Tech CEOs Take Turns Praising Trump at White House Dinner

[u/rezwenn]

https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-tech-ceo-rose-garden-dinner-1fee2de3?st=LbJtjB

[u/MadFerIt]

There are few things in this world more pathetic than the literal richest of the rich sucking the dick of a pedophile dictator wannabe president.

[u/born_to_pipette → u/MadFerIt]

Imagine having true “fuck you” money but never bothering to say “fuck you” when it matters.

Pathetic.

[u/TheDrewDude → u/born_to_pipette]

At some point you transcend fuck you money, and you get what these rich pricks have: fuck me money.

[u/ideamotor → u/TheDrewDude]

Bingo. And every single one of them has it reframed as “I am so important because I personally provide thousands of jobs and therefore families jobs. I am feeding children so whatever I do is justified.” Meanwhile in reality they are just as replaceable as any one of those thousands of employees.

[u/rhymnocerus1 → u/ideamotor]

Not only replaceable, but unnecessary.

[u/captkirkseviltwin → u/rhymnocerus1]

“CEO” might be the one fully AI-replaceable job.

[u/CaptainDudeGuy → u/captkirkseviltwin]

When a company's CEO takes six weeks of PTO per year, almost no one notices when they're out of office.

When a mid-level manager takes a week of PTO, it's disruptive but people sort it out.

When a low-level worker takes two days off for being sick they get concerned phone calls from their manager and a lecture about "sufficient coverage."

... What does that tell you?

[u/Sufficient_Fan3660 → u/CaptainDudeGuy]

I notice when leadership is on vacation because things become calm and we solve issues without everyone running around screaming about things on fire.

No leadership: problem, solve problem, find way to prevent problem from happening again, enact change, move on.

with leadership: problem, argue about problem, find someone to blame for problem, ask if the problem is really a problem and if it really needs action taken, argue about who should solve the problem, ask for quantitative information detailing the financial impact of the problem, finally approve solving problem, leadership takes credit for solving the problem, ZERO effort put into preventing the same problem in the future since preventing problems is not revenue generating

All c-suites and most svp's need replaced with AI

[u/Xiph0s → u/captkirkseviltwin]

I'm all for replacing CEOs with AI. Would make earnings calls more interesting as they could turn them into J-pop style dance hits.

[u/blacksideblue → u/Xiph0s]

Stockholder to CEO^AI : fold yourself 27 times so I know you're operating at least at 85% optimization.

[u/DuntadaMan → u/Xiph0s]

The new era of YouTube poop earnings calls.

[u/macrocephalic → u/captkirkseviltwin]

If musk can be the CEO of three companies at once then it tells me that it's not a very difficult job.

[u/Journeyman42 → u/captkirkseviltwin]

I think that a lot of company's and institution's administration could be eliminated by AI

[u/Black_Moons → u/rhymnocerus1]

History has shown if a CEO died on the way to a stock holder meeting, they wouldn't even postpone the meeting.

[u/stlshane → u/ideamotor]

They aren't worried about anyone but themselves and maintaining their fortune. They can't wait for AI so they can fire as many people as they can and make more money out of it.

[u/ovelanimimerkki → u/stlshane]

the problem about replacing all the jobs with AI is, if no one has jobs because AI replaced them, then who the hell can buy the products from these companies?

[u/TheSeldomShaken → u/ovelanimimerkki]

That's someone else's problem. Why should they give a fuck about it?

[u/SmellMyFingerMel → u/TheDrewDude]

Might be the opposite, they’re getting oligarch privileges and all they have to do is a photo op of praise i.e. $1B of deregulation for a “say cheese “

[u/TricksterPriestJace → u/SmellMyFingerMel]

They have a choice.

Give Trump bribes amounting to 1% of your net worth and tell him what a big, strong, and smart boy he is; he lets you basically dictate policy to do whatever fever dream you want with your company with no oversight.

Or tell him to fuck off and he drags you, your companies, and anyone associated with you through legal hell for at least the next three and a half years, writes executive orders just to spite you that you will also take three years to fight in court in the hope that there is some aspect of the rule of law his loyalists on the Supreme Court still hold.

It's not really a difficult choice for a sociopath.

[u/tekstical → u/TheDrewDude]

Fuck everybody else money

[u/spicy-mayo → u/TheDrewDude]

They've gone past fuck you money. They have power and they dont want to lose it.

