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[–] DmMacniel 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

So, why should we care?

“He [Cook] said something that was interesting,” Trump said. “He said they’re using that to run their enterprise, meaning Europe is their enterprise. “I said, ‘That’s a lot... But Tim, I got to get elected first, but I’m not going to let them take advantage of our companies — that won’t, you know, be happening.’”

suure... but hey, when they don't pay, I guess its fine to the Orange man, that Cuck won't be able to sell in Europe, eh?

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago

Tim Cook: "I never spoke to him or said anything of that sort."

Probably

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"Tim said the EU is an enterprise, so I said; Tim, you're going to have to pay the service fees if you want to get me into office! That's how our enterprise works!"

What a joke, even when Trump is pretending to be, or imagining himself as a defender of democracy he's actually just expressing class-based corruption and running his politics as a pay-for-play service exclusive to billionaires and their companies.

I guess Elon Musk paid so much he got to do a VIP on stage appearance. A complete joke, total corruption. So bad he doesn't even recognise it in what he's saying.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I guess Elon Musk paid so much he got to do a VIP on stage appearance.

Donald Trump realized how easy it is to extort business dorks by promising them something vaguely beneficial in the future for a wad of cash today. And now he's racking it in as fast as he can make the calls.