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And the state department is going to buy 400M worth. We live in a strange timeline.

by josefritzishere 2y ago

wahnfrieden 2y ago
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- ivewonyoung 2y ago
  Yea, not sure why the Biden admin was bribing Musk with that contract.
  - ceejayoz 2y ago
    The solicitation appears to have gone out under Biden. It's a little unclear to me when the contract was awarded. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/13/us-department-of-state-plans-to-spend-400m-on-tesla-armoured-vehicles-elon-musk https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/13/us-depart... > The government spokesperson said the previous administration under Joe Biden had put out a request for armoured electric vehicles, but only one unnamed company had responded.
    - ivewonyoung 2y ago
      I believe the solicitation put out by the previous govt read "Armored Tesla Vehicles" and not EVs. I think it was changed to EVs recently? And the sole bidder was a company that would acquire the EVs and harden it I guess?
    - wahnfrieden 2y ago
      Hi! There are updates to this story which you can find now in mainstream coverage: - Biden’s approved budget was $483,000 - Trump’s administration inflated the budget item to $400,000,000 You treated the current administration’s lies as credible when they were completely fabricated in order to cover their ass
lenerdenator 2y ago
The thing is, it's not strange at all. Graft and corruption were the usual way throughout most of history. Over the last 80 or so years, we have, at least every once in a while, tried tackling those issues. For a variety of reasons mainly related to economics, the US government is now headed by people who want to return to the old ways, mainly for their personal enrichment. So it's, I don't know, 80 years of attempts to do better, and ~5920 years of the status quo. Elections have consequences.
- wahnfrieden 2y ago
  DNC cozied up to one of the last big ones to do it, Cheney, with Halliburton contracts Edit: No, Dick was eagerly welcomed for his support. Liz helped spread the message of his support
  - trust_bt_verify 2y ago
    Liz Cheney, the Republican who was elected by Republicans as a Republican to congress? I agree with your sentiment though, Democrats reach across the aisle far too often.
- theonething 2y ago
  The thing is, the solicitation was initiated under the Biden administration and when Trump/Musk found out about it, they actually halted it [0] > Vehicles made by Elon Musk’s company were on a purchase list issued before Donald Trump was inaugurated, and before Mr. Musk became one of the president’s top advisers.[1] Sorry, but the basis for your narrative just blew up. But I'm sure you'll try to find a way to blame Trump/Musk for this anyway. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administration-order-400-million-worth-of-armored-teslas https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administrati... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/state-dept-armored-teslas.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/state-dept-ar...
  - lenerdenator 2y ago
    I'll keep that in mind as a guy has his interns plumb around in sensitive government computer systems for... reasons... with no statutory or constitutional authority to do so. Completely benevolent reasons, I'm sure. You don't get to the levels of wealth that Trump and Musk have attained without thoroughly screwing over a lot of people. One contract being halted doesn't exonerate them from that.
ben_w 2y ago
Hmm. Doesn't that work out close to about 12% of all Cybertruck sales to date?
theonething 2y ago
Wow, this false statement and these comments just falling in line with the leftist narrative even when it's based on pure lies. Here are the facts. - this solicitation for purchasing armored electric vehicles was initiated by the Biden administration. - when Trump/Musk found out about this, they actually halted it > In a statement, the State Department said the contract started in the Biden administration "to explore interest from private companies to produce armored electric vehicles." >Tesla was the only company to express interest in the department's request at the time. >Typically the next step would be "an official solicitation" for vehicle manufacturers to bid. But the solicitation is now on hold, according to a State Department spokesperson. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administration-order-400-million-worth-of-armored-teslas https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administrati...

And the state department is going to buy 400M worth. We live in a strange timeline.

wahnfrieden 2y ago

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ivewonyoung 2y ago
Yea, not sure why the Biden admin was bribing Musk with that contract.
- ceejayoz 2y ago
  The solicitation appears to have gone out under Biden. It's a little unclear to me when the contract was awarded. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/13/us-department-of-state-plans-to-spend-400m-on-tesla-armoured-vehicles-elon-musk https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/13/us-depart... > The government spokesperson said the previous administration under Joe Biden had put out a request for armoured electric vehicles, but only one unnamed company had responded.
  - ivewonyoung 2y ago
    I believe the solicitation put out by the previous govt read "Armored Tesla Vehicles" and not EVs. I think it was changed to EVs recently? And the sole bidder was a company that would acquire the EVs and harden it I guess?
  - wahnfrieden 2y ago
    Hi! There are updates to this story which you can find now in mainstream coverage: - Biden’s approved budget was $483,000 - Trump’s administration inflated the budget item to $400,000,000 You treated the current administration’s lies as credible when they were completely fabricated in order to cover their ass

lenerdenator 2y ago

The thing is, it's not strange at all. Graft and corruption were the usual way throughout most of history. Over the last 80 or so years, we have, at least every once in a while, tried tackling those issues. For a variety of reasons mainly related to economics, the US government is now headed by people who want to return to the old ways, mainly for their personal enrichment. So it's, I don't know, 80 years of attempts to do better, and ~5920 years of the status quo. Elections have consequences.

wahnfrieden 2y ago
DNC cozied up to one of the last big ones to do it, Cheney, with Halliburton contracts Edit: No, Dick was eagerly welcomed for his support. Liz helped spread the message of his support
- trust_bt_verify 2y ago
  Liz Cheney, the Republican who was elected by Republicans as a Republican to congress? I agree with your sentiment though, Democrats reach across the aisle far too often.
theonething 2y ago
The thing is, the solicitation was initiated under the Biden administration and when Trump/Musk found out about it, they actually halted it [0] > Vehicles made by Elon Musk’s company were on a purchase list issued before Donald Trump was inaugurated, and before Mr. Musk became one of the president’s top advisers.[1] Sorry, but the basis for your narrative just blew up. But I'm sure you'll try to find a way to blame Trump/Musk for this anyway. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administration-order-400-million-worth-of-armored-teslas https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administrati... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/state-dept-armored-teslas.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/state-dept-ar...
- lenerdenator 2y ago
  I'll keep that in mind as a guy has his interns plumb around in sensitive government computer systems for... reasons... with no statutory or constitutional authority to do so. Completely benevolent reasons, I'm sure. You don't get to the levels of wealth that Trump and Musk have attained without thoroughly screwing over a lot of people. One contract being halted doesn't exonerate them from that.

ben_w 2y ago

Hmm. Doesn't that work out close to about 12% of all Cybertruck sales to date?

theonething 2y ago

Wow, this false statement and these comments just falling in line with the leftist narrative even when it's based on pure lies. Here are the facts. - this solicitation for purchasing armored electric vehicles was initiated by the Biden administration. - when Trump/Musk found out about this, they actually halted it > In a statement, the State Department said the contract started in the Biden administration "to explore interest from private companies to produce armored electric vehicles." >Tesla was the only company to express interest in the department's request at the time. >Typically the next step would be "an official solicitation" for vehicle manufacturers to bid. But the solicitation is now on hold, according to a State Department spokesperson. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administration-order-400-million-worth-of-armored-teslas https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g-s1-48571/trump-administrati...