r/technology • u/DontFearTheCreaper • 1d ago

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/reddollardays 1d ago edited 1d ago

Fuck Reagan, such a sociopath.

ETA: Thanks for the awards, appreciate the sentiment - SOLIDARITY IS KEY!

Anyone else, please consider donating to the ACLU or a certain SMB character's legal defense fund. Eat the rich.

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u/OttawaTGirl 1d ago

It...was...never...just...Regan.

The heritage foundation and right wing cronies surrounded him just like Trump.

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u/mdp300 1d ago

And at the same time, guys like Jack Welch who turned GE from an engineering and manufacturing company into a finance company, and who started the whole "maximum possible profits this quarter are all that matters" philosophy.

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u/DaddyDontTakeNoMess 1d ago

And they celebrated that ninja like he’s a financial genius.