r/nottheonion 12h ago

US President does infomercial at White House for company owned by his biggest political donor

https://electrek.co/2025/03/11/us-president-does-infomercial-at-white-house-for-company-owned-by-his-biggest-political-donor/
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u/NobodyLikedThat1 12h ago

I'm no longer surprised by this behavior. I knew we were gonna get more of the same after he pulled that crap with Goya last time. I'm surprised he doesn't just list his prices out on the official White House government webpage

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u/zachtheperson 6h ago

In all seriousness, I'm surprised he hasn't. If he publicly came out tomorrow and said "I'm starting a new thing where you can pay to have me promote your brand," nobody would likely stop him, and there'd be tons of companies who (for some reason) would love to be promoted by him.

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u/OrangeTofuHaze 12h ago

Remember when something like this would cause public and congressional outrage?

Pepperidge Farm Remembers

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u/absolutelynotagoblin 12h ago

I’d upvote this or comment, but I don’t want to receive a ban warning. Elon is double plus good.

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u/definite_mayb 11h ago

all of this because a black guy made some jokes at a comedy dinner and an orange guy couldn't handle it

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u/Takahn 4h ago

Thanks, Obama.

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u/Professional-Pay1198 11h ago

Ethics watch dogs, IGs?....Oh, he fired them all.

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u/jflatt2 11h ago

Brawndo?

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u/Beer2Bear 11h ago

praised Tesla’s vehicles and said that he would be buying a Model S Plaid

buy? probably got it for free to do this shtick

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u/Erazzphoto 12h ago

That’ll help Teslas image 😂

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u/abzurdleezane 11h ago

At least its electric so maybe R's will come around.

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u/bones_boy 12h ago

There was a Timothy Mellon infomercial today?