Donald Trump Calls Tesla Boycotts Illegal

Declaring a boycott as illegal is itself illegal and a violation of the 1st Amendment 🌷🌈🖕

The republican controlled congress will impeach any minute now...
- Any. minute. Now.
Maybe Trump doesn’t know what the word “illegal” means
- Oh, he knows. It’s his middle name.
Bad news, there's precedent for making boycotts illegal, though that's based on a deliberate misreading of hate speech laws
- I was actually reading this wikipedia page earlier after posting and it seemed like these Anti-BDS laws only apply to government offices and government contractors
  
  Most anti-BDS laws have taken one of two forms: contract-focused laws requiring government contractors to promise that they are not boycotting Israel; and investment-focused laws, mandating public investment funds to avoid entities boycotting Israel.
  
  A broad law mandating that the public at large can't not buy certain products, or can't ask others to do the same would be unenforceable I would think -- though I'm not going to doubt the Roberts Court ability to find some way to make something that absurd law if asked by their king...
I don't even understand how a boycott would be illegal. It's illegal to not buy products from a certain company? How can you tell if a person is not buying because they're boycotting or because they never had the intention of buying in the first place?
- Everyone's actually required to buy a Tesla now or else they're gonna be in really big trouble
I'm more blown away by the communism level planned economy lately.
Lol tell that to the zios.

However, the billionaire's increasing government influence has aligned with a global decline in Tesla sales, leading some to believe his political moves are damaging the company's brand.

For me, the Tesla brand is permanently damaged. I will never buy a Tesla. I don't care if they're good EVs, I don't care if they're the best EVs, I will never buy one.

The thing is they aren’t even good EVs.
- Pretty decent dumpsters, though.
Like it wasn't "damaged" before, even from the start... It has always been bad.
- No, the roadster was really cool, the S was neat too, then the 3 being at a relatively good price point really pushed the market toward EVs in general. I am glad for that at least.

What is this article? "critics said resembled a Nazi salute"? Fuck off, Nazi apologists. He did a Nazi salute. It happened.

Nowadays we're all under Leon's watchful eye. He'll call out billionaires and straight-up fabricate shit about them. He knows no one is gonna come at him in any meaningful way. If anyone should manage to get on his radar (camera, whatever lol... Had to throw in a stupid Tesla joke) they will be thrust into the public eye where he's comfortable and in control of the narrative enough to intimidate most into submission. He is big brother now, and it couldn't be stupider
No, he did TWO Nazi salutes. One right after another.
Liberalism -> Fascism.

The hit dog yelps. The boycotts are working.

AI slop, sadly

What's Musky gonna do? Sue everyone who doesn't buy a swastika like he's trying to do to advertisers who left Twitter?

Yeah I just dead-named that removed

I like the combination Xitter, pronounced "shitter"
- I usually pronounce it 'zitter'. Either way seems fitting.

what does that mean lol is everyone required by law to buy a tesla

It means Trump doesn't like it. And Trump can go fuck himself with a chainsaw. Despite his delusions, his word isn't law. It's just a flood of lies, threats and bullshit.

this guy wouldnt know 'illegal' if he grabbed it by the pussy

Are you suggesting that convicted felon Donald Trump lacks respect for the law?
- don't forget rapist. Drumpf is a rapist.

Fellas, is it illegal to have no money to buy something?

oh wait

read news article about a homeless man getting shot 50 times

👀

I think what he wants is all our 401k by law having to invest in Telsa stock. I wouldn't put it past him to lauch an EO demanding that.

tHe mArKeT WiLl ReGuLaTe ItSeLf!

So, what I’m interested in here is: what the fuck are you gonna do about it, orangeboi? removed and moan? What’s the punishment for boycotting the brand? Spell it out for me. I want you, or eel-on-musk, to explain what you’re going to do to directly counter this “illegal boycott” - putting aside the fact that that combination of words makes about as much sense as “aerodynamic bedsheet”.

Everyone who doesn't purchase a Tesla by 2026 is getting deported.
- Don't give them the ideas!

Like I get it, kind of, the need to call him stupid. But we need to move past this and start calling it what it is. Power consolidation, violations of the constitution, a fucking coup. Him and his handlers know exactly what they’re doing.

Trump just has the strategy to give media 3 topics which make good headlines every day. Then he can do the "important" stuff unbothered. Soo, this ist the kind of stuff we hear about. But, what about the rest?

Exactly, it's all just smoke and mirrors.

"Hey, look over there while I do something under the table“

"Free" market

"Free" "market"

Fixed that for you.

Aww cry harder trump

"we believe in the free market"

"NO NOT LIKE THAT"

which critics said resembled a Nazi salute.

There's journalists right now getting murdered for standing up to tyranny and this spineless ass-kissing ball-gargling excuse of a tabloid writer is excusing Nazis.

Journalists employers are all friends. This Makes it nearly impossible to for journalists in large orgs to stand up to oligarchs. Although it does make for great pageantry for non-billionaires.

Oh I guess the orange con man is also gonna tell us what kind of underwear we're allowed to buy now.

Well, that depends...
- I see what you did there.

Would be nice if someone hacked a fleet of teslas to full-self-drive straight to the landfill.

To Agent Orange, "illegal" means "me no like."

I'm a criminal.

