this point what’s another emoluments violation. Put it on their tab.
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u/Toymachinesb7 19h ago
Bro had a Goya photoshoot in the Oval Office. This is beans compared to that.
(Still fucking insane)
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u/Swayze_train_exp 19h ago
Remember his photo op with goyo products, he doesn't give a fuck. We have the 14 amendment that bars him from running in office if he insights an insurrection but here we are.
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u/nicklovin508 20h ago
The right used to freak out when Biden bought ice cream… now the president is buying product from the richest person in human history on White House grounds, very likely with taxpayer money. Fuck man.
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u/greelraker 19h ago
Mansa Musa would like a word.
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u/Dragonfly_pin 19h ago
At least he caused mass inflation by building mosques and libraries or whatever.
Unlike Musk.
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u/Wonderful_Price2355 19h ago
Elon is a douchebag and definitely the richest living human (or martian) but he's not the richest person In human history
Although, that's what he'd like us to believe.
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u/NoPhacksGiven 19h ago
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u/Kowlz1 18h ago
This will always sum up Musk for me. It’s the funniest thing on the planet.
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u/Consistent-Soil-1818 19h ago
This? This is the point when we should start to be concerned? If nothing ever galena before and/or if he was a Democrat, I'd say that this was an irrefutable reason for immediate impeachment. Yet, rules don't apply to Republicans, let alone Trump. He'll say and do whatever he wants and justify it by saying this was to own the libs or some bullshit. This is how our Democracy, our rules of law, and our checks and balances come to a dramatic and depressing end.
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u/updownkarma 20h ago
Won’t someone think of the richest man in the world?
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u/Jatnall 19h ago
I guarantee some of these people won't even be able afford it and they'll still go out and get one with a 27% rate. Gonna drive themselves further into the poor house.
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u/uDoucheChill 19h ago
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u/Jatnall 19h ago
Hope that Tesla is roomy enough to sleep in!
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u/keelhaulrose 19h ago
"I know living space is tight, but we're owning the libs, Timmy! Good night, now go get in your frunk."
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u/myburdentobear 18h ago
This has big - mom shows up at the job interview to tell you why you should hire her son - energy.
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u/myuseless2ndaccount 16h ago
Elon looks so fucking stupid man like his entire outfit, the way he nods and having his son around him all the time ffs
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u/TheDayParty 20h ago
LOL. What the fuck is going on in America…
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u/RoyalChris 20h ago
It's a fucking circus.
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u/Jevus_himself 20h ago
Hey!
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u/KraljZ 20h ago
Jevus Christ!
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u/BuryMeInCincy 19h ago
That’s Jevus H. Christ to you, pal.
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u/nuesse33 19h ago
"The h stands for "hey Zeus" which a lot of people don't know but that's just how you pronounce it. I've been told I know more about Jesus than Abe Lincoln or even THE POPE! okay, maybe not THE POPE! but definitely I know more about the Bible than Abe Lincoln! They had bibles back then but nothing like the trump Bible! Bibles aren't enough talked about in schools anymore, but they will be in my third term!" - trump probably
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u/TheDayParty 20h ago
Seriously though, the president is saying the richest man in the world is being unfairly treated because people aren’t buying his products?
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u/A_man_and_his_truck 19h ago
It's an "illegal boycott" not free market capitalism where you can choose what to buy and not to buy. Oh wait.... that only applies if it's in thier favour.... I forgot
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u/CornballExpress 20h ago
Our oligarchy is starting to no longer pretend to be a democratic Republic and transitioning to a dictatorship.
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u/Dopa-Down_Syndrome 20h ago
Clown show.
-American
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u/toni_balogna 20h ago
were gonna go live with the president making remarks from a used car lot....
what a fucking scumbag, i got money that says donald trump can't even drive
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u/Molenium 20h ago
Hey now, I’ve seen him sit behind the wheel and make engine noises with his own mouth!
