I'm waiting for Trump to endorse Brawndo. Then we've gone full circle.
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And that’s basically it!
The joke wasn’t the energy drink but that the government was blatantly owned by a corporation to its own detriment. The joke is now a reality apparently.
Because of ethical restraints it is extremely rare for a senior government official, let alone a sitting president, to endorse a consumer product so explicitly.
Yeah... Those were good times.
Do they not fucking remember the whole Goya thing last time. He literally shot a commercial from the presidents desk.
Like we needed another reason not to buy tesla
How long till a President ends a speech with "smash that like and subscribe for 10% off RAID: Shadow Legends"?
He is already kind of doing it, just replace Raid Shadow Legends with Russia.
In parallel universes where he wasn't born of a rich family, Trump is a car salesman. This is our universe trying to find balance.
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.
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
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.
Goya beans
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.
Searching on Google “how to sell my tesla” or “how to sell my tesla stock” hurts their shares. Scheduling a test drive and not showing up wastes their time and resources :)
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?
Because of ethical restraints, it is extremely rare for a senior government official, let alone a sitting president, to endorse a consumer product so explicitly. In 2017, when then-Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway told Americans to buy from Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, she received a warning from a government ethics office and promised never to do it again.
President Musk told his employee to do a photoshoot.
This story makes no sense any other way.
this whole gambit was actually a 4d chess move by elon to brainwash righties into buying EVs therefore solving climate change and bringing about global communism. I never should have doubted you, sir
So the deep south yeehaw redneck GOP are supposed to buy EVs now?
I think some brains are about to explode...
does trump even drive.
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.
when your influence is dying due to your hubris you become desperate and pull something out like this.
Best politicians money can buy!
Just because we want electronic cars, doesn't means we'll take Tesla's.
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....
like cars haven’t been like that for YEARS now
Worse, Teslas are designed like computer software rather than cars, which is why they are so dangerous and terrible, as software development processes are absolutely horrible for things that actually matter, especially when compared to existing vehicle engineering principles.
I feel dirty cross-linking to that other place but check out how/where they locate the brake lines. A nice convenient rust-prone place, only accessible by removing the battery. Apparently the design has become even shittier since.
What even is this timeline
This man is one of the most pathetic human beings to ever walk the earth
Rednecks are gonna buy ev to own the libs!
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.
"Daaaad, the other kids are being mean to me!"
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.
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