The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. A document obtained by NPR shows the Biden plan was far smaller.
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So, roughly, buy 2 and spend some time and money on testing to see if they can be modified, certified, and appropriate for use. IE, a prudent AND appropriate first step. (I still have my doubts they can be 'armoured' much in any way due to weight).
It sure seems like that was the original plan. It always makes sense to test before spending a lot on something that might not even work. If I jumped the gun and tried to buy lots of expensive equipment without testing first I'd probably be out of a job!
Especially if you're buying it for a non tested or modified purpose. Hell, I'd spend $5 - 10 to mock something up before asking for $50 - 75 for a stage practical effect - something that even if it didn't work we STILL have the parts for other things!
Given their seeming 'unscheduled disassembly' experienced by some, it should be pretty easy for testing!
Sadly, that would also make it a good candidate, because it should be pretty straightforward (straight lines, square panels...).
Aaaaa-hahaha I wish every outlet would report in this. However he is t a “norm-busting” POTUS. He is a crooked, cheating lying POTUS. Need to fix that.
The corruption is so apparent. We need to charge as many of this regime's members for crimes when this regime is toppled by democracy. No more turning the page nonsense.
GOP are not going to like or believe that. The live in a a fantasy of righteousness, can’t do anything to disturb the delusion, or they lose their mind. It’s like 4th grader trying to cling to Santa, you know, but you don’t want to know, because you realized how vested you were in it, so you deny.
It’s insane to me, but then again maybe not, that the US gov’t has been paying Elon to terrorize the American people. They paid him OUR tax $$$💴 to terrorize us. That’s how I see it. ALL of the gov’t contracts they gave him prior to Trump & during Biden’s term.. 😡Enabling this MF’er the whole time.
We're buying Cyber trucks from customers that cancelled their orders. No one thing will change. They're called armored, but they will still have the same body used for commercial use. They say armored because they're already made out of steal. But how will you refuel with no stations?
Totally impractical too. Armored EVs are basically impossible with current because they will be too heavy. They'll need to revolutionize batteries to have any kind of range and reasonable charging times.
This is theft dressed up as procurement. Musk also has access to the goverment payment system and can no doubt direct even more money elsewhere without us knowing.
This is why there is supposed to be oversight committees and you’re not allowed to do business if there is a conflict of interest —- but alas, here we are.
"But NPR has obtained a State Department document detailing that Biden's State Department planned to spend just $483,000 in the 2025 fiscal year on buying electric vehicles and $3 million for supporting equipment, like charging stations. "
Where is the reference in any of these documents (this article just has selective "screenshots" of line items with no context), and after finding out about NPR's funding, are they really a neutral source in all of this? 🤔
Dems and Repubs... different sides of the corporate coin. Voting for them continues this corrupt system of corporate puppets. You want public servants and representatives? Vote for people that don't take corporate bribery money. #Bernie is the only one I know of.
And that there might be merit to his products. But considering his tendency to just hurry shit up without looking at detail is pretty apparent between his trucks and DOGE.
The truck reminds me of the cub scouts pinewood derby cars I created out of woodblock. Very primitive. I am guessing musk doesn't have an ounce of italian blood in him. He has poor taste in clothes and politics. Oh and charm, you can't buy it!
Far smaller is an understatement “But NPR has obtained a State Department document detailing that Biden's State Department planned to spend just $483,000 in the 2025 fiscal year on buying electric vehicles and $3 million for supporting equipment, like charging stations.”
Musk did give us—and future historians, if they exist—a handy visual metaphor/symbol of our current historical moment: this shitty, pretentious griftmobile.
was the biden thing to just electrify fleets and the right-leaning folks just jerked themselves off over teslas. or was it a tesla specific contract to begin with?
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Just writing out the numbers so it sinks in just how big the difference is.
Sadly, that would also make it a good candidate, because it should be pretty straightforward (straight lines, square panels...).
Cuz if your a diplomat you won’t know if your being attacked as a diplomat or because your driving a neo Volkswagen
(if you know what I mean)
Donald Trump - Elon Musk
Why don’t you just call it out for what it is?
Except we all know this is a gift to his buddy, and a slap in the face to the rest of us.
No freakin way!
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=tesla+armored+car+demonstration&&mid=38A3A59EAB412E2D6B8038A3A59EAB412E2D6B80&&mcid=25DACC2520504E7AA5C4DCEFD858DED2&FORM=VRDGAR
I heard that they keep getting flat tires.
Limit the $$ spent on Presidents " vacation"
I can't find the line items anywhere.
https://www.state.gov/procurement-forecast
Hey, why not give them to all the cabinet?
Well now, that wasn't so hard, was it?
The sooner we accept that fact, the better
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