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    Trump says he’ll label some protests at Tesla locations as domestic terrorism — ‘They’re harming a great American company.’
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    Trump says he’ll label some protests at Tesla locations as domestic terrorism — ‘They’re harming a great American company.’

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    1. marketrent on

      Here’s what [Trump said](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZBuP6cCv3Y&t=58) while standing next to Musk:

      >***Questioner, off screen:*** *Mr. President, talk to us about some of the violence that has been going around the country at dealerships. Some say they should be labeled domestic terrorists…*

      >***Trump:*** *I will do that. I’ll do it. I’m going to stop them. We catch anybody doing it… because they’re harming a great American company.*

      *“We already know who some of them are, we’re gonna catch them,” Trump said. “And they’re bad guys.”*

      *A Bluesky account representing the Tesla Takedown movement says in response to the comments, “We are a nonviolent grassroots protest movement. We oppose violence and destruction of property. Peaceful protest on public property is not domestic terrorism. They are trying to intimidate us. We will not let them succeed.*

      *The statement also says that “it’s ironic that Donald Trump wants to label our peaceful movement as domestic terrorism. This is the man who sent a violent crowd to Capitol Hill to steal an election he lost, then pardoned more than 1,600 rioters who were found guilty by juries of their peers of serious crimes against the United States of America.”*

    2. DoubleJumps on

      Conservatives were conducting actual terrorism, bomb threats etc, against businesses for supporting LGBTQ people and he fucking took their side on that.

      He literally pardoned an army of domestic terrorists on his first day in office.

      The guy he is dick riding with this threat spent $44 billion to do things like unbanning a domestic terrorist on Twitter who paint targets for people to harass, like sending bomb threats to children’s hospitals.

      This man himself just 7 months ago inspired weeks of domestic terrorism against a town in Springfield by lying about immigrants in that town eating pets.

    3. ReadditMan on

      *People peacefully protesting.*

      Trump: “They are domestic terrorists.”

      *People violently storming the Capital.*

      Trump: “They are heros.”

    4. Frigidspinner on

      The stores may be protected but Tesla is doomed if they dont get rid of musk because you cant make people buy your cars

    9. bazzoozzab on

      I remember when people would randomly key parked Teslas. I’m assuming because they were “Lib” cars. Nobody cared. Then you give the President $270,000,000 and suddenly someone cares. The dealerships get the protection worthy of Fort Knox and a free commercial.

    10. Art-Zuron on

      I am wondering how long it will take for him to declare boycotts themselves as a form of terrorism

    11. Agitated_Ad6191 on

      These Trump comments will only hurt the Tesla business (around the world) more and more, so keep them coming. They are digging their own graves, don’t disturb them.

    12. TheFoxsWeddingTarot on

      “I think a bit strongly that (Trump) is probably not the right guy” for the presidency, and wouldn’t be the best candidate to represent the U.S. abroad, he told CNBC.

      Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s economic and environmental policies “are the right ones,”
      – Elon Musk 2016

      “When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on all of his many subsidized projects, whether it’s electric cars that don’t drive long enough, driverless cars that crash, or rocketships to nowhere, without which subsidies he’d be worthless and tell me how he was a big Trump fan and Republican, I could have said, “drop to your knees and beg,” and he would have done it,”
      – Donald Trump

      “Trump needs to ‘sail into the sunset.”
      -Elon Musk

    13. External-Cancel6072 on

      He’s probably gonna walk back on it in a few weeks, same way he’s resuming aid to Ukraine right now.

    14. FreddyForshadowing on

      The only domestic terrorists are the Russian agents who’ve infiltrated the highest levels of government in the US.

    15. Tremolat on

      Trump’s chaos is harming a helluva lot of companies. Can he be labeled a “Domestic Terrorist”?

    17. foundout-side on

      The TESLA board can get rid of Musk whenever they want, he only owns 20% of the company.

    18. flaagan on

      Never mind the Tesla bs side of this, he literally just threatened peaceful protests. We’re barely two months in and that line’s already been crossed.

    19. TheflavorBlue5003 on

      Capitalism is deciding that they arent that great of an american company tho, donny.

    20. justhavingfunMT on

      You can put, orange, spray tan on him all day long but he’s still going to be a fat, diaper wearing, fascist.

    22. H43D1 on

      So first, it is illegal to not buy a Tesla and now it’s also terrorism to not buy a Tesla. Fuck you Trump, you criminal liar and fuck you Elon. USA, please stop this, somehow, go on the street peacefully, boycott Tesla.