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CA_Curmudgeon's avatar

How can the Uber rich support Trump? The stock markets thrive on stability. Trump is an agent of chaos; a total loose cannon. He will pull out of NATO, place tariffs on a whim, and, at the drop of a hat, turn on any industry if he sees it as being in his own interest. He will send the economies of the world into downward spirals. His decrees to block ALL vaccine mandates guarantee the US an epidemic of measles, or polio, of whooping cough,... He plans to destroy the ACA. How is any of this good for the economy?

Corporations generally have no moral code but "Make more money." So why do they support Trump and other MAGAs? I understand they want deregulation. But the cost of getting that with him could bankrupt them.

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Bruce Lawrence's avatar

You're thinking about this wrong. It's not about what they hope Trump will do FOR them. It's about what they fear he will do TO them if they don't donate. It's extortion.

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E2's avatar

They think he will break things only enough for them to exploit opportunities. Profits will exceed costs, they wager.

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