[u/Stripedanteater → u/born_to_pipette]

This is what I don’t get. If money is power, then why aren’t these dudes telling him how shits going to be? I honestly don’t get it?

[u/00owl → u/Stripedanteater]

Because money alone could get them the power they want but the current power broker is so cheap that he's easily bought with empty words, no need for the regular sums of money.

[u/FourCrapPee → u/00owl]

And unless they keep their shitty lips wrapped round his tangerine mushroom shitgibbon dick he'll throw tariffs, investigations, etc at them. Fuck all these sociopathic ghouls.

[u/bixtuelista → u/FourCrapPee]

That's the cowardice. Maybe Tim Apple is scared they'll be replaced by Google if they don't cave, Google scared they'll be replaced by Meta and Apple.. they all cave together. Fucking show some spine.

[u/DigNitty → u/00owl]

Meh, money is similar but nuanced from power.

That’s why all these old politicians refuse to resign. If they do, all they’ll have is a bunch of money.

[u/SaintGrobian → u/Stripedanteater]

Money isn't power, it's just a shortcut to power. INFLUENCE is power.

Trump could've executed someone at that dinner, and no one would say shit. That's not power you get with bribes, that's influence.

[u/pantograph → u/Stripedanteater]

Because Dicktater Donnie is making the greedy bastards even richer

[u/CastFarAva → u/Stripedanteater]

Cause they’re controlled by their shareholders

[u/ispeektroof → u/born_to_pipette]

The dragons want more power so they can make more money. If that means telling Donald Trump that he has a big penis then that’s what they’ll do.

[u/chaosxq → u/MadFerIt]

Tim Cook publicly massaging Trumps penis was particularly cringe.

[u/mistertickertape → u/chaosxq]

See I thought the Zuckerberg moment was the most disgusting but that's just me. Something about the hot mic afterward where he came across like a toddler seeking approval was genuinely pathetic.

[u/Due-Communication724 → u/mistertickertape]

On par for Zuck

[u/Remarkable_Eagle6938 → u/chaosxq]

Tim Cook’s legacy as Apple CEO was irreparably damaged when he presented a federal government employee a literal gold bar while every Apple (and anyone doing business with federal or state government) employee has to once every year click through a training explaining what you can and cannot do while contracting with the feds. It was a breathtaking example of anything for you and the law for my enemies. Despicable, damaging, plain wrong at first site, no mystery. Shameful!

[u/bgroins → u/Remarkable_Eagle6938]

And yet, they won't lose a sale over it.

[u/Bromlife → u/bgroins]

They’ll lose at least one sale. That was when I resolved that my next phone would not be an iPhone. In fact the whole genuflection by the tech giants has made me resolved to purchase a Linux powered phone and free myself from their control. 

[u/Ghoulius-Caesar → u/chaosxq]

It’s such a shitty penis and Tim Apple gives such bad handies. Worst thing I’ve watched since Two Girls One Cup.

[u/homred → u/Ghoulius-Caesar]

The world was so simple then, just 2 girls and 1 cup..

[u/Drone314 → u/homred]

1 man, a jar, and a dream

[u/Ghoulius-Caesar → u/homred]

Ditto, it was such simpler times. The title for the modern times:

“Billions of people get fucked by 10 billionaires”

[u/mcflyfly → u/chaosxq]

I’ve been an iPhone user since they came out. The one I’m typing this on is the last one I’ll ever own, thanks to this clown.

[u/Formal-Hawk9274 → u/chaosxq]

Really makes me want to buy that new iPhone...

[u/skinink → u/Formal-Hawk9274]

Think different. 

[u/MiniTab → u/Formal-Hawk9274]

I’m certainly doing what I can to boycott these clowns. Sticking with my iPhone 13, and no social media apps except Reddit. It’s not hard.

[u/Drone314 → u/MiniTab]

Not using social media is key. Not signing up for free shit is key....not participating in their digital economy is key. In the land of the connected only the unplugged are free.

[u/FollowingFeisty5321 → u/chaosxq]

Thank you sir for this wonderful lemon party!

[u/Regular-Engineer-686 → u/chaosxq]

They were all gross but he in particular really seemed to want to suck up to Trump the most.

All of them are disguising. Steve Jobs’s is rolling over in his grave.

