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As he does so, he is sometimes making overt promises about what he will do once he’s in office, a level of explicitness toward individual industries and a handful of billionaires that has rarely been seen in modern presidential politics.
In some cases, Mr. Trump has sought to shake loose cash from industries like oil and energy that have long aligned with his deregulation agenda. In others, Mr. Trump has flipped his positions, such as on crypto.
They’re saying that he’s taking the implicit wink and nudge system we’ve had with large-scale campaign contributions, and turning into explicit bribery.
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It’s easy to promise people whatever they want when you have no intention of following through, and every word you speak is a lie anyway. Ffs
He’s surrounded by people who are going to try and make those promises come to fruition. That’s why Project 2025 includes a directory of willing to implement it.
And if Trump doesn’t keep his promises, can companies sue him?
Nah, but they’ll have avenues to make it all happen because he seems to be wildly influenced by the last thing somebody said, and Vance knows who butters his bread.
This just how things always worked. Winner gets to reward his corpo friends with access to solve their issues.
It is just now in the open and nobody even pretending it aint corruption. What are taxpayers gonna dp about it?
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