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[-] booganiganie@lemmy.world 24 points 15 hours ago

Like fuck he paid for it

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 14 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I hate how people think "news" is just literally every single thing trump or musk does now.

"Rich fuck buys shitty car" is not news.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 31 points 19 hours ago

Anything endorsed by Trump is a scam.

[-] sunset@reddthat.com 18 points 17 hours ago
[-] Red_October@lemmy.world 55 points 22 hours ago

Now he needs to drive around in it while we all absolutely pray for the funniest thing in the world to happen.

[-] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 19 hours ago
[-] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago

He isn't allowed to drive himself, but maybe FSD is a loophole?

[-] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 19 hours ago
[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 4 points 17 hours ago

Isnt that a good thing in this case?

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 3 points 18 hours ago

If he's not allowed he's not gonna do it.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

"But FSD is safer than human drivers!" - Elon Musk

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 23 hours ago
[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

"Donald. I will pay to make you President but you have to give me access to all admin information and buy a car from me." E-Lawn.

[-] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 22 points 22 hours ago

This car was probably bought using US government money.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 136 points 1 day ago

They're shit cars. Let's please stop pretending they aren't. The build quality is abhorrent.

Yes, they had the cool factor for a while, and yes, I feel sorry for (some of) those who got caught up in something they didn't want to be caught up in. But also, the writing has been on the wall a long time, and build quality issues have been public knowledge for about as long.

You get what you pay for.

[-] ploot 122 points 1 day ago

You get what you pay for.

At $90K, no you most certainly don't.

[-] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The majority of the cost is stupid tax

[-] ploot 11 points 1 day ago

Do you have a source for that?

Also we should note that Tesla paid $0 income tax on $2 billion income in 2024. And Trump axed the tax rebate to help people buy EVs.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

The phrase “idiot tax” is also used to describe people who buy lottery tickets.

[-] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 day ago

Dumb tax as in tax for being dumb. I was joking.

I think "stupid tax" is the more common verbiage, I've updated it

[-] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 6 points 15 hours ago

Personally I think “idiot tax” works better.

“Stupid” and “dumb” being adjectives that could also be describing the tax itself, rather than the person paying it, is ambiguous. But “idiot tax” clearly says, to me anyway, “a tax on idiots.”

[-] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago

Ah yeah good point

[-] ploot 9 points 1 day ago

Ah, that makes sense. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My buddy found blue painter’s tape where there was supposed to be wire conduit and screws when he lifted up the carpet on his. You may note that blue painter’s tape is intentionally designed to be temporary and dissolve away after a few weeks, which is much less than the expected lifespan of AN ENTIRE FUCKING CAR.

[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 131 points 1 day ago

Most likely bought with taxpayer money.

[-] ClocksandDocks@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Russian taxpayer money, yes.

[-] tankfox@midwest.social 50 points 1 day ago

Pay? Why would he pay? Does he ever pay for anything?

[-] aeternum 7 points 22 hours ago

he sure as shit doesn't pay for his crimes.

[-] LMurch@thelemmy.club 50 points 1 day ago

It'll be auctioned off for $10M to an anonymous Saudi buyer.

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Hold on.....this could be a good thing....

[-] Localhorst86@feddit.org 23 points 1 day ago

Hes not gonna drive it.

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

Hearing Trump talk about how the car has 'computer' (during the news conference) made me think back to a news event with George H.W. Bush in a supermarket, seeing a grocery barcode scanner for the first time.

Same kind of inquisitive and excited response from both of them.

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[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 22 points 1 day ago

Trump did a supermarket thing while out doing his disinformation circuit, and the owner guy was trying to explain things to him and you could tell Trump had never grocery shopped and then quickly lost interest and tuned the guy completely out.

The McDonald's fries thing was also amusing when he learned "how fries were made" and that they put them in a basket and not scoop them out by hand lol.

[-] Minnels@lemm.ee 6 points 18 hours ago

Imagine if everyone in the world would just say "fuck no, I am not cooking for you" and the billionaires would die of starvation because they don't know how to do. Hilarious.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago

The McDonald’s fries thing was also amusing when he learned “how fries were made” and that they put them in a basket and not scoop them out by hand lol.

They could have let him learn that the hard way, but no.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 19 hours ago

Bobbing for fries might sound more like fun to him.

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[-] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

Fucker Carlson shopping in Moscow can be put there too since he is another head of the MAGA hydra.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

WoW tHeY iNvEnTeD sHoPpInG cArT rEtUrNs

[-] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 45 points 1 day ago

If this were a movie, (that I was writing) The car would glitch and lock Dumpster inside, then burst into flames. He would push the panic button, then look through the smoky windows at fElon laughing demonically, while Dumpster lights-outs coughing and railing against the betrayal, and injustice of it all.

Fade to black. Cough

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 3 points 18 hours ago

Pushing the panic button would be cross-wired to make the fart noise.

[-] SilverCode@lemm.ee 21 points 1 day ago

Post credits scene will be fElon taking a seat behind the desk in the oval office.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago

Which suddenly also burst into flames and cut to black almost immediately.

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[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

I doubt if he paid for it, or if it'll ever be driven.

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[-] Vertelleus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago

And he doesn't even drive....

[-] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

doesn't even drive

It's more than that. Legally, he's not even allowed to drive.

Edit: might not be technically illegal, but disallowed by secret service.

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[-] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Proving, once again, what complete fucking idiot he is!

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