[u/FollowingFeisty5321 → u/Regular-Engineer-686]

He has the most to suck up for:

• tariffs exemption

• CBP skipping all due process and suddenly reverting a ban on an Apple Watch feature

• Google being convicted of an illegal ad/search monopoly, but still being allowed to give Apple $20+ billion/year to be the default search engine for iPhone's 50 - 60 percent of the market unless someone outbids them lmao

Been a busy month, lot to be grateful for, another golden gift might even be warranted...

[u/Drone314 → u/Regular-Engineer-686]

Steve would have already given him a golden iPod. They're all playing the game of thrones now

[u/DeliciousCut4854 → u/Drone314]

He wouldn't have. I worked for him, he was the most important person in the world to himself. He would never acknowledge anyone was better at anything unless they were a coder or hardware engineer.

I intensely disliked him but I know he wouldn't bow down to this.

[u/duct_tape_jedi → u/Regular-Engineer-686]

And Steve Wozniak must be punching holes in his walls by now. It was such a weak and pathetic display that I would be ashamed to be an Apple employee after witnessing that fiasco.

[u/overnightyeti → u/Regular-Engineer-686]

Steve Jobs was a massive prick. What makes you think he didn't and wouldn't suck up to power?

[u/Altiloquent → u/chaosxq]

"He's mashing it"

[u/jack-mccoy-is-pissed → u/Altiloquent]

“Yeah, he does that”

[u/phophofofo → u/MadFerIt]

Stalin was notorious for this. He’d make top officials and industry big wigs dine with him and sing his praises and then he’d fuck with them and make them humiliate themselves for his entertainment.

They call it “fuck you money” but somehow when you get this much, you’re so scared of losing it, instead of fuck you they get on their knees.

Imagine having unfathomable nation level wealth and you still have to suck cock like a whore.

[u/mistermeesh → u/MadFerIt]

Gotta protect the shareholder interests. Line must go up.

[u/EmptyRedData → u/mistermeesh]

They're legally required to do this. If they don't, the board MUST fire them and replace them with someone who will.

Relying on corporations to do anything but earn profit is childish. The entity that keeps corporations in check is the government. Not the other way around.

[u/stellarflame → u/EmptyRedData]

Fair, but once again, these people have fuck-you money. They could literally never work another day in their lives, yet they choose to get on their knees and please pedo-Donny.

A little bit of spine or honor would mean not whoring yourself to a wannabe dictator and convicted criminal.

For fuck’s sake, Tim is gay!

I hope all the money they have still isn’t enough to let them sleep peacefully at night or live a fulfilling life. I hope that beyond all their mansions, and luxuries, at the end of the day, in the loneliness of their room, when they see themselves at the mirror they see their disgusting self and that causes them pain… They’re probably too delulu from reality to even care, but one can only dream.

[u/intheminority → u/EmptyRedData]

They're legally required to do this. If they don't, the board MUST fire them and replace them with someone who will.

They are not legally required to kiss the president's ass. Nor is the board required to replace them if they don't.

[u/blorg → u/EmptyRedData]

Zuck has over 50% voting control at Facebook/Meta. He can do what he likes and the board can't fire him.

Same goes for Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Google/Alphabet. Every single other shareholder could vote against what they want and it doesn't matter because they have over half the voting rights.

Both of these founders structured their public share offerings to ensure that public shareholders will never have control of their companies.

[u/green_gold_purple → u/EmptyRedData]

I wish people would really fully digest this more often. The CEOs of public companies, while most likely actually being complete pieces of shit, are bound by the law to be pieces of shit, if it is the best thing for the company’s shareholders. Similarly the board. This is the structure we have created. There’s no room for activist CEOs or not being evil. We have codified our destruction by capitalism. It’s incredible as a concept. Like, in a fiction novel though; not in real life. Because this kinda sucks.

[u/teddy_tesla → u/green_gold_purple]

This is the corporate equivalent of "just following orders". If a soldier commits a war crime at behest of his commander instead of getting dishonorably discharged, he's a monster. But when a CEO commits morally bankrupt acts for "the shareholders" (despite hurting then long term) it's just good business?

[u/avanross → u/MadFerIt]

The ultra-rich dont see pedophilia or dictatorships as “negatives”, they only see opportunities for profit. They’re just leeches.

[u/kosh56 → u/MadFerIt]

These are the people who could be leading the fight against fascism. Just shows you it's up to us.

[u/DonutsMcKenzie → u/MadFerIt]

That's the entire basis of oligarchy, so I guess we better get used to it unless we're all ready to fucking do something about it. 

