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Jesus, this guy gets dumber and more dementia addled by the day.

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[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And not a single journalist will ask him what law he claims has been broken.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

Does he still take questions from journalists? I thought they were only letting sycophants in as 'press'

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

It's illegal to not buy one? Does that mean we all have to buy one now? Lol

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 15 points 6 days ago

Suck my balls. The US constitution says differently, little piss baby.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"we believe in the free market"

"NO NOT LIKE THAT"

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

which critics said resembled a Nazi salute.

There's journalists right now getting murdered for standing up to tyranny and this spineless ass-kissing ball-gargling excuse of a tabloid writer is excusing Nazis.

[–] alucard@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

Journalists employers are all friends. This Makes it nearly impossible to for journalists in large orgs to stand up to oligarchs. Although it does make for great pageantry for non-billionaires.

[–] blady_blah@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I'm sure Trump saying liberals have to buy Teslas will drive up sales.... how could that possibly fail?

[–] gimmelemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

If the king don't like it...

[–] goldenquetzal@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

To quote that iconic bus driver: gargle my balls

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago

"buy a tesla or GO THE FUCK TO PRISON!"

- Drumpf.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Giving cars more rights than women.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

BUY PRODUCT. something something freedom camp.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I called it! I said they'd try and do a reverse class action lawsuit and sue people for not buying his cars.

[–] Numinous_Ylem@lemmy.world 174 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Declaring a boycott as illegal is itself illegal and a violation of the 1st Amendment 🌷🌈🖕

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The republican controlled congress will impeach any minute now...

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 56 points 1 week ago

Any. minute. Now.

[–] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe Trump doesn’t know what the word “illegal” means 

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Oh, he knows. It’s his middle name.

[–] nutt_goblin@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Bad news, there's precedent for making boycotts illegal, though that's based on a deliberate misreading of hate speech laws

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[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't even understand how a boycott would be illegal. It's illegal to not buy products from a certain company? How can you tell if a person is not buying because they're boycotting or because they never had the intention of buying in the first place?

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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 135 points 1 week ago (3 children)

However, the billionaire's increasing government influence has aligned with a global decline in Tesla sales, leading some to believe his political moves are damaging the company's brand.

For me, the Tesla brand is permanently damaged. I will never buy a Tesla. I don't care if they're good EVs, I don't care if they're the best EVs, I will never buy one.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 87 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The thing is they aren’t even good EVs.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pretty decent dumpsters, though.

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[–] Embargo@lemm.ee 103 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What is this article? "critics said resembled a Nazi salute"? Fuck off, Nazi apologists. He did a Nazi salute. It happened.

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 89 points 1 week ago

The hit dog yelps. The boycotts are working.

[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 53 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's Musky gonna do? Sue everyone who doesn't buy a swastika like he's trying to do to advertisers who left Twitter?

Yeah I just dead-named that bitch

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I like the combination Xitter, pronounced "shitter"

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

what does that mean lol is everyone required by law to buy a tesla

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago

It means Trump doesn't like it. And Trump can go fuck himself with a chainsaw. Despite his delusions, his word isn't law. It's just a flood of lies, threats and bullshit.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

this guy wouldnt know 'illegal' if he grabbed it by the pussy

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fellas, is it illegal to have no money to buy something?

oh wait

read news article about a homeless man getting shot 50 times

👀

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[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 33 points 1 week ago

tHe mArKeT WiLl ReGuLaTe ItSeLf!

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

So, what I’m interested in here is: what the fuck are you gonna do about it, orangeboi? Bitch and moan? What’s the punishment for boycotting the brand? Spell it out for me. I want you, or eel-on-musk, to explain what you’re going to do to directly counter this “illegal boycott” - putting aside the fact that that combination of words makes about as much sense as “aerodynamic bedsheet”.

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[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

Like I get it, kind of, the need to call him stupid. But we need to move past this and start calling it what it is. Power consolidation, violations of the constitution, a fucking coup. Him and his handlers know exactly what they’re doing.

[–] Flap0179@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump just has the strategy to give media 3 topics which make good headlines every day. Then he can do the "important" stuff unbothered. Soo, this ist the kind of stuff we hear about. But, what about the rest?

[–] mrmule@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Exactly, it's all just smoke and mirrors.

"Hey, look over there while I do something under the table“

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

Aww cry harder trump

[–] rasebo 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh I guess the orange con man is also gonna tell us what kind of underwear we're allowed to buy now.

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[–] boreengreen@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago

Would be nice if someone hacked a fleet of teslas to full-self-drive straight to the landfill.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago

To Agent Orange, "illegal" means "me no like."

[–] some_guy 16 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

So, do I turn myself in, or just wait for someone to call the authorities?

I think I’ll wait.

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