Tesla, just Tesla

Tesla. Alone. Just Tesla — the only car maker exempted from tariffs. 

Let it not go unnoticed that Elon Musk headed DOGE, that he was given keys to chop and cut, chop and cut, while not chopping himself. A businessman doing business with the government who took a chainsaw to others and left his own government contracts unscathed.

But I speak not of that. I speak of car manufacturing. In America. And of tariffs. I speak of every car making facing some kind of tariff — except one.

You will argue that Trump simply rewarded those whose products were mostly made in America. As far as how much of the work is done in this country, Tesla is the most American of American cars. Right?

Look a little closer ...

You judge if it is corruption, for you can surely tell. Trump set a cutoff mark. A threshold. He exempted vehicles with 85 percent or more domestic content. Keep saying that sounds fair, but you won't be able to justify that position when you learn that just below the line were a good number of other vehicles: the Kia EVG is 80 percent American-made, the Ford F-150 is 82 percent American, and the Chevrolet Silverado EV is 81 percent American.

Trump drew the line right where it needed to be to cut everyone out but his friend. You, the reader can decide if that is corruption.

I'd say if it isn't corruption, corruption doesn't exist.