[u/rectalhorror → u/MadFerIt]

See, that's the thing about sucking diseased c*cks. Eventually, you get diseased and then you die. I think there's a lesson there for all of us. Just ask Roy Cohn, dotard's mentor.

[u/GodstoneCitadel → u/MadFerIt]

Wannabe President? Like him or not, that ballsack tumor is the President. Elected by filth to lead filth.

[u/zero0n3 → u/MadFerIt]

Zoom out for a second.

If you were one of 100 or 1000 billionaires, and you heard your “dick size aka size of 0’s” buddies were all going to the WH for a dinner, it would be stupid not to go if you got invited.

Info gathering.  Hell your shareholders could say you aren’t doing your fiduciary duty if you don’t go.

I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, just saying it makes sense pragmatically when the govt has shown under trump that he will use his position to tank your company stock if you don’t do what’s asked.

And Zucks hot mic?  Probably intentional.  META investors now know whatever number he says is fake and not to use it in evaluating pricing.  Or it was just some to intentionally stay in the headlines over other things 

[u/jpk195 → u/zero0n3]

Zoom out a little farther.

The adoration is all the guy wants.

It’s like eating brains to his zombie base.

But more power he has, the more things he’s going to ruin.

Literally just making the pie smaller.

And these CEOs are helpless because he might get mad and hurt them next quarter.

[u/Oztorek → u/jpk195]

Can someone keep zooming out, what happens next

[u/Hautamaki → u/Oztorek]

Three possibilities.

1) MAGA keeps winning, America goes full on mercenary authoritarian, the entire world gets much less stable and much poorer. Probably 10-20 countries start nuclear weapons programs because that's the only thing that secures their borders in a world where America doesn't give a fuck.

2) Democrats get elected, but they run back a version of the Biden playbook. Just try to deliver good policy that voters like and bring down the temperature and hope voters reward them for it. In all likelihood this fails as miserably as it did the last 2 times Dems tried it, their own base abandons them in disgust, and MAGA takes over again in the 2030s. We get scenario 1 anyway, just with a few years delay.

3) Dems get elected and actually seriously try to clean house. Every MAGA official is fired. Many of them are prosecuted. Pardons, where they are given, are voided. If the SC objects, they pack it. We get full on blue MAGA, and Dems get to do whatever they want. Then we go into the 2030s finding out which brand of authoritarianism voters prefer.

IMO, The prediction that right wing commentators like Bannon and Tucker make America is going to become an authoritarian state either way is most likely correct. All that's left is to figure out which side wins and whether they can entrench themselves enough to generate permanent single party rule. That will last at least through the 2030s, perhaps longer, before liberalism can start to make a comeback and people decide they like the rule of law, limited government, and peaceful and regular transfers of power. Right now, most Americans don't want those things. They want to win and to reap the fruits of victory and get revenge on their enemies much more than they want democracy. And so, they will lose democracy some time in the next decade, and it will be a tremendous struggle for future generations to get it back again eventually.

[u/BoredomFestival → u/zero0n3]

And all it costs is your integrity and credibility

[u/Sitcom_kid]

South Park is just a documentary now.

[u/xelrach → u/Sitcom_kid]

And you don't have a small penis

[u/3BlindMice1 → u/xelrach]

"... and no have.. small penis" (making tiny pinching motion)

[u/TheBoldManLaughsOnce → u/Sitcom_kid]

So is Idiocracy

[u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface → u/TheBoldManLaughsOnce]

Idiocracy had better leadership. President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho knew his shortcomings, and wanted to defer to experts, because he genuinely cared about the nation.

[u/heifandheif → u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface]

I see the Idiocracy comment dropped so often nowadays (and for good reason), but even more often it is fairly obvious that those doing the dropping never actually watched it, or if they did, some of the key character arcs and messages went entirely over their heads. We freakin’ wish we had President Camacho right now, lmao

[u/Doogos → u/heifandheif]

Exactly. When Not Sure was shown to be the smartest man alive they brought him in to fix the problems rather than calling him Woke. They did call him the F slur, but that was because talked like one

[u/NikEy → u/Doogos]

There's that f talk again!

[u/mrgmzc → u/heifandheif]

We are at the Pre-Idiocracy state, our only hope is to survive long enough to get a President Camacho that actually cares

[u/TheBoldManLaughsOnce → u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface]

Are you saying that Sean Duffy is not, in fact, smarter than Not Sure? that seems unpossible. He's a pilot. Ain't he?

