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The absolutely wild spectacle of a sitting president using his office to film a car commercial aside, Trump is trying to sell EVs to people who he has already convinced to hate EVs. The people who buy Trump stuff think EVs are a liberal plot to turn everyone into gay communists.

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He sold beans in the oval office last time he was president. The only surprise is that he didn’t do it earlier.

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Didn’t forget that he also ordered the removal of all chargers from government property. Was that just 2 weeks ago maybe?

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I won’t complain if he succeeds. His base is exactly the people hardest to convince to switch. If he can pivot them, I will accept them supporting Musk. Once the foot is in the door, they can start to geek out about motors and batteries and transition to a better EV.

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Trump is trying to sell EVs to people who he has already convinced to hate EVs. The people who buy Trump stuff think EVs are a liberal plot to turn everyone into gay communists.

I have no doubt they’ve already added Tesla to their list of cognitive dissonances because Daddy Trump told them to. They have no real strong convictions beyond wanting to hurt minorities and loving Trump.

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47 points

What a fucking clown show.

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43 points

Brought to you by Carl’s Junior.

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24 points

Fuck you, I’m eating!

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21 points

Welcome to Carl’s Jr. Would you like to try our EXTRA BIG ASS TACO?

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31 points

When did electric cars stop being woke?

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19 points

Shortly before the “Nazi-style” salute.

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2 points

I belive the offical wording is “wierd hand motion” and “heart going out to the crowd” because clearly none of us have eyes

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Not related to the specific post but is it me or does american media treat literally everything as “Breaking News”

Like nothing about this is urgent you can wait until the evening news to talk about it. You’ll even have more information by then!

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The biggest problem is that CNN and FoxNews are 24/7 “news” channels. So 99%+ of their air time is filler.

In this case, I didn’t really fault CNN though. This is the first time in history the White House has been sold as a car dealership, so I understand their use of the tag.

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breaking doesn’t mean it can’t wait, it just means happening now

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By call it “breaking” they can make up lies and then make a correction on the evening news that no one will pay attention to.

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But what else are they going to out on their 24 hour news channel?

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