Trump Shills Musk's Tesla Cars Outside White House, Buys One

[Wicked Blue]

Source: HuffPost

President Donald Trump paraded Tesla electric vehicles outside the White House on Tuesday in support of “great patriot” Elon Musk.

The billionaire’s car company has seen its share price slump in recent days on the back of fears over the Trump administration’s handling of the economy. Tesla sales are also tanking as would-be buyers balk at Musk’s haphazard slash-and-burn approach to the federal government via his so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

Tesla is doing no better internationally. Its sales in Germany were down 76% in February compared to a year earlier, potentially as a result of Musk appearing to give a Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration.

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In an ethically questionable move, Trump appeared to use the office of president — and the iconography of the White House — to give Musk a boost and make good on a promise to buy a Tesla, which retails for roughly $80,000.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tesla-white-house-elon-musk_n_67d0a13fe4b08ae973d93c16

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Would you buy a car from this man?

[Ocelot II]

1. "Ethically questionable"? Good God, he's far beyond merely "questionable."

"Ethics" isn't a thing at all any more.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. That ought to sink sales in US even more.

[Wiz Imp]

3. Trump appeared to use the office of president to give Musk a boost

I'd wager this stunt it is more likely to hurt Tesla even more than help it.

[slightlv]

18. I sure hope so. I hope it's seen by everyone as the

bribe that it is. Musk bankrolled trumps stolen election last year, both in money and in technology, so trump gives him the job of killing the U.S. government because Musk hasn't liked it since it helped end Apartheid in his home country. Once everyone saw what was going on, they naturally turned against Musk and his "other businesses." He should have caught a clue when "X" started losing so much money. So, having trashed his Tesla business, and after putting trump in the oval office, Musk is coming to trump with hands out saying "You should help me now!" And, since Musk has the money that trump doesn't have, of course he jumps right on it. Of course, it helps to know you're dealing with a man with dementia, and who can be manipulated as easily as I can peel an orange!

[underpants]

4. His first public or media appearance in 2 days

Since he ran his stupid mouth and Wall Street freaked out.

For this. Peddling cars at the White House.

[cbabe]

5. He never pays his bills so ...

‘make good on a promise to buy a Tesla, which retails for roughly $80,000.’

[LisaM]

31. Yeah, I can't believe he will actually pay for one.

It will be interesting to see that play out.

[ironman_25]

6. Boycott

Boycott Tesla, Boycott Amazon and drop your Facebook page and hit these greedy ass kissers where you can get their attention.

[maxrandb]

8. I have posted this a hundred times

"Nothing will change! The racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred, and white supremacy...NONE OF IT...will change, unless and until we make racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy UNPROFITABLE to the corporations, businesses and individuals that fund and enable it."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

37. Welcome to DU

[maxrandb]

7. I want to see the sale and registration paperwork

There is no fucking way that dipshitted asspickle bought ANY fucking thing with "his" money.

[KatyaR]

9. He didn't buy shit.

Ten to one it was given to him. Not that he'll ever drive it, since golf carts are his only speed....

Hey, maybe he can use it as a golf cart!!!

[kysrsoze]

17. Exactly - that cheapskate P.O.S. never pays for anything. All staged. Window dressing.

[Americanme]

10. Says it will be used by White House staffers.

Did trump buy it, or did tax payers buy it? Or maybe donated money? Somehow, I doubt trump paid for it.

[magicarpet]

11. What about that Tesla Cyber truck the young 23 year old web influencer,...

..... gave to djt along with the Rolex watch ?

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Courting the youth vote, former President Donald Trump welcomed Adin Ross – a popular streamer that his son Barron watches – to his Mar-a-Lago resort for a wide-ranging interview, scoring a personalized Tesla Cybertruck from the 23-year-old.

https://nypost.com/2024/08/05/us-news/donald-trump-scores-maga-cybertruck-from-adin-ross-a-streamer-that-barron-watches/

[multigraincracker]

12. Will he buy a limited number of them, redo them with one of his own trade marks and then

resale them as collectible and rake in a few bucks. Waiting for it....10..9..8..7...6......

[montanacowboy]

13. That stupid oaf can't even drive!

he is lucky to drive his golf cart, what a fucking fat ass

[Mr. Sparkle]

14. One of the most surreal things i have ever seen

He turned the whitehouse lawn into a car dealership for his buddy elon.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

15. He'll turn around and put it up for sale for $10,000,000.

A “donor” will buy it.

[PSPS]

16. Women get better results when hawking ... anything!

[Cha]

19. That SHOULD make more People NOT buying the damn Shitler

thing.

