Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom
2 years ago by return2ozma to c/nottheonion
How long till a President ends a speech with "smash that like and subscribe for 10% off RAID: Shadow Legends"?
This is an insult to RAID shadow legends. They're too high quality for this conman to hock them
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.
He hasn't got the charisma, the financial sense, or trustworthiness to become a used car salesman.
Yet here we are.
But he does have that lack of morality to at least try
gross
Gross indubitably
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
And I've been boycotting Goya ever since.
Elon with his child shield again
Protecting them kneecaps
"The thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don’t kid yourself, when they say they don’t care about their lives, you have to take out their families."
It really pains us, we'll have to kill your wives and children too It's purely business, we just cannot have them avengin' you
Rip Trevor moore
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.
Yes I think this one was the one I saw. It was.. Sigh. Disappointing?
Don't be surprised, each social media influencer has to make a living by promoting shitty products and scams for the affiliate money.
Snake Oil Feedback Loop achievement unlocked.
I mean, they take turns sucking each other off, so...
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.
He still doesn't wear a helmet, so...
Are there laws in the US about such conflicts of interest or was is basically tradition until this point not to do shit like this?
Laws are as good as the ability and will to enforce them.
Good point... I guess I'm still curious if there could be a way he gets taken to court for this, but probably now.
Maybe there is a language barrier, but I didn't understand if a legal framework is implied by "ethical restraints". Can one be taken to court for violating an ethical restraint?
Well if I'm gonna schedule a test drive i may as well test the hell out of it, no?
I like the cut of your jib!
President Musk told his employee to do a photoshoot.
This story makes no sense any other way.
Next he'll do the trick where he slams his dick into the car door
So the deep south yeehaw redneck GOP are supposed to buy EVs now?
I think some brains are about to explode...
He can't, former and current presidents aren't allowed to
I assume he lacks the ability as well
Huh, TIL. Thanks for sharing this info.
I don't want electric cars. I want electric trains.
Okay, but lots of people do. Why not both? I'm sure you realize that progress is incremental, we're not going to jump from here straight to a utopia.
Also, many people don't have a choice. My job has to be done in-person most of the time, it can't be done by robots or AI (yet), and I have to bring a large amount of equipment with me. But I would love my work vehicle to be a government-subsidized zero-emissions one!
Why not both?
Also, many people don’t have a choice.
Pure Stockholm Syndrome.
I yelled at my phone when I saw this.
He said "oh wow! The whole thing is a computer!" like cars haven't been like that for YEARS now.
The I go on Facebook for some reason (I am in a rural area) and I am seeing people talking about buying teslas in the local community pages. These people are not people that couldn't afford a used Mitsubishi Mirage....
The entire French population: "I guess we're going on a holiday"
Don't make promises you can't keep. :(
The French liberating me and the other non-crazy folk would be the best rn.
It's a hyperbole but the proximity of an autocrat's palace to a Tesla showroom makes for a compelling spot for some French-style sightseeing.
The Behind the Bastards podcast likens Washington DC to Versailles in a recent episode.
What even is this timeline
This man is one of the most pathetic human beings to ever walk the earth
Well, it was Goya last time. Now, it's Tesla. Soon, it will be Campbell's Soup for all the soup-lines his depression will create.
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.
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
Slaps roof of car
No it does not have a spoiler. When you need the additional downdraft you simply open the window and stick your arm out at a 45 degree angle
😂 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.
Trump is for sale.
Is the driver's seat waterproof?
If you wear the included depends
Autonomous Urethra
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.
Laugh at those idiots.
On public highways. I remember they made a fairly big point of Dubya driving a pickup truck while visiting his ranch in Texas.
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