I'm waiting for Trump to endorse Brawndo. Then we've gone full circle.
this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2025
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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.
Slaps roof of car
This can hold so many copies of "Mein Kampf".
No it does not have a spoiler. When you need the additional downdraft you simply open the window and stick your arm out at a 45 degree angle
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.
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.
And that only pushed me to find home recipes for the few Goya products I used to buy... Have not bought anything Goya in 4-5 years
What even is this timeline
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
Next he'll do the trick where he slams his dick into the car door
How long till a President ends a speech with "smash that like and subscribe for 10% off RAID: Shadow Legends"?
This is an insult to RAID shadow legends. They're too high quality for this conman to hock them
Hock tuah, rite guise
He is already kind of doing it, just replace Raid Shadow Legends with Russia.
So the deep south yeehaw redneck GOP are supposed to buy EVs now?
I think some brains are about to explode...
The entire French population: "I guess we're going on a holiday"
Don't make promises you can't keep. :(
The French liberating me and the other non-crazy folk would be the best rn.
It's a hyperbole but the proximity of an autocrat's palace to a Tesla showroom makes for a compelling spot for some French-style sightseeing.
The Behind the Bastards podcast likens Washington DC to Versailles in a recent episode.
Laugh at those idiots.
Man can the writers chill? They've been doing the most unbelievable shit these past few days
Can't wait for /r/outoftheloop post asking "trump exposes tesla cars in the white house, what does it mean?"
I see Elon brought his body armor.
He still doesn't wear a helmet, so...
Rita repulsa zaps Orange Turidno. Laughs. Turdo goes Biggly.
The Dipshit starts flailing arms around, slapping multiple children as armor.
Power Rangers theme starts playing.
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.
Maybe there is a language barrier, but I didn't understand if a legal framework is implied by "ethical restraints". Can one be taken to court for violating an ethical restraint?
Laws are as good as the ability and will to enforce them.
Good point... I guess I'm still curious if there could be a way he gets taken to court for this, but probably now.
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.
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when your influence is dying due to your hubris you become desperate and pull something out like this.
President Musk told his employee to do a photoshoot.
This story makes no sense any other way.
He told his orange clown to dance in front of the camera
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.
I will bet you the entire nation of Russia that he has no clue how to operate a vehicle other than a matchbox car. zoom zoom
Like we needed another reason not to buy tesla
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.
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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.
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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.
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