Despite all his opposition, the billionaire seen in President Donald Trump’s orbit since taking his second duties last November on President Donald Trump’s orbit is now against his administration It’s not just sycophants.
Former Washington Post political cartoonist Anne Ternus should know. Last month, Telnaes left her job after the editor refused to publish what turned out to be the last comic in the newspaper. Among them, Telnaes has included Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon and Washington Post, Patrick Soon-Shiong, owner of Los Angeles Times, Openai billionaire Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, and Mickey Mouse (Media Giant Disney/) (representing the American Broadcasting Company) on your knees or face down in front of a statue of the President.
In explaining her decision to resign from the post, Telnaes said, “The owner of such a press is responsible for protecting its free press.” For Terna and other critics, billions The attempts of Megacollopation with the ally have them act like yes men as they work to protect business interests and government contracts to curry favor with Trump.
Paying allegiance to Trump may seem like billionaires and trillion dollar companies are hoping to become aspiring dictators. But that seems like that. Zuckerberg’s recent appeal with shareholders is one example. Zuckerberg praised Trump for supporting companies like Meta in revealing good news about market share profits and higher than expected profits since the end of 2024. “We are proud of our big companies, we have a US administration that prioritizes the victory of American technology and protects value and interests overseas. We are optimistic about the progress and innovation that this can unlock. ”
For wealthy and large businesses, the ultimate goal is for Trump to protect their bottom as a way to end them. If you need a bent knee or enthusiastic praise to gain market share and more power over the federal wallet, that’s right.
The easiest way to see billionaires actually use Trump to reset federal priorities and not allowing them to decide terms is to have one with Trump over the past year. It’s about looking at the relationship. It took billions of billions of billions of people, including Elon Musk, Miriam Adelson and Linda McMahon, and was poured into Trump’s 2024 presidential election. During the post-election transition, Musk, Altman, Vivek Lamaswamy and Apple’s Tim Cook, as well as trillion dollar companies such as Amazon, Meta, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, also have Trump’s $150 million Millions of dollars have been donated to the inauguration fund. In the past few months, Disney-ABC settled a honour-loss lawsuit filed by Trump for $15 million, and Meta banned Trump from Facebook and Instagram after the January 6th 2021 riot I made a payment.
At least, with such a huge sum involved, the billionaire set is paying Trump for a major role in his administration. Of course, their actions include increased access to government contracts for their businesses and general access and influence to the president who set future economic and social policies domestically and abroad. There is probably a reason. Whatever their reasons, these capitalists and businesses aren’t giving this money to Trump simply out of respect.
Another way of measuring how billionaires class uses cards has been through his activities since he officially took office on January 20th. Probably a business-friendly order. Since taking office, Trump has signed and implemented dozens of executive orders. Certainly, some of these orders have roots in Project 2025, or are primarily Islamophobia, xenophobia, misogyny, anti-black, and transphobic.
These include executive orders such as protecting women from gender ideological extremism, restoring biological truths to the federal government, protecting children from chemical and surgical amputations, and protecting Americans from invasion. Masu. But some of Trump’s orders also concern 1% profit and massive deregulation, as well as further deregulation of business concerns and reduced federal oversight. These types of orders include declaring a national energy emergency, establishing and implementing the president’s “government efficiency” and solving American energy. Trump’s order abandons clean energy initiatives aimed at stopping climate change, allowing businessmen like Musk and Lamaswamy to regulate how the federal government regulates their businesses It was also something that happened.
Perhaps the most drastic and damaging thing about Trump’s dict order came in the form of an order issued by his administration to halt federal agencies’ work. For example, the Department of Health and Human Services Bureau has directed various agencies to suspend all communication updates, public presentations, research studies and related travel. Institutions, particularly the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute of Health, have stopped their work. Some of this could be Trump’s way back to these agencies to show off him in the first year of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Or, working to prevent the next pandemic will ultimately benefit private industries, particularly pharmaceutical companies.
Flaps surrounding Trump administration memos to management and the Budget Bureau at the end of January illegally suspending all federal grants and loans, leading to a day of rage. “The use of federal resources to promote Marxist equity, transgenderism, and the Green New Deal social engineering policy is a waste of taxpayer dollars that do not improve the daily lives of the people we serve.” This was the excuse Trump used to try to shut down a potentially hundreds of millions of dollars of pre-approved federal budget.
Everything from the food assistance budgets for WIC, SNAP and school lunch programs to federally subsidized student loans would fall under this order. Only, the national nonprofit has filed a motion in federal district court that, in collaboration with the advancement of NGO democracy, blocked the implementation of Trump’s plans. The main reason for this move is to find the $500 million needed for Trump’s AI (AI) plan, known as the Stargate Initiative. I actually have money.” This may also be why Musk and his aides were directly involved in accessing sensitive government databases, including Social Security numbers, federal workers’ pay grades, and Social Security and Medicare payment systems. .
“In fact, the Trump administration is extremely capable of achieving its main goals. It removes America to the most bidders and sells it to the highest bidders,” says author and journalist Sarah Kenjiol. wrote about Trump’s first term, hidden by the outlook. billionaires set, and the large corporations they represent bend their knees and pay tribute to his ring as if he were a king or mafia boss, kissing his ring The idea of doing so is hardly true. They work hard to make sure their visible worship hides more and more visible grips in the power and wallets of the presidency and the US government.
Because it’s Trump and the second power that allows them to get closer to their ultimate goal. A capitalist system that is not unchecked by the power of democratic institutions and governmental regulations. Despite all the appearances, the narcissistic robber baron elite is in the process of making Trump and the US government their dolls, not the other way around.
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