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Social Media Tech CEOs who grinned behind Trump at inauguration lose billions in wake of tariffs

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariff-bezos-musk-zuckerberg-b2727147.html
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u/sezaruwoenai 1d ago

To mitigate the backlash.

Poor billionaires, will anyone think about the plight of the billionaires.

They're losing money too! Think of all the money they're losing. Clearly they deserve their tax breaks.

While they swoop in and further solidify control over large swaths of society, whilst everyone else suffers.

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u/hatemakingnames1 20h ago

They're usually written like it's a celebration, but there's nothing to celebrate