The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. A document obtained by NPR shows the Biden plan was far smaller.

Summary

A leaked State Department document revealed plans for a $400 million contract potentially favoring Tesla, despite earlier denials.

The document indicated an aggressive bid for armored electric vehicles linked to Trump-era revisions, while Biden’s administration had only budgeted $483,000 for a related study.

Experts questioned the feasibility of using Tesla’s Cybertruck due to technical and safety issues, with Musk and the White House downplaying the deal.

Critics and security professionals expressed skepticism about replacing traditional armored vehicles with modified EVs.

  • jonne@infosec.pub
    11·
    15 hours ago

    Yep, Democrats had 4 years to lock the guy up, and they didn’t, because it was more important to look bipartisan and pick a Republican AG.

    • Tja@programming.dev
      31·
      7 hours ago

      I mean, are we blaming now the democrats for everything trump does?

      There’s at least two entities I would put more blame on:

      -trump

      -republicans

      • jonne@infosec.pub
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Republicans are basically like rabid dogs. They’re going to do the predictable thing of fascism. Democrats are the ones that refused to put it down when they had a chance and instead tried to reason with it.

      • earphone843@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        31·
        5 hours ago

        It’s definitely on the justice department for not executing a seditious traitor.

        Also, Biden could have just shot Trump in the face and suffered no legal consequences.