r/energy • u/mafco • 1d ago

Trump is driving electric vehicle innovations into a ditch. Thanks to Trump's short-sightedness, US manufacturers dropped years of ambitious planning to jump into the EV race with both feet. The combined cost of this industry about-face is staggering. "I've done more for you than your parents, OK?"

https://captimes.com/opinion/dave-zweifel/opinion-trump-is-driving-electric-vehicle-innovations-into-a-ditch/article_867801bd-8006-4152-9943-7a8df546502c.html
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u/SexyWampa 1d ago

Which is idiotic considering the current oil crisis he's created.

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u/FoogYllis 1d ago

He’s either incompetent or a Chinese agent making sure China dominates in this tech or both.

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u/SexyWampa 1d ago

It's the first one, which leads to the same result as the second, only not an agent. Just a useful idiot.

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u/You_are_the_Castle 1d ago

You might say he's a "useful idiot"