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by throw0101c 476 days ago
> This is an honest question, in good faith. How so? I'm just curious, an interesting thought.

Giving more money to Tesla is giving more power to Musk, who is helping Trump and others achieve implement policies:

* https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977njnvq2do

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025

On the eco stuff specifically, Trump literally said that climate change was a Chinese hoax:

* https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/03/hillary-cl...

* https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/trump-clings-to-inaccurate...

* https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trump-issues-execut...

Most recently "Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global [IPCC] climate report":

* https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/climate/trump-blocks-scientis...

These are things even oil-man Dubya Bush didn't do.