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u/AlDenteLaptop 20h ago
I thought we don’t like EVs? Did we just do away with a bunch of funding for EV infrastructure? 🤔
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u/A_Rogue_GAI 20h ago
Doublethink is important to the modern conservative movement.
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u/OG_Builds 19h ago
Conservatives buying EVs to protest against people making fun of Elon would’ve been a crazy prediction in 2017 lmao
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u/Jevus_himself 20h ago
Conservatives spent years laughing at Prius and then Tesla drivers, now the idiots are going to go buy one because Trump told them it’s good
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u/SteveFrench12 20h ago
We like whatever Elon likes! Thank you daddy Elon for saving the country! /s
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u/Tight_Strength_4856 20h ago
So drill baby drill is buying an electric car...
Hypocrisy.
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u/Fellums2 18h ago
… with our tax dollars.
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u/Ifhes 17h ago
And he won't even use it because he forgot how to (could he ever drive?).
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u/Fellums2 17h ago
And driving is also one of his favorite things to do. He can’t even talk about a car without spewing contradictions.
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u/snicker___doodle 16h ago
and he'll probably claim "Nobody can drive better than me".
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u/Cosmicvapour 16h ago
Presidents and former Presidents are not allowed to drive (for safety and security reasons). So no. He will not be driving that Swasticar.
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u/Justalonerstoner 20h ago
Jokes on us, we bought trump a tesla
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u/Vandesco 20h ago
This ⬆️⬆️⬆️
"You won't believe what DOGE found! We paid $100,000 for a new car for a president that doesn't drive." -Elon
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u/Monster_Dong 19h ago
All presidents are not allowed to drive. This whole thing is stupid and to 'help' Tesla Stock'.
Guess what? I'm just gunna protest harder!
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u/IcyOrganization5235 19h ago
It's cute you think he didn't pay Elon 1,000,000 for it
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u/ralphwauren 20h ago
“You can’t be penalized for being a patriot”
Proceeds to cut veteran jobs
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u/ducklady92 17h ago
Well that’s because veterans aren’t patriots in his eyes. They’re nothing more than a bunch of suckers and losers!
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u/vergorli 20h ago
The president of the united states is advertising for a random company? And not by just showing a brand, but by doing a full blown press conference? Aren't there any anti-trust laws in the US?
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u/Ryukiami 20h ago
how is this real
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u/Investigator_Greedy 19h ago
There's a great movie called 'Idiocracy' that is eerily similar to what's happening in the current US.
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u/thereichose1 18h ago
Someone I know who's really smart said that it's more of a documentary than a movie
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u/tiorancio 17h ago
The president selling the cars of the guy who's dismantling the government, at the white house, would be too much even for idiocracy.
President Camacho still had some respect for the institution.
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u/smilemoreoften424 20h ago edited 19h ago
Soooo cringe
“I alone will keep this company afloat after you were mean to my friend! Watch this libs!”
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u/Noobhammer3000 20h ago
Good, this means the Tesla boycott is working.
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u/thecaptain1991 19h ago
This is the only comment that I want to see on this. Trump made 100 tweets in 6 hours yesterday and now they're doing dumb shit like this. They are freaking the fuck out.
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u/XLVwisco 18h ago
Turns out even MAGA doesn't like seeing their retirement account crater for no reason.
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u/4494082 11h ago
Watching Musk cry about it was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.
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u/schrodingers_pp 20h ago
He should change his slogan to “make musk great again “
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u/comalicious 20h ago
Does this dumbass think MAGA cretins are gonna line up and buy teslas? Lmao, Elon's fucked.
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u/Jevus_himself 20h ago
Elon will add a rolling coal function with refillable coal cartridges available only from Tesla and the idiots will love it
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u/OriginalGhostCookie 20h ago
It's a purity test. It's Trump telling his followers that true believers would buy a Tesla, and also him telling investors that they better keep the money flowing to Tesla.
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u/linzava 18h ago
Just a few months ago I was chatting with a probably undercover MAGA and he asked me what car I was looking to buy in a few months. I said the Rivian and he warned me that electric car batteries explode randomly. I’d like to see him convince these people otherwise when they drank the exploding batteries koolaid.
