Summary

A leaked State Department document revealed plans for a $400 million contract potentially favoring Tesla, despite earlier denials.

The document indicated an aggressive bid for armored electric vehicles linked to Trump-era revisions, while Biden’s administration had only budgeted $483,000 for a related study.

Experts questioned the feasibility of using Tesla’s Cybertruck due to technical and safety issues, with Musk and the White House downplaying the deal.

Critics and security professionals expressed skepticism about replacing traditional armored vehicles with modified EVs.

  • Scott
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    3913 hours ago

    Did somebody say conflict of interest, because that’s exactly what it sounds like.

    • Chozo
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      2913 hours ago

      No way, Elon said he could identify any conflicts of interest and recuse himself. He wouldn’t have lied about what an honest guy he is!

    • @[email protected]
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      1012 hours ago

      After the first four years of golfing at trump clubs and sleeping in trump hotels, all at 3x the normal price, do you think they care?

      Nobody did anything the first time, nobody will do anything now. They don’t care about outraged redditors.

      • @[email protected]
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        911 hours ago

        Yep, Democrats had 4 years to lock the guy up, and they didn’t, because it was more important to look bipartisan and pick a Republican AG.

        • @[email protected]
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          23 hours ago

          I mean, are we blaming now the democrats for everything trump does?

          There’s at least two entities I would put more blame on:

          -trump

          -republicans

          • @[email protected]
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            1 hour ago

            It’s definitely on the justice department for not executing a seditious traitor.

            Also, Biden could have just shot Trump in the face and suffered no legal consequences.