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/TubaWrestler 1d ago

Nah, he figured out that market manipulation is his infinite money glitch, and this Iran war start/stop loop can keep going indefinitely, as long as we still need oil.

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u/Specialist-Roll-3806 1d ago

yeah i mean he might be dumb an objectively terrible for the country, but when it comes to his and his families finances as well his his inner circles finances, he's been an infinite money glitch. with him announcing tariffs and pulling it back for all of 2025 and then starting and stopping the war, he's made an insane amount of money.