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“Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to donate $1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration fund, reports Axios. The donation will be a personal donation directly from Cook rather than a donation from Apple”

I’ll defend Apple as being the least shitty of the big tech giants but I can’t defend this.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

It's a very low bar

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[–] [email protected] 142 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Imagine being a woman working for Apple and having a CEO who funds a rapist.

[–] [email protected] 151 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

Imagine being an openly gay CEO who funds a party who hates gays

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It really is a class war, not a culture war.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 5 months ago (8 children)

All these Billionaires PAYING Trump MILLIONS of Dollars is PROOF he CANT be Bought!

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago

$1 million seems to be the going fealty price for these people.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

corporations will always prioritize tax cuts and deregulation

[–] [email protected] 58 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Have inauguration funds always been a thing? Or is this a Trump thing? What’s the purpose?

I can understand campaign funds. But if you’ve won I don’t know if I understand a candidate specific donation after the fact.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Previous administrations have used special government funds that are dedicated to the transition and inauguration. This comes with obvious restrictions and ethics requirements since it is taxpayer money.

Trump has decided to not use this money and get donations instead, which allows him and his incoming administration to skirt the normal mandatory reporting, disclosures, and rules.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago

It's tribute to the new emperor hoping that he won't go after them. Gotta play nice while they can.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 months ago

The personal donation part is weird. This sounds like a deliberate attempt to appease the fascists while trying, desperately, to maintain Apple's image.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Fuck that. Not cool.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

You best start believing in technofeudal distopias, you're living in one.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

What a little bitch..

[–] [email protected] 74 points 5 months ago

Fuck Tim Apple

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago

Typical CEO tribute to the newly crowned King of the United States for some tariff exemptions.

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