[Cha]

20. Oh & when has Mump done one damn "ethical" thing?

[lonely bird]

21. Great patriot?

Bull-fucking-shit.

[D00ver66]

22. I hope

They didn’t accept a check from him.

[question everything]

23. A photographer took a shot of Trump's notes -- and they read like a Tesla sales pitch

A photo from a White House event Tuesday captured President Donald Trump with a list of prices for Teslas that were parked on the south lawn of the White House.

Prior to the event, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that he wanted to buy one of the company's electric vehicles as a show of support for Elon Musk. At a media event Tuesday afternoon, Trump saddled up to a red Model S.

"That's beautiful," he said, later adding that he would write a check for the car. The Model S retails for about $80,000.

Trump also said he would gift his 17-year-old granddaughter, Kai, a Cybertruck — another Tesla vehicle with a starting price of nearly $80,000.

Attached to a copy of Trump's speech was a handwritten note that included prices for the cars, which read like a sales pitch.

A photographer captured an image of the note, which read in part, "Teslas can be purchased as low as $299/month or $35K."
Elon Musk in black next to Donald Trump in a blue suit with red tie holding notes in his hand.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/photographer-took-shot-trumps-notes-233214843.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

[Rhiannon12866]

29. It's also illegal to use the White House for a commercial - not that TFG cares about laws

[Katinfl]

35. Yes, I am sure it is against the law to hawk any product from the WH lawn.

That was nothing but a commercial and he should be called out on that. Is there nothing this man can do and get called out on it? Can you imagine if nobody else tried that stunt?

[dreamland]

24. Can you buy a car without a driver's license?

I don't think TRump has a driver's license. Remember how he went "voom voom" in that truck he got in? Never saw him in the driver's seat of any car in motion.

[Blue_Roses]

40. A sitting president cannot

drive any vehicle while they are president. I remember President Obama saying this.

[jmowreader]

42. You can...

You either need to bring a licensed driver to delivery or have the dealership bring it to you. The second would be applicable to Teslas because they’re brought to you on a rollback.

[Buddyzbuddy]

25. Can anybody here name just one other time, any leader, any Country

where the leader used the Country's capital or their home to sell a product other than their use of the office. He's such a scumbag.
Hey Republican Congress, that sound you hear is your dignity being flushed because you are forever tied to him in the anals of history.
I know, it's on purpose.

[jmowreader]

43. In Trump's last term he sold Goya products off the Resolute Desk

[Buddyzbuddy]

44. I believe you are correct.

Once again, for another relatively big donor at that time.

[KS Toronado]

26. Surely there's some ethic's rule he broke doing this

Not that he would get in trouble from reQublicans over it.

[Rhiannon12866]

30. It's illegal to use the White House for a commercial

Not that TFG looked into it - or cares.

[OAITW r.2.0]

27. Watch the revenue crater expand.

Trump's MAGAs are against clean energy. They aren't buying electric. And no thinking person is going to buy a Tesla going forward. Not enough to make them a viable company You fucked up, Elon..

[OAITW r.2.0]

28. Get Your Tesla's Heah!

The WH Parking lot. All models available. Support Elon, but mainly me, as we make America Grate Again"

[red dog 1]

32. Would you buy a car from a man who stinks because he shits himself?

[Paladin]

33. Confirming Tesla as the official car of right-wing dumbfucks. (nt)

[TommieMommy]

34. It's just a publicity stunt.

[BlueKota]

36. I sincerely doubt he "bought" it.

Unless he used tax payer money.

[muriel_volestrangler]

38. Musk: "What kind of truck would Blade Runner drive?"

But this spectacle on Tuesday, with Elon Musk standing there like Beelzebub in a ballcap, was envelope-pushing taken to its extreme. "You want the future to look like the future," Musk explained. "What kind of truck would Blade Runner drive?" Being a replicant himself, Musk has a natural interest in the answer to that question. But the president is just a terrible pitchman. He's as desperate as one of those guys from Glengarry Glen Ross, talking fast, bragging about his great "imagination," and apparently sending semaphore with his hands while waving around some promotional material Musk had provided him.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a64166203/trump-musk-tesla-show-white-house/

If there were any flunky who'd contradict him without getting fired, they'd remind him that Blade Runner is a dystopia - a pollution-filled hellhole with everyone wanting to get the fuck out if they can afford it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

39. Musk is paying trump another $100 million for this ad

[Vinca]

41. I imagine if a car was actually purchased, Trump's moron donors paid for it.

He's got me all confused though. EVs are now good???? What happened to drill baby, drill?