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Trump claims electric car drivers have a 'disease'
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this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2026
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The "politicize everything" era will hopefully be just an era.
It's an energy source. It has no inherent political character. Putting the gov thumb on the scale to pick a different "winner" isn't better.
thumb on the scale like fossil fuel subsidies, tax breaks and not paying for externalities of emissions? Agreed.
I mean yeah, he is obviously trying to pick a winner here, namely "legacy automakers and dealerships".
And even assuming the POV of being fine with a sort of US-centric populist economic interventionism, you'd think it would make more sense to give people options. What's more resilient to foreign predations, a multifaceted automotive industry with various power sources, or one that is heavily reliant on importing a non-renewable commodity from stated geopolitical foes?
It is for the capitalist who controls entire markets now