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who got rich with gov't money?? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (3 children)

well, the one that hit the news recently is that bullshit $400m 'armored tesla' contract for state department. the one they 'oopsed' and went back to remove tesla by name from.

[–] pivot_root 17 points 4 days ago

That whole thing sounds rather counterintuitive. Armor is supposed to protect the occupants of the vehicle, but Tesla's crown jewel of armored* trucks has a track record of spontaneous system failures that put its occupants in direct harm.

*with glass windows and steel sheet metal that can't stop a bullet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Looks like that was initiated under the Biden administration?

The Tesla contract started in the Biden administration "to explore interest from private companies to produce armored electric vehicles," a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday.

Tesla was the only company to express interest in the department's request at the time.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administration-order-400-million-worth-of-armored-teslas

[–] nexguy 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter. Musk must withdrawal his company from consideration due to conflict of interest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

He's not elected. He couldn't give a f about conflict of interest.

[–] JackFrostNCola 1 points 3 days ago