Trump called Musk, the controversial leader of Tesla and a new government efficiency initiative, a "truly great American."

It is not illegal for consumers to boycott companies. The Supreme Court in 1982 ruled the First Amendment protects Americans’ rights to protest private businesses.

  • Rizo
    21·
    17 hours ago

    Funny how they preach “the market will regulate itself” until it regulates itself in the “wrong direction”. And all of a sudden something needs to be done by “the government”.

  • Wilco@lemm.eeEnglish
    15·
    18 hours ago

    Soooo … Trump thinks he can force people to buy Teslas? Just like Elon is trying (and failing) to sue companies for not advertising on Twitter.

  • umbraroze@lemmy.world
    6·
    15 hours ago

    Okay, guess I’m technically not boycotting Tesla. I just straight up can’t afford a car, not in this economy. Nor do I care, because there’s a bus stop just down the street. Not that I’m intimidated by Trump because I’m not American and he can’t prosecute this shit even domestically.

  • BmeBenji@lemm.ee
    5·
    17 hours ago

    “Mr. Trump, you just attempted to overthrow the government of the Leader of the Free World™️, convinced the supreme court to hand you unlimited authority, and you still got elected president! What are you gonna do now?”

    “I’m going to Disneyland!”

    • socialjusticewizardEnglish
      8·
      19 hours ago

      I don’t think they’re panicking, this is how they always behave. Trump is saying a moronic thing again to draw attention from the actual important authoritarian shift onto “what stupid meaningless shit did he say”. It’s the same fucking playbook every time.

  • enkers
    109·
    1 day ago

    Someone’s being a pissbaby because nobody wants to buy stuff from fascists. Lul.

    This makes me think he just has no idea what a boycott is, because for it to be illegal, purchasing a Tesla would some how have to be legally mandate.

    • agamemnonymous
      3·
      20 hours ago

      This is probably just a ploy to boost Tesla sales among his followers. And honestly, I’ll play the part of “owned lib” if it transitions MAGAs to EVs. Better than rolling coal.

      • Justas🇱🇹
        1·
        16 hours ago

        I think that even if I wanted to buy anything from Tesla, I would turn around if I saw a bunch of cops outside of it.

      • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        24 hours ago

        Yeah, but they’re really going to have a tough time getting me to put in any financial information if they do arrest my ass and bring me to the Tesla dealership

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
      11·
      22 hours ago

      Establish a federal Bitcoin reserve with tax money.

      Have Elon only accept Bitcoin for payments from the government.

      Give Tesla another federal contract for billions.

      Buy more Bitcoin to replenish it.

        • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
          1·
          21 hours ago

          Do you pay taxes? Do the price of your goods rise because corporations pay taxes?

          When the government does something, it was a collective pool of resources that paid for it. When the government buys anything your productivity contributed to the purchase. Everyone’s did.

          Are taxes optional (for the working class)?

          This is pretty basic stuff fellas.

      • Corkyskog
        1·
        22 hours ago

        Isn’t step one or two to implement arbitrary tariffs to fund the reserve?