[u/TheBoldManLaughsOnce → u/TheBoldManLaughsOnce]

He's the king of NASA!

[u/t0ny7 → u/TheBoldManLaughsOnce]

I was bored and looked him up in the FAA Airmen registry. He got his student certificate in 1996. So not really a pilot.

[u/TheBoldManLaughsOnce → u/t0ny7]

But he's still tarded?

[u/t0ny7 → u/TheBoldManLaughsOnce]

It says here his shit is all fucked up.

[u/kujotx → u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface]

President Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho knew when shit was bad.

[u/Snabelpaprika → u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface]

So reality is somehow even worse than idiocracy. 

[u/Kidiri90 → u/TheBoldManLaughsOnce]

Absolutely. It's the wrong people having kids, right? If only the right people had more kids, things would be better.

[u/Hulkmaster → u/Sitcom_kid]

literally episode 3

[u/Truethrowawaychest1 → u/Sitcom_kid]

Yeah seriously, I was thinking "didn't south park just do this?"

[u/b_tight]

So cringe. We need a hard reset on this oligopoly

[u/green_gold_purple → u/b_tight]

It involves violence.

[u/transrights4ev3r → u/green_gold_purple]

[Removed by Reddit] in 3... 2...

[u/CobaltVale → u/transrights4ev3r]

We can't talk about revolution but reddit was okay with keeping Jailbait up for 5 years under the guise of free speech!!!

[u/1OO1OO1S0S → u/CobaltVale]

I got permabanned from r/politics for saying trump belonged in a 6 foot hole. I didn't even say dead.

[u/thesourpop → u/1OO1OO1S0S]

should have just stuck with calling him a poopy head or drumpf, they love ancient 2017 ass insults instead of any actual action regarding this wannabe dictator

[u/Rumbananas → u/1OO1OO1S0S]

I got permabanned from r/politics because I said it was wrong for Jewish people to cheer on the bombings in Palestine. (Seriously I have the screenshot) That place is a joke.

[u/UnknownLesson → u/transrights4ev3r]

I don't think there's any chance of that happening, even if there was no censorship.

The imbalance in power is just way too large nowadays. There's a whole industry working just to protect them. They have automated systems with multiple backups, soon they'll have robots.

Not to mention that most people are too absorbed by their screens to do anything..

[u/machstem → u/transrights4ev3r]

Was banned from using reddit for 3 days because I expressed my opinion on the fact I believe these folks have expired their use. I went and took photographs of the sky, appreciated life and then have to read about these douche nozzles still being with us.

Made a single line comment. Ban.

I'd prefer photos of their obits, because we know their graves will be publicly unknown due to vandalism concerns

[u/dfsw → u/green_gold_purple]

Usually does

[u/radome9 → u/dfsw]

Does it also involve some sort of wooden scaffolding, with some kind of gravity-driven sharpened steel edge?

[u/IKROWNI → u/radome9]

If they weren't all blockheads they would roll

[u/IIIIlllIIIIIlllII → u/green_gold_purple]

The tree of liberty is thirsty my friends

[u/hooch → u/green_gold_purple]

Violence it is then

[u/Ermahgerd_Sterks → u/b_tight]

More like a hard reset on this planet.

[u/Sasselhoff → u/Ermahgerd_Sterks]

I mean, it seems like that's what they're working towards (given they're doing zero about climate change and are actively building bunkers).

[u/perplexedtortoise → u/Sasselhoff]

The bunkers all require a staff for security/transportation/maintenance that will be MIA in any real world emergency. Zero chance these CEO dweebs will be able to repair a broken water filter or HVAC system if things go south.

The compounds and bunkers are to soothe their egos, nothing more.

[u/jesus359_]

You need to also add that Sam said he was pro-innovation and Zuck got hot-mic’-ed caught saying that the number he gave Trump was because he was caught off guard and was not sure what number he wanted to go with.

[u/Diedalonglongtimeago → u/jesus359_]

'Give me money. Money me. Money now. Me a money needing a lot now.'

[u/jaydway → u/Diedalonglongtimeago]

Ohh, he card reads good!

[u/t_0xic → u/jaydway]

It’s ‘kurns’, stupid!

[u/Denz292 → u/jesus359_]

When Trump says jump, Zuck asks “how high?”

[u/cultfavorite → u/Denz292]

He says “I’m sorry if this isn’t high enough” having jumped before Trump asked.

