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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/Little_candy_cream 1d ago

Maybe they should have thought twice about aligning with him

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u/javoss88 1d ago

I still don’t understand how these “move fast and break stuff” supposed “innovators” all lined up for him. They’re already richer than rich, what’s to gain?

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u/rbrphag 1d ago

You have it backwards. They didn’t line up with him. He lined up with them.

And being richest rather than richer is what is in it for them.

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u/javoss88 1d ago

Incredibly petty