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no_hypocrisy

(53,178 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:32 AM 3 hrs ago

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 3 hrs ago OP
'Shareholders' aren't going to put up with it for long, imo. elleng 3 hrs ago #1
Look at Disney's investors PJMcK 3 hrs ago #4
RIGHT! elleng 2 hrs ago #5
More PJMcK 44 min ago #10
Trump thinks he is CEO of the entire world. Irish_Dem 3 hrs ago #2
Yep he's looking at Putin and particularly Xi for inspiration fujiyamasan 3 hrs ago #3
I would use another term other than CEO. gab13by13 1 hr ago #6
Naturally. rubbersole 1 hr ago #7
Of the entire planet malaise 1 hr ago #8
he's trying, doesn't mean he is-- and any company that lets him take control is going to lose LymphocyteLover 1 hr ago #9
So far they've allowed it D_Master81 17 min ago #11

PJMcK

(24,243 posts)
4. Look at Disney's investors
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 06:11 AM
3 hrs ago

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

(75,315 posts)
2. Trump thinks he is CEO of the entire world.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:40 AM
3 hrs ago

Other countries are his wholly owned subsidiaries.

rubbersole

(10,605 posts)
7. Naturally.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 07:46 AM
1 hr ago

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

(8,802 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, 08:00 AM
1 hr ago

one way or another.

D_Master81

(2,215 posts)
11. So far they've allowed it
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:53 AM
17 min ago

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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