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Politics President Trump holds notes on the pricing of Tesla vehicles as he speaks at the White House

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u/NSA_Chatbot 24d ago

The US Secret Service won't let any sitting or former president or vice president drive on a public road.

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u/Excellent_Egg7586 24d ago

Maybe they should... ???...

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u/NSA_Chatbot 24d ago

I don't care if it's the special airbus, the people's tesla, or the magic cheeseburger, I just wanna read the headline.

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u/dbbill_371 24d ago

Will he fit in a ford pinto?

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u/goilo888 24d ago

With a couple propane tanks in the back?

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u/holysirsalad 24d ago

Elon keeps saying self-driving is ready to go, why not let his beat buddy demonstrate to the world?

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u/pinkocatgirl 24d ago

The Vice President is allowed to drive 6 months after leaving office because their Secret Service protection expires. The Secret Service won't let anyone under their protection drive, and former Presidents get SS protection for life.

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u/mrce 24d ago

Might wanna consider that abbreviation on the former presidents, but sure is fitting for the current one.

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u/Dduwies_Gymreig 24d ago

Now it’ll be the actual SS too.

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u/rp1105 24d ago

does that mean Biden talked all that shit about his Corvette and he can't even drive it?

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u/hockeycross 24d ago

Yes he took it on one last drive before flying to DC for his inauguration.

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u/rp1105 24d ago

i fully believe you but this sounds so ridiculous 😂 I guess I can't believe I haven't heard of it before

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u/somdude04 23d ago

He drove it on a private road for Jay Leno's show, if I recall correctly

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u/OrganizationNo1298 24d ago

I'm sure Commander Cheeto will try to pull Biden's detail like he did with that Pentagon chief that stood up to him his 1st term.

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u/Biggydoggo 23d ago

Biden doesn't have any secret service protection. Trump removed it from him about as soon as he could.

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u/dosdoggies 23d ago

He does. A president can’t remove secret service from a former president - it’s not up to them. I believe you’re thinking of Trump revoking Biden’s security clearance which means Biden can’t get intelligence updates (which is something all former presidents get daily). Petty as hell

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u/Biggydoggo 23d ago

Alright. Why are former presidents given insider information, though?

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u/dosdoggies 23d ago

I just went down a rabbit hole about this. It’s interesting - it’s honestly just “a courtesy”. So there’s no actual reason other than former presidents have been given them when they leave office by the sitting president. FWIW Biden revoked Trumps in 2021. This article talks a bit about it:

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/08/nx-s1-5290912/trump-revoke-biden-security-clearance-history-explainer

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u/tmurf5387 24d ago

When was the last time Trump even drove a car himself? Hell, theres probably pretty good odds hes never even had a drivers license. Even if he does, I can almost guarantee he hasnt driven on the road since before The Apprentice or maybe when his father passed his fortune down to him.

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u/SixCardRoulette 24d ago

When he grabbed the steering wheel that time, probably

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u/serpicodegallo 24d ago

it's cute you think anyone on the USSS would do anything to stop this deranged menace from doing whatever he wants

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u/madcoins 24d ago

even when they get slipped a little of that sweet USAID money that was going to be for *checks notes free trans surgeries and terrorist condoms?!

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u/cboogie 24d ago

Well now can turn on full self driving.

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u/Alternative-Virus542 24d ago

Thank God for that on behalf of the rest of driving America

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u/ChewieBearStare 24d ago

I just learned that this morning, thanks to this idiocy, so at least it was a learning opportunity?

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u/winged_skunk 24d ago

……….yet!

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u/SirWernich 24d ago

sounds like it's time for another executive order

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u/Kiwi_bananas 24d ago

This reminds me of the time the New Zealand prime minister took a taxi without realising that its not really what a prime minister is supposed to do. Hopefully this link works  https://www.zmonline.com/shows/fletch-vaughan-hayley/jacinda-ardern-revealed-the-prime-ministerial-rule-that-shes-already-broken-to-fvm/