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Trump Stages Tesla Car Show at White House After Berating Americans for Boycotting Musk.
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Why does this photo make me laugh so hard? Oh yeah, it’s pathetic.
Trump will do absolutely anything to stay in the news. We are his narcissistic supply. The solution is to ignore him completely.
Sadly, while we should ignore him completely, he is too dangerous to do so now that he is puppet in chief. Maybe ignore this stunt, yes. But we still need to keep an eye on him so we know how and where to push back on.
Never apologized for any of the myriad of things he's done to piss off the world, must not like money that much
How far the WH has fallen. Oval Office as a prop for fucking GoYa beans before.
Damn US is an actual embarrassment right now, whichever way you lean around the world, conservative or liberal.
"Right now"..? Haven't been paying attention since 2015? Or 2001? Or 1980..?!
How much did he charge us for this?
Not the first time tin cans are being promoted by the white house. Looks like it's getting to be a regular event.
Starting to thing Tesla is this governments Brawndo, as we are watching the plot from Idiocracy play out.
Isn't this illegal, Impeach him again.
Oh this time they get him /s
I agree it may be futile, but whatever it takes to obstruct the damage he can do is helpful
Who's going to lead that effort? The Democrats?! Haha... Hahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Here's hoping these out-of-touch losers somehow Streisand Effect themselves out of existence
Blatant conflict of interest and corruption. Such a disgrace.
It's not though.
Elon even said if there was a conflict of interest, he'd decide whether to step back or not. Since he's there and involved, it's pretty obvious there's no conflict! Logic.
Like really, you have this guy who is pushing fossil fuels and fracking and has an agenda against cleaner energy options... but then goes and supports this dudes company... like if trump had morals he would be breaking all of them... but clearly he doesn't and I'm sure if you followed the money it would all make sense.
Those rules apply to everyone else, EXCEPT the president and congressmen
and SCOTUS
If a bunch of conservatives buy Teslas to own the libs and end up accelerating the decline of ICE vehicles that would be pretty funny.
Taking a loan to buy a tesla to then hide in the garage to own the libs.
My dad proudly declared that even maga hates Teslas, and this won't help at all. His sister called about two hours later and said she thinks she'd like to buy a Tesla...
They do absolutely love an opportunity to be scammed of they think it's part of a culture war stand.
Maybe all the money they'll make on their Trump coin can pay for....oh, wait...
smart little bastards!
Going to be a problem if they tell bears...
You say problem, I say solution.
Or at least entertainment.
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It's worth watching the video...
After he gets in you can still kind of hear what they're saying.
trump has to ask what the two pedals do...
Elmo asked him if he wanted to drive, and Trump had to ask a handler if they wanted him to drive and they said he could. Elmo tried to reassure him that it was "just like a golf cart" but trump panicked and got out pretty quickly.
He was desperate for someone to tell him not to, but everyone was fine with it.
Then he made some quip about Biden not even being able to get in it, and us much as I dislike Biden, at least a couple of years ago he was still capable of driving:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-floors-electric-ford-truck-test-drive-pushes/story?id=77764009
It's probably been 50 years since trump drove anything besides a golf cart.
The fucking ad was longer than the video...
Biden famously still has his 1967 Corvette which he received from his father as a wedding gift. It is immaculate.
Biden may not be a gearhead but he is a proud owner/driver of one hell of a car. He kept it perfect.
edit: looking at the picture again, is that paint damage on the running board? I wonder if it had sidepipes at one point. I'm sure if it is damage and not a reflection it's been repaired by now, he loves that car.
Part of the agreement presidents sign when they consent to USSS protection is that they are no longer allowed to drive themselves except in pre-approved, controlled situations. Thus, it's even more concerning he had to ask for permission, since this should have been cleared in the planning stages, long before he got to touch the car, and he should have known that already. Just more evidence that the trump team don't really know what they're doing.
In all likelihood it was cleared for him to drive and he knew he was supposed to drive.
He just chickened out when it came time to do it.
Seriously, watch the video if you haven't, it's easy to tell.
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This is sooooo good. This is how you know it's working. This is how you vote with your dollar. Keep up the anti-consumption. Boycott the fuck out of these assholes. Life is more interesting not giving them a single cent.
Buuut boycotting is illegal.... /s
Would be a shame if stuff like this happened in front of the h0use in mlnecraft.
That would be very iIIegal and wrong. Don't do stuff like that!
Pictures like this hearten me
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Corruption on full display. Aren't you tired, too?
Musk is very good at making things fucking worse through the power of extremely self-confident ignorance and stupidity
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