I don't know if Trump is even thinking that far. But if he was, owning a Tesla is now political suicide on the left and the right considers EVs as scams imposed on people under the guise of climate action. So in the end, all car prices rise, no jobs come back, spending pressures and personal debt increase, and Telsa continues to spiral.
The Trump Presidency : Part 2
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Don't forget the lost jobs from foreign car importer and their subsidiaries (ads marketing, mechanics, salesperson etc)
It'll end badly
It'll end badly
I don't know why, but after all the shit this gouvernement already dished out, after decissions that directly harmed many people, this is what really makes me shiver: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presiden...storing-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/
They are rewriting History. They are imposing an idealizing founding myth. This is so textbook fascist.
They are rewriting History. They are imposing an idealizing founding myth. This is so textbook fascist.
They don't but they all blame it on Biden like their favorite president does.So basically the price of cars will go up for all Americans.
You couldn't make this shit up.
Meanwhile the price of gas, eggs, etc are all still high. I hope the maga types are enjoying the ride.
I was never particularly interested in US history and only started hearing of the "founding Fathers" in recent years and just that phrase gives me the shivers.
Rightly so. It's such a horrible euphemism. We're talking about a Nation built on a ferocious genocide.
And subsequent mass slavery and segregation of various kinds.
Maybe they should club him and say that they made a mistake they took him to be a seal
Plus the wage costs of producing in the US is likely much higher than in importing countries. Chances are the tariffs move the break even point below profitability at the current prices. Tariffs are making supply chains less efficient and somebody has to pay for that and we all know who that somebody ends up being.
And then take the leadership of a globally exploiting world order to keep up the illusion of eternal growth.
U.S. Presses French Companies to Comply With Trump’s Anti-Diversity Policies
A letter from the American Embassy in France gave firms that do business with the U.S. government five days to indicate their agreement.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/business/france-trump-diversity-inclusion.html
Even a non American business needs to comply with U.S. policies while not being on U.S. soil?! This is bullying.
I work for a U.S tech consultant company here in Sweden. They "rolled" back their DEI policies but truthfully, I haven't noticed anything different. I guess they're just paying lip service to that bleached coconut and his gang of miscreants. But going for non-US companies? The sooner Europe divest from U.S the better.
No surprise, our company has a lot of business in the US and was quickly forced to refer to GOM as gulf of America
I wonder if any big non America corps based in the US are considering pulling out
Sounds expensive
That’s a bridge too far.
Imagine an European embassy in Washington telling a U.S. business that operates on U.S. soil to follow the policies of their government. I would be outraged.
This administration is trying to decide for everyone how to conduct themselves. We are back to the age where the powerful decide all.
Not if they relocate to somewhere like Romania
If They Are based in the US its to make money in the US market?
A gravy seal?
If these companies are monetarely impacted, they will change it without hesitation. Then is and armwrestlkng between what they can get away with between what US asked them to do and each countries laws.
Companies dont want to comply with DEI policies. Is bc they are forced. If that would not be the case, these laws and policies would not be needed. And anything volunterally would be optics due to marketing
How can you revoke the security clearance for Biden? How is that allowed? wtf 
edit: I misread it as security cover.. not clearance.
edit: I misread it as security cover.. not clearance.
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That is not neccesarily true, it depends on where the 'producing' is done, if you thought slavery had been abolished in the US then think again, it's alive and well and thriving
The US is well known for the number of people it incarcerates, what is less known, is what all those prisoners do, if you live in America you are almost certainly using or consuming something that was passed thru the prison system on a daily basis
I was thinking more like some European firms who have headquarters elsewhere but may have a satellite office in NYC or something. Anyway it was just a thought
He doesn't need one, in this case it's revenge, Biden revoked Trunp's security clearance when he was the PresidentHow can you revoke the security clearance for Biden? How is that allowed? wtf
To be fair, Biden did the same to Trump.How can you revoke the security clearance for Biden? How is that allowed? wtf
Rightly so.
Fair enough then.
and I misread that as security cover.. I thought that was revoked as he did with Faucci.
Former presidents should have some security cover for life..
I'm sure that's the case with most, but the company I work for headquartered in Georgia have held numerous meetings about how they're going to carry on with the policies and don't care about what Trump says about it. That comes from the CEO's background to be fair, and they've always been central to the business.
How can you revoke the security clearance for Biden? How is that allowed? wtf
Its all political theater. In the case of ex-Presidents, they occasionally get briefings after leaving office, but its not necessary (the reasoning is to give them more information in case they do any public speaking about international politics). The rest of the list are irrelevant since most of them are either pundits or retired.
It's not every company though, only those that act as contractors to the US government. The ideologic zealotry required to mandate this from suppliers is batshit though. Sad thing is most will just kowtow to their demands.
I work for a European company that has it's HQ in London and comprises of 4 divisions that have offices all over the world including many in the US, we have DEI policies that if anything are being doubled down on.
The company does a significant amount of work for the US Government with contracts worth $100's of millions covering multiple agancies.
Whilst I don't work in those areas I've noticed in internal communications that employees are saying or doing things that are bound to annoy the likes of Trump and Musk, Twitter is slowly being dropped for BlueSky, scientific and medical journals are publishing Editorials condemning what's going on in areas like the CDC, FDA, NIH and so on
Great to hear they aren’t caving into bullies
We'll have to see what happens I guess, as a publicly traded company with a hugely complicated structure, it's quoted on multiple stock markets
A lot of the revenue comes from Government contracts and from educational establishments worldwide, I can see there being conflcts which might be problematic, the company may have to make a choice/stand on what policies and there might be financial consequernces because of it
Sure, there are hundreds of thousands of companies and milliones of small business owners. But i can tell you that your company is in the vast minority and the bigger the least they care and closer to prefer tk get rid of a "nuisance" that only adds bureaucracy
I mean they kind of already do with things like GDPR (digital privacy laws) and AOF (animal origin free) regulations. My company had to spend truckloads of money to ensure GDPR compliance and convert many of our diagnostic products to AOF.
I'd assume that your office in the US is actually a US company then?
Only because you cater to European customers, to be fair.
Yes. Many multinationals only comply because of the brussels effect. Then they disguise it their countries of origins as their choice