“While Trump cuts programs you need to live, he’s turning the White House into a car dealership to advertise his unelected shadow president’s failing company,” said one critic.

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      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.

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      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.

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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.

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    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.

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      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…

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      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…

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      Were you in a position to buy Tesla such that your boycott matters, or is this just defacto “not buying anyways?” Either way, good.

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        I’m due for a new vehicle and likely would have just got a model X if Musk wasn’t Musk. So, I’m at least one lost sale. Likely going Rivian.

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            Pretty awesome and they have crazy features for camping like a slide out cooking top. I like the interiors a lot. Owned quite a few Volvos because I liked their interiors as they feel really quality (to me) and just make me happy to sit in and I got that same feel for Rivian. I focus on interior because that’s where I sit and I think of the Rivian interior as a mix of Volvo and Land Rover. I do a lot of camping and this would be the vehicle for that…you get basically a remote generator anywhere you go.

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    Damn US is an actual embarrassment right now, whichever way you lean around the world, conservative or liberal.

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    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!

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    How far the WH has fallen. Oval Office as a prop for fucking GoYa beans before.

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    Musk is very good at making things fucking worse through the power of extremely self-confident ignorance and stupidity

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    “I think this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.”

    😂 🤣

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      In his wilted psyche, he thinks he’s still campaigning against Biden. Hasn’t realized yet that Biden is no longer a threat to him. Eventually he’ll be back to full-on Obamabashing.

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        At least until he forgets Obama’s name and just starts referring to him as “the n----r” in televised interviews

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          And then his approval numbers go up because he “tells it like it is”

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            The forcibly-coordinated media will say that the president “allegedly” used that word, and he didn’t really mean it.