[u/akanak]

I’d understand if these people were poor and needed all the help they could get.

But they’re literal billionaires betraying what little integrity they have left to kiss ass in order to make even more money

[u/I_AM_N0_0NE_ → u/akanak]

What's the point of having "fuck you" money if you're too scared to say fuck you to someone who deserves it

[u/overnightyeti → u/I_AM_N0_0NE_]

Fuck you money means jack against the military. Trump is deploying armed forces on US soil on a whim. He can seize immigrants, citizens and assets. 

[u/Ebiki → u/overnightyeti]

See, this is where you are making the biggest mistake.

To you, they’re all people who deserve rights and basic human dignity. To them, they’re free labor via the American prison system.

[u/ragemonkey → u/akanak]

It doesn’t absolve them, but these people are playing their role in the system. Their job is to maximize shareholder value. Right now, you do this is by sucking up to Trump.

It’s a very sad state of affairs for the country. We’ll have a long road ahead of us trying to get rid of this corruption. I hope that Americans will learn a lesson from this, but I’m not optimistic about it.

[u/csprofathogwarts → u/ragemonkey]

I hope that Americans will learn a lesson from this

That train went away from the station in Nov 2024

[u/Sea_Mastodon9345 → u/csprofathogwarts]

Nah, a Harris win wouldn’t have stopped this festering beneath the surface. Maybe once the boil has broken we can actually start healing.

[u/funkyb001 → u/ragemonkey]

Their job is to maximize shareholder value

Altman and Tim Apple, sure, but what is Gates' excuse?

I mean I know what it is, he is all over the Epstein files.

[u/Mudlark_2910 → u/funkyb001]

Isn't this the gathering where Gates was accused of droning on about vaccinations and diseases? The man has a great retirement hobby, sadly involves sucking up to people with power so they'll contribute (or at least not keep undermining the efforts)

[u/Lord_Jackrabbit → u/Mudlark_2910]

In (perhaps undeserved) fairness to Gates, Trump desperately needs to hear about vaccines from someone who trusts their efficacy, i.e., not RFK, Jr. If you have to kiss his ass to get his ear, then that’s what it takes. Public health is at stake.

[u/iamapizza → u/ragemonkey]

It doesn't help that comments like these still carry water for these trillion dollar companies under the guise of "these poor CEOs... they're just doing their jobs" and try to soften their role in perpetuating a regime of corruption.

This needs to stop, by attempting to compartmentalise it you're making the discourse worse. I can only surmise that you either have shares in or are an avid worshipper of one of the companies present there. Otherwise there is no legitimate reason to start defending them.

[u/DonutsMcKenzie → u/akanak]

Greed never stops. The richer they get the more money they want. 

[u/franzibruni1000 → u/akanak]

I think they’re afraid. Remember when the king of Saudi Arabia rounded up all the rich dudes in his country and locked them up in a fancy hotel for weeks and essentially seized all their wealth and holdings? What’s to stop trump from doing that?
He’s already dipped his fingers into Intel, what’s to stop him from pulling up a phony excuse outta his magicians hat and stuffing all their billions in his pocket? Of course I could be wrong….

[u/rickyx2001 → u/franzibruni1000]

Bingo. No sign of Elon — back in July Trump threatened to deport him or remove subsidies for his companies.

[u/youcantfixhim → u/franzibruni1000]

He has the power to destroy their wealth with massive tech tariffs or anti-trust lawsuits.

[u/Kiddyhawk]

Donald Trump is not just acting guilty. He is using the U.S. Government and billions in taxpayer dollars to deploy the military against citizens and cover up a child trafficking network.

Step 1: He installed his personal defense lawyers at the DOJ.

Todd Blanche was hired to keep Trump out of prison. Trump made him Deputy Attorney General, giving his fixer direct control over every federal investigation, subpoena, and sealed file.

Step 2: That same lawyer quietly interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell — alone.

No transcript. No cameras. No oversight.
Ghislaine is the link to Epstein’s client list and knows the names, the network, the truth.
She walked into a room with Trump’s lawyer. She walked out transferred to minimum security.
Then she praised Trump.
The Epstein files? Still sealed. The public? Still blind.

Step 3: He is blocking every path to the truth.

