Trump says he’ll buy a Tesla to support Elon Musk, whose companies are struggling
Typical market manipulation move. He'll probably announce something regarding bitcoin and the federal reserve today to artificially bump that up too.
I feel so bad for the guy. I know little about him, but what I do know he seemed like he cared about actual people.
he already got given a cybertruck, why not parade that around
Ironically, presidents aren't even allowed to drive.
And even if they were, I wonder if Turnip even knows how to drive a golf cart, let alone an automobile..? 🤔
The executive branch isn't allowed to endorse a product. It's even more on-the-nose this time than with the Goya situation.
Pretty sure he's doing this intentionally to tie up the courts with frivolous, bullshit cases so they never get around to any important ones.
Short of turning the white house into a Tesla dealership, I don't think it could be more on-the-nose than the Goya situation.
The last day I ever bought Goya. Actively avoid them now.
Completely out of context, iwas down a Goya rabbit hole, when i came across this:
Goya Foods, through its Goya Gives global initiative, is sending ready-to-serve Goya food and beverages to the people of East Palestine and surrounding areas in response to the Ohio train derailment.
I was so confused, then remembered you guys really have a lot of city names, where my mind goes to max effort trying to geo localize what I'm reading.
I love Paris and Berlin.
Holy fuck. I missed this one, but as someone who grew up in Ohio getting Goya paid for with food stamps, this is hilarious.
Or he is a narcissist and never thinks he will be judged by anyone in or outside court?
Wow. Musk pays millions to get Trump elected.
Trump offers to buy a single Tesla in response. Which he won't do anyway, because he's too cheap to pay for anything, so he'll get given it for free and won't drive it because he's not allowed. He's driven everywhere in The Beast which weighs about 10 tonnes.
That's funny because it's true
I wonder how his fans will react to that. Will they get angry that their idol buys a "woke" electric car or will they suddenly wish they could afford one too?
These guys would tase their own nuts if they thought it would make them look cool to little d and the rest of their cult.
Oh yeah, this will help Tesla's brand image....
Didn't some YouTuber already give Trump a Cybertruck?
Not sure is that person liked it hated Trump given the safety record of the vehicle...
Well that person sniffed the shit stained chair of Andrew Tate out of admiration, so that should tell you all you need to know about them.
Cheaper than buying eggs, right?
Tesla has been due for a correction since forever. A single car company couldn't be worth $1T unless they sold every car in the American market, new and used.
Tesla's value was always a bubble and I'm gratified by the popping sound.
But will this bubble ever pop in our lifetime?
Trump pay for something? Yea right...
lol. the local news had a quote from trump saying the left is illegally boycotting the company. WTF!
And by buy, he means that's he expect Elon to loan one to him and never return it
Shill
And I will buy more puts in TSLA.
It doesn't seem to be working so far.
There's literally no reason besides market manipulation. Even if he knew how to drive, the president is not allowed to drive for the rest of their life after being elected.
This is while he was Vice President, who are not allowed to drive while serving plus six months after their service as vice president has ended per video linked.
Ridin' with Biden
Not allowed by who?
It's not a law, but more of a rule enforced by the secret service. Ever since JFK the secret service has restricted the ability of the president to drive outside of private property. There was one time during Obama's presidency when the secret service went into an immediate panic when decided to drive around the white house.
So I guess you technically could, it's just an incredibly stupid thing to do. It's an easy way to piss off the secret service and put your life at risk for no reason.
This isn't even market manipulation. It's one sale. That makes functionally zero difference to Musk's bottom line.
In fact, if you're dumping Tesla stock because the brand image has been utterly destroyed by Musk's actions, this is just more reason to sell. Trump openly associating himself with the car is just making that problem worse.
The only good outcome for Musk here is if Trump's cult all decide to follow suit, and that ends up being a win for the rest of us anyway since now all the "Fuck the environment" guys are suddenly driving electric cars.
That's the manipulation
Let the 'good ol' boys' know that the rolling coal equivalent for an electric vehicle is to connect the battery to the frame. That'll really show the libs!
Yeah I really highly doubt any MAGAts out there are going to pony up to buy an electric car. LoL, Musk torched the base of people who were buying his dumb cars and now he's paying for it.
The all-too-slow decline of TSLA stock value is a daily source of joy for me.
P.S. I'm also going to have a glass of wine in celebration when Bill Gates cashes in his short.