American Politics 4.0 - Orangeyou Glad He’s Back?

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

That's not a denial.

[dissentowner]

Trump says anyone who buys oil from Venezuela will pay 25% tariffs lol. This guy thinks he owns the world.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/24/b...la-oil-tariffs

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Trump says anyone who buys oil from Venezuela will pay 25% tariffs lol. This guy thinks he owns the world.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/24/b...la-oil-tariffs

No no it makes perfect sense. See if Japan buys Venezuelan oil, they end up paying the USA for… reasons?

[puffnstuff]

Apparently the folks in Greenland have made themselves some new MAGA hats...
Make America Go Away

[#-3]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

That's not a denial.

The article states that the government confirmed the thread was real on the record.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

I saw that. Well, close, the confirmation was "appears to be real". But Hegseth was clearly trying to give the impression that it wasn't true with all the hoax talk. Just saying, him trying to get people believe it isn't true while not being willing to deny it is basically a separate confirmation.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

I saw that. Well, close, the confirmation was "appears to be real". But Hegseth was clearly trying to give the impression that it wasn't true with all the hoax talk. Just saying, him trying to get people believe it isn't true while not being willing to deny it is basically a separate confirmation.

This is the challenge with the Trump era, they have all learned they can just lie and the people who want to believe will believe. Makes it worth mentioning that they've already confirmed it's true.

[Paulie Walnuts]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1904362652987429338

Still feels fishy. His immediate reaction was a ready to go slogan fight fight fight

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Just because he said nice things doesn't mean he cared, bro.

The amount of times he's antagonized people to walk it back the next day with some nice sounding words should really drive home how little they mean coming from him.

He turns on people he was on good terms with on a daily basis. It just takes one disagreement or critical word in the press and you're on his hit list.

The dictators of yesteryear did similar things along the way.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

https://twitter.com/user/status/1904362652987429338

Still feels fishy. His immediate reaction was a ready to go slogan fight fight fight

best thing that ever happened to his campaign...fishy is an understatement. A teenager is just up on a roof with a guy and nobody notices? If it were that easy Trump would be long dead IMO

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Wasn’t that idiot saying just last week that the trade war is dumb and that he wanted to go back to Canada & the U.S. being friends? Make up your mind, ya jackass.

He helped spread the "Canada is not a serious country" mantra that infected the R word brains of many right wing voters, straight from Russia.

[WideReceiver]

I just listened to Elon Musk try to explain why social security is a ponzi scheme. He doesn’t know how it works. It’s ironic that the world’s wealthiest person didn’t think that struggling Americans don’t deserve the social security they’ve paid into and need to survive.

[Fuzz]

He doesn't know how anything works. He's that moronic ####### that hangs over your shoulder, and takes in just enough to BS to be able to sell your work to others. He has no clue how databases work, or how to even run a python script. He certainly doesn't understand the intricacies or value of government. All he knows is he can make more money if there is less of it, and stay out of prison.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

He doesn't know how anything works. He's that moronic ####### that hangs over your shoulder, and takes in just enough to BS to be able to sell your work to others. He has no clue how databases work, or how to even run a python script. He certainly doesn't understand the intricacies or value of government. All he knows is he can make more money if there is less of it, and stay out of prison.

I do believe Elon knows a thing or two about Ponzi Schemes... just going by the definition of a Ponzi Scheme:

What Is a Ponzi Scheme?
A Ponzi scheme is an investment scam that pays early investors with money taken from later investors to create an illusion of big profits. A Ponzi scheme promises a high rate of return with little risk to the investor. It relies on word-of-mouth, as new investors hear about the big returns earned by early investors. Inevitably, the scheme collapses when the flow of new money slows, making it impossible to keep up the payments of alleged profits.

And factoring these three statements:

Speaking in a recent interview, the billionaire said that he wanted to fix a number of problems with Tesla vehicles – including improving the cars’ built-in web browser, which he said was too slow – but that the “overwhelming focus is on solving full self-driving”.

Mr Musk added that the feature was “essential. It’s really the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money or worth basically zero”.

What Does Full Self-Driving Not Do?
Despite its name, Full Self-Driving does not enable a Tesla to completely drive itself as it does not enable a Tesla to operate for an extended period of time with the driver’s hands off the steering wheel. The Tesla’s operator is still responsible for staying in the driver’s seat, paying attention to road conditions, staying alert and being ready to take over in any situation in which the Full Self-Driving system responds inappropriately. Full Self-Driving does not absolve a Tesla driver from the responsibility for the safe operation of the vehicle. If Full Self-Driving operates improperly and a crash occurs as a result, Full Self-Driving does not take responsibility for that incident, nor does Tesla.

As of early 2025, Tesla notes that if the company detects improper use of Full Self-Driving, the system will be suspended in that vehicle.

This wasn't exactly a silver bullet for Tesla's worried shareholders, though it may have calmed a few; the automaker's cratering share price crept up a couple of percentage points on (2025-03-21) Friday morning. "What I'm saying is, hang on to your stock," Musk said during the meeting, which may have been his most important message.

We should believe him. Soon, after all, they will be referred to as Musk Schemes

[Fuzz]

FSD, two weeks away. Before the end of the year, for sure.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

FSD, two weeks away. Before the end of the year, for sure.

China is probably going to beat Tesla to FSD.

[Wastedyouth]

https://people.com/donald-trump-new-...r-him-11701407

He gets more ridiculous by the day. I know this is small potatoes in the big picture, but my goodness.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Wastedyouth

https://people.com/donald-trump-new-...r-him-11701407

He gets more ridiculous by the day. I know this is small potatoes in the big picture, but my goodness.

So a jet fighter that is going to be orange and suck?

[KelVarnsen]

Well its Boeing so it will suck

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

Well its Boeing so it will suck

You just wait until you see it, that thing is gonna blow the doors off.