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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Elon Musk versus the intelligence community
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:53:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>Your Name wrote:

>>Trump the Chump bought a Tesla car solely to show "support"
>>for Muskrat's ailing car company, but that car has 37 recall
>>notices for problems that require fixing before he can even
>>drive it (not that he ever will of course, it's purely a
>>publicity stunt). 

>He wouldn't be allowed to drive it anyway. It's a rule that
>Presidents of the USA (and former Presidents) are not allowed to
>drive any motor vehicle on a public road. So for Trump to drive
>a car, Tesla or otherwise, it would need to be on a private road
>and with Secret Service approval... which makes it even more
>obvious why Trump bought the Tesla, it could only be to show
>support for Elon Musk.

>I only learned this from CNN last week when Donald Trump was
>doing his PR stunt to help out his mate.

As a former president is just a citizen/taxpayer, what's the national
security issue? Isn't there any flexibility allowed in the security
detail?