WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME…NOT YOU…JUST ME!
I’ve seen this movie before: rich people currying favor with a powerful president. But this isn’t before, and Trump is different.
There’s a similar vibe from the titans of industry. Tech billionaires are popping up all over the place trying to curry favor with the once and future president. We learned that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund after meeting with him at Mar-a-Lago.
Not to be outdone, we learned that Jeff Bezos’ Amazon is also donating a million dollars to the inauguration. Bezos says he looks forward to working with the president-elect. “If we’re talking about Trump, I think it’s very interesting,” Bezos told Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit last week. “I’m actually very optimistic this time around. ... I’m very hopeful about his — he seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. My point of view, if I can help him do that, I’m gonna help him.” (Chris Hayes)
Bezos says he is “…very optimistic this time…” Really, Jeff, you just dismiss his 34 count Felonies, his crime of rape, his removing and stealing state secrets, his attempted act of insurrection… All of that history, which impacted our sense of Justice, Law and Order, and Decency, is just like dust in the wind. We are not as bilioniared as you are, Jeff, but dude, we are not dumb as shit either…You have plans, Jeff, selfish, self-serving plans, so I suppose you can just say fuck you, the rest of America. And you Zuckie, you too, jumping on this Felon, rapist bandwagon…what self-serving purposes do you have.
A Long live King Donald, or is it Il Duce Donald, or is it a round of Heil Trump…but it always ends up being “WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME!”