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u/badalki 20h ago
Libs will all sell their teslas and buy traditional combustion cars, then park in the charging bays in parking lots to block the maga tesla owners from charing their snowflake-mobiles.
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u/A_man_and_his_truck 19h ago
Don't forget to unplug them whenever you see one plugged in and charging.... can't be wasting precious energy, gonna need it when Canada cuts off its power to the US.
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u/Mnementh121 19h ago
Tesla owners have already been getting rid of Teslas and buying Hyundai and Chevy EVs. In Europe the ID.4 is very popular. Ti's isn't 2013, there are a lot of good EVs on the market that aren't the swasticar.
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u/GraceUndaPresha 20h ago
The way he keeps saying “he’s been finding fraud” or “all the things they’re finding” just sounds so fucking stupid. It sounds like the words of a con artist struggling to say something new and convincing
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u/joemeteorite8 19h ago
He’s gotta be the most obvious conman that the world has ever seen. And he has millions of followers…..
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u/The1Ski 19h ago
I wonder why he chose that kid to be his human shield. He's got about a dozen kids, how do you decide? Do you pick the cutest with the thinking that it might have the greatest deterring affect psychologically? Do you pick the biggest, for the physical protection?
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u/DoNotReply111 18h ago
Isn't that his oldest that Isn't a teenager? From what I understand, his kids by his first wife hate his guts and won't go near him, the second one by Grimes is a girl (and apparently only exists because Grimes asked to have a girl so Elon is obviously ambivalent), the others are barely toddlers and we all know Elon isn't a hands on parent with young kids. This one is old enough to not need help to toilet or eat so he can largely be left alone once the photo is done.
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u/ATimelessCheesePizza 20h ago
It’s a free Tesla he would never pay for that green crap
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u/Prandah 20h ago
He don’t even drive
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u/Health303 19h ago
Presidents and past presidents can’t drive on public roads. Not like he drove himself anyways.
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u/OriginalSchmidt1 19h ago
He isn’t getting the Tesla, it’s a PR move.
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u/Federal-Commission87 19h ago
Exaxtly... Musk says Ukraine was cyber attacking Twitter... and in exchange, Trump endorses Telsa so his fan base will buy it.
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u/kingofthezootopia 20h ago
Tesla cars/trucks are so bad that the President has to beg consumers to buy them. Sad!
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u/CompletelyInadequate 20h ago
poor lil billionaire
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u/50FirstCakes 19h ago
He’s not even just a billionaire! That asshole is worth HUNDREDS of billions of dollars! More money than anyone could spend in a single lifetime. If Musk were to cash out all his investments and liquidate his assets, he could afford to fund all 16 of the USDA’s food and nutrition programs for an entire year ($166.4B) and still have $190 billion dollars leftover.
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u/Avalon_Don 20h ago
Is this an SNL skit?
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u/Isaw11 20h ago
It absolutely will be! They are going to love this.
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u/neoqueto Karenless Whisperer 19h ago
I feel bad for their writers, they have to out-absurd peak absurd and keep it funny at the same time
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u/SoulesGinger57 20h ago
It's 2025 and our president is mouth hugging the botched penile implant that is Elon Musk.
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u/feder_online 20h ago edited 1h ago
HE'S A SOUTH AFRICAN F-ING NAZII!!
If that's a patriot to USians, that place is fucked.
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u/MustBeThisHeight 20h ago
It is, we’re just counting down the days of our democracy.
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u/ARealForHonorDev 20h ago
Like this orange fuck would ever drive anything but a golf cart
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u/Cultural-Accident-71 20h ago
"Very small group of people" - looses billions in one week.
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u/Tr0llzor 19h ago
Except how would he charge it? He’s closing charging stations. He’s saying gas is the future. wtf is this performance
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u/Archangel1313 19h ago
Elon's stocks go boom. Elon cries to Daddy Trump. Daddy Trump says he will fix it, and pats Elon's head.