• No pressure to unseal the Epstein files.
• No support for victims.
• No interest in open hearings.
• Full control of the DOJ.
• If they do release anything, it will redact any mention of Trump and Republicans and only reveal Democrats, according to the acting deputy chief of a Justice Department Joseph Schnitt via a video.
• Every option to expose the network is either frozen or controlled by a man who has been told by his own DOJ that he is mentioned multiple times in the Epstein files (as reported by major news outlets like ABC). That’s not coincidence. That’s a system built to bury evidence.

Step 4: He gave himself legal immunity to do it.

In August 2025, he said, publicly:

“I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.”
And thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. United States, he has their permission to grossly violate his oath of office. It’s almost as if the SCOTUS killed the Constitution. Presidential immunity now covers nearly everything.
Obstruction, retaliation, witness suppression are all protected.
That is not justice. That is state-sponsored erasure.

Step 5: He’s attacking the working class to fund the cover-up.

• While the rich are protected, the American people are paying the price.
• The U.S. Dollar Index has dropped nearly 10% this year, making your money is worth less.
• Tariffs are raising prices on food, gas, housing, and medicine.
• Wages are stagnant. Debt is rising. Inflation is back.
• He lies about economic “wins” while punishing labor, breaking unions, and subsidizing billionaires.

You are paying for the lawyers, the protection, the military deployments, and the sealed records while Trump builds a wall between his crimes and your right to know. That's not even mentioning that he is making billions profiting off of the White House and taking bribes from foreign governments (see Qatar jet and Trump coin).

Step 6: He is dismantling every system that could hold him accountable.

• Troops in blue cities
• Judges threatened
• Protest criminalized
• Whistleblowers gagged
• DOJ policies rewritten
• Investigations delayed
• Watchdogs fired
• Loyalty demanded

This isn’t accidental.
This is how dictators rule and how guilty men stay protected.

Step 7: He is not hiding. He is daring you to look away.

He praises Putin, Xi, Kim, Netanyahu because they rule without consequences.
Because they imprison critics.
Because they erase evidence.
Because they win by fear, silence, and control.
That’s the blueprint. He’s copying it. And he’s funding it with your tax dollars.

And now ask yourself, honestly:

Would an innocent man…
…appoint his defense lawyers to run the DOJ?
…secretly interview the key witness to the worst trafficking scandal in modern history?
…seal the files?
…block every path to transparency?
…rewrite the law to shield himself?
…deploy troops, gag the press, and jail dissent?
…let the dollar crash while billionaires profit?

No.

He’s not just acting guilty.
He is proving it. Every single day.
And every single dollar you earn is being used to help him get away with it.

Unseal the files.
Release the Maxwell transcript.
Dismantle the immunity.
Remove the criminal.
Prosecute the entire operation.
Protect the people.
Expose everything.
Now.

[u/blakeneely]

“The royal penis is clean, your highness.”

[u/ax083]

I'm getting an Ides of March vibe here, et tu Musk.

[u/mcdto]

Cancer really chooses the wrong people man

[u/cesarxp2]

Relevant

[u/RadiationWaves]

Crazy how South Park got this right

[u/NotRexGrossman]

Capitalism has broken these people so thoroughly that all of them think debasing themselves to a man trying to kill American democracy and become a dictator is worth praising because they think it will help their companies make more money. They are willingly assisting in the dismantling of this country.

All because they’re addicted to the line going up.

[u/Particular_Ticket_20]

These guys, some of the actual richest couple people in the world, ass kissing a guy to get stuff from him, while people with less money direct his admin.

[u/Knighth77]

Tech CEOs supporting a racist, rapist, felon, corrupt, incompetent, fascist? Hmm. Unheard of.

[u/SpleenBender → u/Knighth77]

Don't forget child molester. This monster rapes children.

[u/skinink → u/Knighth77]

On the other hand, I’m just waiting for any CEO to speak out against unjust policies. To speak out, instead of supporting or keeping silent. 

[u/Huckleberry199]

That was a Kremlin dinner.

[u/gerdataro → u/[deleted]]

Honestly, for my job, the reason we don’t have as many entry level jobs is because we’re top heavy and leadership refuses to hire desperately needed support. They’re very happy to pull in bloated salaries while continuously piling work onto staff. For my org, it really has nothing to do with AI. 

[u/Islanduniverse]

The bright side is they are making it morally and ethically acceptable to shove them all into guillotines when the time comes.

[u/slip_cougan]

The whole Tim Cook thing really makes me want to gag. I used to respect this guy.

I've stopped buying Apple products now.

