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President Donald Trump has suggested sending people who are attacking Tesla to prisons in El Salvador if they are convicted of crimes, as a number of the automaker's vehicles and showrooms have been targeted by reported arson and other violence.

Trump's comments appear to be referencing a deal his administration made with El Salvador to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members from the U.S. to serve out their jail time. Rights groups have criticized the deal, citing harsh conditions in Salvadoran prisons.

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Who is this messaging for?!

Ok, you heard your lord and Savior, MAGA. Now go buy those EVs you hate so much.

Tesla is circling a drain. I literally cannot see a path for them to exist as a company in 5 years. They're in too deep with someone wildly unpopular across the board.

[–] alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 11 months ago

People don't realize how fucked Tesla is.

If protestors burn just 0.1% of Tesla cars on the road every year, then that means insurance companies will need to charge an additional $200-$500 per year to insure a Tesla compared to a similar car of any other brand.

If they burn 1%, then it's more like $2000 per year in extra insurance costs.

They will become uninsurable.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Business/tech conservatives fucking love them. And a lot of apathetic Americans (which is most) literally do not care about any of the Elon stuff. They just see an EV car.

Now, the only market for Cybertrucks are the douchiest rich tools. There's other cooler EV trucks if they didn't want to buy a drivable billboard.

...Actually, the only people who SHOULD want it are people with a business because it actually works pretty well as a drivable billboard.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Even without the Nazi in charge, Tesla has poor quality control. They wanted to put the biggest monitor ever in a vehicle so they chose non-automotive grade that yellows. They designed a trunk that leaks water because it never rains or something. They designed doors such that if you slam the door hard, the door card falls off. They designed a pedal and trim such that the pedal could get stuck under trim and cause unintentional acceleration. They designed a truck using an aluminum frame instead of steel. Oh and then they chose a grade of stainless steel that has more issues than the delorean. Oh, and they took out lidar sensors and somehow still think they’ll achieve level 5 self driving. Anything safety critical needs a redundancy.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

There were huge rebates as well at some point.

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

And a Fox News presenter in an interview with that piece of shit the WH Press Secretary, suggested the Death Penalty for Tesla attackers, blaming Trump Derangement Syndrome

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Very accurate. Every accusation is a confession.

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago
[–] Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

So foreigners don't have constitutional rights like citizens, they only have civil rights, and that's the legal loophole the admin is using to justify this El Salvador deal. Actually doing this to a citizen would be wildly unconstitutional. I am not saying they won't try, but if they do try AND succeed, well it's time to do those things that have to be done when tyrants void the rule of law.

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Leavenworth for the Orange scum.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You misspelled "vacuum of space"

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

locked in a cell with no internet, no phone, no visitors, no hamberders or diet cokes. just barney 24/7 on a big screen.

[–] DicksAndPizza@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You’re cruel as hell. How is he gonna vent in all caps on Truth Social from the shitter in the middle of the night?

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well I guess you could give him a fake Internet connection connected to an AI and let him post to the fake Internet where the AI would pretend to be his fans but they would all be against him so he can post into the void but the void hates him.

[–] DicksAndPizza@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Actually true. He probably doesn’t even know what AI is. So that could work lmfao.

Dude is a fucking idiot. Just look at his stupid face. God I hate him. Sorry for rant.

I have some opinions that would be considered right wing. But this guy takes the fucking cake.

He’s 80 isn’t he? When is he gonna do the thing? I have my imaginary champagne ready (I’m poor).

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Make it seem like the void just… doesn’t notice him.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I mean Barney wouldn't necessarily be the worst thing...

[–] DicksAndPizza@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I know two people (and their teenage „employees“) who actually deserve to go to El Salvador. Tesla haters are not one of them.

At this point they have fucking blood on their hands. Just look at the Medicaid cuts.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nobody deserves to be in a concentration camp.

[–] DicksAndPizza@lemm.ee 23 points 11 months ago

I feel like people who put others there, deserve to get a taste of their own medicine.

[–] PDFuego@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I imagine that would result in him learning the phrase "might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb."

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

Maybe you should go to El Salvador for your many actual crimes Donald