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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon'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
he's trying, doesn't mean he is-- and any company that lets him take control is going to lose
LymphocyteLover
1 hr ago
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elleng
(140,876 posts)1. 'Shareholders' aren't going to put up with it for long, imo.
PJMcK
(24,243 posts)4. Look at Disney's investors
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
Watch this:
Irish_Dem
(75,315 posts)2. Trump thinks he is CEO of the entire world.
Other countries are his wholly owned subsidiaries.
fujiyamasan
(723 posts)3. Yep he's looking at Putin and particularly Xi for inspiration
gab13by13
(29,871 posts)6. I would use another term other than CEO.
rubbersole
(10,605 posts)7. Naturally.
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.)
malaise
(289,475 posts)8. Of the entire planet
He will learn - or not
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
one way or another.
D_Master81
(2,215 posts)11. So far they've allowed it
You get what you get when you let someone like Trump run over you. Theyve eaten the tariffs so far. How long will they continue to do that?