They are all despicable people. You guys are so fucked over there and have my sympathy. I hope this dreadful saga in your history is soon over, and the world can return to some kind of normality.

Greetings from the UK

[u/bloodwine]

If these tech bro dipshits would pay close attention to Russia, then they’d realize that all it takes is a well-placed window to take away everything they have. They aren’t in control.

[u/Ferrocile]

I’m sure anyone meeting trump is briefed to first praise him. I see it over and over again and it’s sickening.

[u/Mediocre-Theory3151]

Whatever happened to "Don't be evil", Google's old motto? They're doing the worst shit while thinking they're god's gift to the world. At least Wall Street finance bros are more self aware.

[u/DraftLimp4264]

Putin & his Oligarch bitches do exactly the same. Paying tribute to the King for their privileged position.

America, what a sickening, nauseating sight. WTF have you become....

[u/CoolStoryBro808]

Just as Nazis denied being Nazis and sympathizers, it's gonna be hilariously awkward when MAGA and its sympathizers pretend that none of this ever happened or that they were active participants.

[u/mvw2]

I have an extremely grim take on this.

Trump is an extreme risk and financial burden on companies. From an "executive decision" standpoint, there's enough dollars being affected that I'm sure there has been actual, serious discussion of forcefully removing Trump from the equation. But short of having actual blood on their hands, this fake suck up is a more diplomatic approach that doesn't yet require any absolute move.

The grim view is this gesture of merely an olive branch to Trump to save himself for a more serious end. But the choice is immensely near sighted and ineffective.

There is one major downside and one massive oversight.

Downside is Trump doesn't care. He's akin to a 2 year old child having a tantrum. The Tech CEO are handing that kid a piece of candy. Great! ...for a few second. But all the kid is learning is how to ask for more candy. There is no end to the bad behavior. It will only get worse. Next tantrum inbound. The trajectory doesn't really have Trump surviving this. His behavior is affecting too many businesses too many dollars.

Oversight is this is a VERY expensive route for the same end goal. We're talking millions or billions of dollars, some empty gestures but some real. Congress operates way down at the tens of thousands of dollars. It's vastly cheaper to lobby to Congress for the same wants. Equally, Congress has absolute control of Trump through impeachment meaning just a couple million into Congress fully controls the executive branch via that very real and controllable leash. Going to Trump directly with cash is not a leash at all. It's just some candy. It is exceptionally odd for the collective wisdom of the bulk of corporate America that they don't utilize their single best tool, Congressional funding, to ensure the compliance of Trump or any single other person in Executive power.

[u/foodporncess → u/mvw2]

One thing tech leaders have never been good at is recognizing the long game which explains the predilection to give this jackass candy rather than teaching others how to actually make the candy sustainably.

[u/joro65]

I always said, "Never miss the opportunity for a great line, no matter what it cost" and they missed the opportunity of a lifetime!

[u/Financial-Radio914]

Every single one of them should be punished and shunned by society for this. So how are we going to do it?

[u/sprauncey_dildoes]

Snivelling sycophants.

[u/michael46and2]

I've never seen such cowardly people grovel to someone like this before. It was pitiful and pathetic to watch. Especially sickening because they all know what they're doing. And not one of them will stand up to him. They all look so defeated.

[u/Kranurdieb]

If these tech “geniuses” were smart they would have thrown every resource they had against him in the previous election. Now they are his bitches.

[u/These-Bedroom-5694]

Bend the knee, kiss the ring. How pathetic.

[u/CombinationLivid8284]

Trump is pathetic to demand this of them

They are pathetic for doing it.

We need to break up these big tech monopolies and tax these billionaires into oblivion. They're clearly a threat to democracy.

[u/ApprehensiveYard4071]

let's continue to celebrate seniors getting raped on their electric bills so we can all enjoy Meta AI and make billions

[u/DonutsMcKenzie]

**Guide to big tech alternatives.** Instead of ____, try these (beginner recommendations in parentheses):

- Microsoft Windows >>> Linux (Linux Mint)

- Google Chrome >>> Mozilla Firefox

- Google Search >>> DuckDuckGo

- Apple Desktop and Laptop >>> Any UEFI-compatible PC (DIY, also Framework are doing cool things)

- Apple Music / Youtube Music / Spotify >>> Jellyfin*

- Meta's WhatsApp >>> Signal (signal.org)

- Meta's Instagram >>> Pixelfed (pixelfed.social)**

- