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no_hypocrisy

(54,369 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:32 AM Sep 2025

Don't fool yourselves. Trump has made himself the CEO of all

American corporations until further notice. And without accountability to the shareholders.

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Don't fool yourselves. Trump has made himself the CEO of all (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Sep 2025 OP
'Shareholders' aren't going to put up with it for long, imo. elleng Sep 2025 #1
Look at Disney's investors PJMcK Sep 2025 #4
RIGHT! elleng Sep 2025 #5
More PJMcK Sep 2025 #10
Trump thinks he is CEO of the entire world. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #2
Yep he's looking at Putin and particularly Xi for inspiration fujiyamasan Sep 2025 #3
I would use another term other than CEO. gab13by13 Sep 2025 #6
Naturally. rubbersole Sep 2025 #7
Of the entire planet malaise Sep 2025 #8
he's trying, doesn't mean he is-- and any company that lets him take control is going to lose LymphocyteLover Sep 2025 #9
So far they've allowed it D_Master81 Sep 2025 #11

PJMcK

(24,785 posts)
4. Look at Disney's investors
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:11 AM
Sep 2025

They want to know why ABC suspended a successful TV talk show over a joke

Corporations are not going to continue to "bend the knee." They can't afford the disruptive controversies

Irish_Dem

(80,026 posts)
2. Trump thinks he is CEO of the entire world.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:40 AM
Sep 2025

Other countries are his wholly owned subsidiaries.

rubbersole

(11,005 posts)
7. Naturally.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 06:46 AM
Sep 2025

It's because "he has a very big brrrain 🧠..."

(First they came for the corporations - and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a corporation.)

LymphocyteLover

(9,409 posts)
9. he's trying, doesn't mean he is-- and any company that lets him take control is going to lose
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 07:00 AM
Sep 2025

one way or another.

D_Master81

(2,344 posts)
11. So far they've allowed it
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 07:53 AM
Sep 2025

You get what you get when you let someone like Trump run over you. They’ve eaten the tariffs so far. How long will they continue to do that?

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