State Department Scrubs Tesla From Armored Vehicle Purchase List After Conflict-of-Interest Concerns
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:50 am
Armored Teslas for the State Department A Musk-led Cost-Cutting Initiative Gone Wrong?
So, the State Department was apparently planning to drop a cool $400 million on armored Teslas. Cybertrucks, maybe? Makes a certain kind of sense, I guess. But the real kicker is this was happening under the watchful eye of Elon Musk himself, head of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE, really?). The same Elon Musk who's been railing against government spending on X. Irony, anyone?
This raises some serious questions. Is this a legitimate need, or just another example of cronyism? Is Musk playing both sides, decrying waste while profiting from it? And what about the optics of this whole thing? It just seems… messy.
What do you all think? Is this a smart move, a blatant conflict of interest, or something else entirely? Let's hear your takes. This could get interesting.
So, the State Department was apparently planning to drop a cool $400 million on armored Teslas. Cybertrucks, maybe? Makes a certain kind of sense, I guess. But the real kicker is this was happening under the watchful eye of Elon Musk himself, head of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE, really?). The same Elon Musk who's been railing against government spending on X. Irony, anyone?
This raises some serious questions. Is this a legitimate need, or just another example of cronyism? Is Musk playing both sides, decrying waste while profiting from it? And what about the optics of this whole thing? It just seems… messy.
What do you all think? Is this a smart move, a blatant conflict of interest, or something else entirely? Let's hear your takes. This could get interesting.