• Snot Flickerman
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    commit to buying military cybertrucks

    I just want to be clear that they order was for armored Teslas in general, not specifically Cybertrucks.

    Armored vehicles tend to be standard vehicles retrofitted with armor. This could mean any model of Tesla, not specifically the Cybertruck, especially since Musk already suspended Cybertruck production at the end of 2024.

    I just keep seeing repeat that it’s going to be Cybertrucks but literally the evidence does not bear out it being Cybertrucks, especially since production of Cybertrucks was already suspended.

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    Also, assuming it’s a Cybertruck is literally buying into and re-enforcing the marketing of the Cybertruck being a powerful armored vehicle to begin with. We all know that’s not true.

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      Valid point, though still key point is… They are getting the US government to buy tesla’s… which helps take some of the load off needing consumers to buy them.

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        Yes, that is the main point, but we undermine the main point by making up bullshit.

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          Point is fair, edited my original comment. It’s not as much making up bullshit as attempting to interpret a vague order, and more or less giving it how most the media has interpreted it.