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Blue_Tires

(57,218 posts)
10. Like I said the other day
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:07 PM
Dec 24

If presidential policy is 100 percent transactional, if everything is strictly pay-for-play and pay-for-access then any corporation is not only foolish to not ante up and reserve their place at the table, they're falling behind their competitors...

Nevermind the fact that we all know Donnie isn't above passing petty bits of "revenge legislation" just to punish companies that displease him...

The real problem is so much of Donnie's grifting has been 100% normalized that nobody in the media even knows what "corruption" is anymore. And those who do know won't say lest Donnie and Elmer threaten to shut them down or sue them to bankruptcy...

NBC and ABC have already set a really ugly precedent for obediently falling in line... It's all downhill from here.

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Bribes, not donations Auggie Dec 24 #1
Bribes going directly into Trump's pocket. Irish_Dem Dec 24 #2
But, there won't be any grifting, right? MineralMan Dec 24 #3
Naming rights... sarisataka Dec 24 #4
Joining General Motors and Ford MichMan Dec 24 #5
Like I said the other day Blue_Tires Dec 24 #10
What the fuck ? kacekwl Dec 24 #6
Dang Owl Dec 24 #7
Is President Musk ok with this? Rstrstx Dec 24 #8
Bah HUMBUG FU toyota Cha Dec 24 #9
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