Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas

Tesla sales CRASHING  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pORPkpL2K1I

Tesla stock CRASHING https://www.barrons.com/articles/tesla-stock-musk-openai-6fe62be5

Tesla sales CRASHING worldwide down 63% https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/tesla-sales-collapse-by-up-to-63-in-france-germany-and-uk/ar-AA1yxjLC

Your Tesla Truck is a POS https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39424583

(Oh yeah... but... but .... our Glorious Leader is FIGHTING CORRUPTION!!)

from NPR

The Trump administration is expected to purchase $400 million worth of armored Tesla vehicles, according to a new State Department document detailing procurement for fiscal year 2025.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk is a top White House official who has been leading the Department of Government Efficiency, a unit focused on shrinking the federal workforce and ferreting out corruption.

The document does not specify what Tesla vehicles will be purchased by U.S. officials, but Musk's Cybertruck, with its militaristic design and stainless steel exterior, could be an option.

After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed.

Responding to a segment by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow about the $400 million contract, Musk wrote on X on Wednesday night: "Hey @Maddow, why the lie?"

The State Department and Musk did not return requests for comment.

Musk, who spent more than a quarter-billion dollars to help elect Trump, has used an X account devoted to DOGE to highlight what he views as excessive or unnecessary federal contracts...

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