return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 年前Trump says he has 'no choice' but to support electric vehicles because Elon Musk 'endorsed me very strongly'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1804arrow-down122
arrow-up1782arrow-down1external-linkTrump says he has 'no choice' but to support electric vehicles because Elon Musk 'endorsed me very strongly'www.businessinsider.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 年前message-square120fedilink
minus-squareIronKrill@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 年前What the parent comment is saying is the implication is that without Elon’s money, he wouldn’t consider EVs. So same meaning.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前Saying that he “has no choice” now doesn’t really sound like he’s the one in control of the decision. That’s definitely not the same thing.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 年前No, he said the converse. “Opposite” would necessarily suggest a different outcome (i.e. Musk not beholden to Trump). (Haven’t had a logic course in literal decades, so maybe someone can correct me if I’m misremembering. I forget how to draw those logic square thingies…)
He actually said the opposite here.
What the parent comment is saying is the implication is that without Elon’s money, he wouldn’t consider EVs. So same meaning.
Saying that he “has no choice” now doesn’t really sound like he’s the one in control of the decision. That’s definitely not the same thing.
No, he said the converse.
“Opposite” would necessarily suggest a different outcome (i.e. Musk not beholden to Trump).
(Haven’t had a logic course in literal decades, so maybe someone can correct me if I’m misremembering. I forget how to draw those logic square thingies…)
You’re right, thanks.