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Trump threatens 25% tariffs on foreign cars and semiconductor chips (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] disguy_ovahea 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Bring it on. New car prices affect the business market more than consumer. Consumers can just wait out the tariffs or buy preowned.

This also won’t help Tesla like they hope. Musk burned his bridge to the left, and his plan for a right-wing customer base failed with the Cybertruck.