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This is correct. President Biden signed and Executive Order requiring the federal government to purchase EVs. The State Department was working towards that, including for armored vehicles. President Biden lost the election and that effort ended when President Trump rolled back Biden’s EOs. That’s the story.

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I think the story is that the Trump administration just got caught trying to pay a $400M kickback to Tesla.

The Biden EO was for less than 1% the attempted graft, and was not newsworthy.

The difference between $400m and $400k is approximately $400m

You didn’t read the article or chose to skip over several steps the administration took before rolling back the changes they introduced and then lying to cover their actions after they were questioned about it

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