Re: Elon Musk versus the intelligence community

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:53:03 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

Your Name wrote:

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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.

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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?

I would expect a former President would be able to do what ever they
want with a vehicle. In Trump's case I don't know when the last time
he actually drove a car so there's that issue. Of course from a
security aspect I could see the Secret Service not wanting someone
else to drive the vehicle.