Welcome to the club - sincerely all stoners pre-prohibition (Canadian)!
- I'll smoke crumbs from my 40 year old carpets before I pay taxes on weed after all those decades of gleeful persecution and prosecution. The things Fantino used to say about pot users in the newspaper, and now he's a canabis magnate. Fuck that, it's black market for life.

And not a single journalist will ask him what law he claims has been broken.

Does he still take questions from journalists? I thought they were only letting sycophants in as 'press'

So, do I turn myself in, or just wait for someone to call the authorities?

I think I’ll wait.

FEDS HERE HE IS! HE'S BOYCOTTING TESLA!
- Noooooooooooooooooo!
- SEIZE EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T OWN A TESLA

Suck my balls. The US constitution says differently, little piss baby.

It's illegal to not buy one? Does that mean we all have to buy one now? Lol

From the guy who knows all about illegal.

Is it a boycott if I was never going to buy that piece of crap in the first place?

Based on his past behavior, I think we can all agree that of all the things this dumbass doesn't know, what's legal or illegal is definitely top of that list.

OPEC is not gonna like Krasnov pushing EV's

"Well, maybe it's not illegal yet, but it will be soon."

-Republicans, probably.

Why not just cut to the chase, make a presidential order saying that everyone must buy a Tesla and if you don't (or can't) you will be punished?

So it's now illegal not to buy a product?

Yes, see Israel.

Before people start throwing around the Mussolini quote, as much as I'd LIKE to believe it, apparently it can't be sourced. :(

The quote isn't WRONG, it just can't be sourced to Mussolini.

https://politicalresearch.org/2005/01/12/mussolini-corporate-state

“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini

It is generally attributed to an article written by Mussolini in the 1932 Enciclopedia Italiana with the assistance of Giovanni Gentile, the editor.

The quote, however, does not appear in the Enciclopedia Italiana in the original Italian.

Giovanni Gentile being otherwise known as the philosopher of fascism and the guy putting ideas straight into Mussolini's brain. Whether it's a paraphrase or direct translation, the idea itself is certainly covered by the more famous "everything within the state" quote and describes an undeniable goal of fascism.

Translation: Stop resisting!

If you don't buy a model x every day then you're getting arrested

Hahahaha.

So whiny.

And yet I shall continue

Another episode in the series: "Krasnov Speaks".

Then deport me to Norway.

Related, BDS is illegal in the US meaning that you are legally obligated to purchase things from Israel. It's unenforceable on an individual level, but it's used to come after people who promote or organize the boycott. If Trump and the Republicans wanted to make it illegal to boycott Tesla, they would have legal precedent because of that absolute lunacy.

BDS is illegal in the US meaning that you are legally obligated to purchase things from Israel

It is illegal to openly, publicly boycott Israel if you are a government contractor. That's pissing in the face of the First Amendment, but that's about all. You are not obligated to buy anything, though you have to follow "level playing field" procurement guidelines, same as any other government contractor. But anyone who knows the game can craft a set of requirements and a procurement scoring system that will steer the result to any vendor you want to be awarded the contract. And if you're on a government contract and refuse to be a supplier to an Israeli firm, you might have some complications, but those can probably be worked around as well.

It's a bit like jury nullification. If you're ever put on a jury where a miscarriage of justice is taking place, don't use the word "nullification." Just repeat that the evidence does not support the charge. You are not obligated to explain your reasoning. Just show every sign of complying with the process, while refusing to stifle your conscience.

This kind of bureaucratic bullying has been around a long time and is probably going to get worse. The Red Scare was full of even worse bullshit. But realistically, this current Trump brainfart will only potentially affect government contractors trying to acquire vehicles. And adding a requirement for reliability, and including it in the ROI calculation that's part of the business case, will ensure that you're never forced to buy a Tesla.
- It's not limited to government contractors. They push it into anything they think they can get away with it, and into things they know they can't just for show. For example, in Dickinson, Texas, hurricane victims were required to sign a pledge that they wouldn't boycott Israel in order to receive funds. Companies also face retaliatory legal action if they make moves in that direction, like how AirBNB had to reverse it's decision to shut down operations in the illegal settlements.
  
  The idea of "it's fine because you can do it anyway, just don't say that you are" is still a problem. Boycotts should not have to operate on "don't ask, don't tell." Like, you're "allowed" to participate in a boycott in the same way gay people in the 50's were "allowed" to be gay.
  
  Regardless, as I said, there is legal precedent to ban Tesla boycotts in the same way, such a ban would obviously be unenforceable on the general population, but for example if you're a teacher, they could make you sign a contract saying you won't boycott Tesla and you could be fired if you post otherwise on social media.

Why the hell would I want to buy anything from the fucking Nazis? The competition has surpassed the shit from Tesla.

This is how you know it's working. See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws

"buy a tesla or GO THE FUCK TO PRISON!"

- Drumpf.

To quote that iconic bus driver: gargle my balls

I'm sure Trump saying liberals have to buy Teslas will drive up sales.... how could that possibly fail?

Your not allowed to do that

If the king don't like it...

Giving cars more rights than women.

BUY PRODUCT. something something freedom camp.

what does that even mean? everyone who does not buy a Tesla within a month is a criminal and will be imprisoned?

I called it! I said they'd try and do a reverse class action lawsuit and sue people for not buying his cars.

I might be interested once his down market options become available. Only because anything equivalent has been tariffed to nonexistence.

Does anyone have a link to the post? I did not see it In the article

Donald Trump Calls Tesla Boycotts Illegal - Newsweek