Donald Trump Calls Tesla Boycotts Illegal - Newsweek
Donald Trump Calls Tesla Boycotts Illegal - Newsweek
The president said protesters were trying to "illegally and collusively boycott Tesla" because Elon Musk is in his administration.
Jesus, this guy gets dumber and more dementia addled by the day.
Declaring a boycott as illegal is itself illegal and a violation of the 1st Amendment š·šš
The republican controlled congress will impeach any minute now...
Any. minute. Now.
Maybe Trump doesnāt know what the word āillegalā means ļæ¼
Oh, he knows. Itās his middle name.
Bad news, there's precedent for making boycotts illegal, though that's based on a deliberate misreading of hate speech laws
I was actually reading this wikipedia page earlier after posting and it seemed like these Anti-BDS laws only apply to government offices and government contractors
Most anti-BDS laws have taken one of two forms: contract-focused laws requiring government contractors to promise that they are not boycotting Israel; and investment-focused laws, mandating public investment funds to avoid entities boycotting Israel.
A broad law mandating that the public at large can't not buy certain products, or can't ask others to do the same would be unenforceable I would think -- though I'm not going to doubt the Roberts Court ability to find some way to make something that absurd law if asked by their king...
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?
Everyone's actually required to buy a Tesla now or else they're gonna be in really big trouble
I'm more blown away by the communism level planned economy lately.
Lol tell that to the zios.
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.
The thing is they arenāt even good EVs.
What is this article? "critics said resembled a Nazi salute"? Fuck off, Nazi apologists. He did a Nazi salute. It happened.
Nowadays we're all under Leon's watchful eye. He'll call out billionaires and straight-up fabricate shit about them. He knows no one is gonna come at him in any meaningful way. If anyone should manage to get on his radar (camera, whatever lol... Had to throw in a stupid Tesla joke) they will be thrust into the public eye where he's comfortable and in control of the narrative enough to intimidate most into submission. He is big brother now, and it couldn't be stupider
No, he did TWO Nazi salutes. One right after another.
Liberalism -> Fascism.
The hit dog yelps. The boycotts are working.
AI slop, sadly
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
this guy wouldnt know 'illegal' if he grabbed it by the pussy
Are you suggesting that convicted felon Donald Trump lacks respect for the law?
don't forget rapist. Drumpf is a rapist.
So, what Iām interested in here is: what the fuck are you gonna do about it, orangeboi? Bitch and moan? Whatās the punishment for boycotting the brand? Spell it out for me. I want you, or eel-on-musk, to explain what youāre going to do to directly counter this āillegal boycottā - putting aside the fact that that combination of words makes about as much sense as āaerodynamic bedsheetā.
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?
Exactly, it's all just smoke and mirrors.
"Hey, look over there while I do something under the tableā
"Free" market
"Free" "market"
Fixed that for you.
"we believe in the free market"
"NO NOT LIKE THAT"
Aww cry harder trump
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.
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.
Would be nice if someone hacked a fleet of teslas to full-self-drive straight to the landfill.
Oh I guess the orange con man is also gonna tell us what kind of underwear we're allowed to buy now.
Well, that depends...
I see what you did there.
It's illegal to not buy one? Does that mean we all have to buy one now? Lol
Suck my balls. The US constitution says differently, little piss baby.
I'm a criminal.
Welcome to the club - sincerely all stoners pre-prohibition (Canadian)!
From the guy who knows all about illegal.
Is it a boycott if I was never going to buy that piece of crap in the first place?
Based on his past behavior, I think we can all agree that of all the things this dumbass doesn't know, what's legal or illegal is definitely top of that list.
"Well, maybe it's not illegal yet, but it will be soon."
-Republicans, probably.
OPEC is not gonna like Krasnov pushing EV's
Why not just cut to the chase, make a presidential order saying that everyone must buy a Tesla and if you don't (or can't) you will be punished?
So it's now illegal not to buy a product?
Yes, see Israel.
Hahahaha.
So whiny.
Translation: Stop resisting!
And yet I shall continue
Then deport me to Norway.
Related, BDS is illegal in the US meaning that you are legally obligated to purchase things from Israel. It's unenforceable on an individual level, but it's used to come after people who promote or organize the boycott. If Trump and the Republicans wanted to make it illegal to boycott Tesla, they would have legal precedent because of that absolute lunacy.
Why the hell would I want to buy anything from the fucking Nazis? The competition has surpassed the shit from Tesla.
This is how you know it's working. See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws
To quote that iconic bus driver: gargle my balls
"buy a tesla or GO THE FUCK TO PRISON!"
- Drumpf.
I'm sure Trump saying liberals have to buy Teslas will drive up sales.... how could that possibly fail?
Giving cars more rights than women.
Your not allowed to do that
If the king don't like it...
BUY PRODUCT. something something freedom camp.
Does anyone have a link to the post? I did not see it In the article
I might be interested once his down market options become available. Only because anything equivalent has been tariffed to nonexistence.
I called it! I said they'd try and do a reverse class action lawsuit and sue people for not buying his cars.