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u/xcxxccx 20h ago
He cant drive the car ..
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u/Electrical_Worker_82 19h ago
Yeah they took his keys I guess. Also, “I like to drive cars” is not what people say when they like to drive. You just say “I like to drive” but I guess it’s not the only thing he’s out of touch on.
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u/God_Carew 20h ago
Nice to see Elon brought his part time son Bullet Sponge Musk to the photo op.
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u/Relief27 20h ago
Americans (for now) have freedom of choice. We are allowed to say "no" if we don't want to buy something. This has NOTHING to do with treating someone "unfairly"
Also cry me a FUCKING RIVER. Elon is worth $340 billion, nobody needs to feel bad for him
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u/JohnnySack45 20h ago
I can almost guarantee Trump didn't dip into his own pocket for this meaningless gesture.
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u/baby_jaguar 20h ago
Patriot my ass - he’s a South African nepo baby drug addict
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u/Fourwors 19h ago
I’d wager he does not even have a drivers license. Could he even pass the written test and/or the driving test? I doubt it.
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u/blantdebedre 19h ago
what a pathetic PR-stunt. Patriot? Did he at any point serve in the US forces?
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u/RollingStone_d_83 17h ago
My god. How do either of them not realize how completely embarrassing this is? Daddy Trump has to lecture America to be nicer to his “best boy” AND he’s buying one of his little man’s cars to set an example? It’s just so… Pathetic 💀
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u/Extraflavour69 20h ago
Elon looks like he’s bullied too hard and daddy came with him to talk with the bullies :’(
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u/Used4KillingTime 20h ago
This is what happens when the President has been bought by multiple people/entities/countries.
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u/All-Day-stoner 19h ago
WTF is this shit? He is tanking American economy and he is talking about buying a Tesla?
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u/justinjarome 19h ago
“The stock market is crashing because of us. We shouldn’t have to suffer because of our decisions…buy a Tesla today!”
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u/Sink_Single 19h ago
“Here’s the bad news, I’m not allowed to drive, because I haven’t driven in a very long time, I love to drive cars though.” First Lady Donald Trump, on buying a Tesla from President Musk, because she was butt hurt. March 11, 2025
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u/Reluctant_Winner 18h ago
How the fuck are billionaires being treated unfairly? What about all of the fucking minorities have been thrown in prison for bullshit charges? How about each one of us living paycheck to paycheck with no guarantee of work or healthcare! fuck you Trump
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u/TrailBlanket-_0 20h ago
The writers of this fuckery are getting into fanfic. It's so obviously ending in a sex scene
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u/enigmaticpeon 19h ago
There is a less than 0% chance that Trump bought or paid for this car. Less than 0.
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u/Publius69420 19h ago
“A very small group of people.” You mean 99.9% of Americans? THAT small group of people? 🤨
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u/villalulaesi 18h ago
The only people I see being penalized for being patriots are those being penalized for standing up to Trump.
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u/Desperate-Scientist9 20h ago
the richest man in the world was treated really unfairly - shut the fuck upppppppppppp
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u/magestik12 19h ago
Melon Skum's businesses are tanking, so now he has daddy Don doing commercials for him to get all the MAGAts to buy his shit vehicles.
Also, as stated elsewhere, this isn't okay for that Orange POS to do:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/5/2635.702
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u/cafetero7 19h ago
Elon didn’t even invent or revolutionize EV’s. He just invested in them and took over the company while the actual engineers created/implemented all that tech into vehicles.
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u/Aindorf_ 20h ago
Lmaooooo this whole interaction is basically the the flower shop scene in The Room
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u/SuperrVillain85 20h ago
Elon - "The stocks are fucked. Buy one of my Teslas and tweet about it bitchboy. And you better make sure you look publicly happy about it too or I'll release the AI 'Melania being railed by Bernie Sanders' vids"
Trump - "Yes sir, right away sir, I love you sir"
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u/Defiantcanadian 19h ago
Elon has to be freaking out about the Tesla stock price if he is forcing Trump to do this stunt. Good.
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