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return2ozma@lemmy.world to LGBTQ+@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 months ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Who Previously Backed Dems and LGBTQ+ Rights, Gives Trump's Inauguration $1M

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Apple CEO Tim Cook, Who Previously Backed Dems and LGBTQ+ Rights, Gives Trump's Inauguration $1M

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to LGBTQ+@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 months ago
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Cook has been cultivating a relationship with Trump since his first administration, the ‘Wall Street Journal’ reports.
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  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    almost as if there’s no such thing as a good ceo or billionaire

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    Yes, it’s almost like he pays both sides to have favour no matter who is in charge.

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      Yeah, they do that to both sides, check it out https://www.newsweek.com/tech-ceos-donations-donald-trump-joe-biden-inaugurations-compared-2010457

      He gave Biden a whooping $43,200 lol

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      in this case, it’s a hell of a lot cheaper to buy a politician than it is to suffer sales losses from material cost increases of 10-60% due to tariffs, or to try to buy production capacity off foxconn elsewhere to avoid them.

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    stop thinking tech bros are pro-lgbt or whatever liberal ideas, they just do whatever suit best for their stock. it was progressive agenda and it’s now conservative.

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    hbomberguy made a video about woke companies: they aren’t woke, they are just savvy and want money.

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    Enterprise risk management. It’s just a million dollars to avoid a billion dollar headache. Classic mob shakedown.

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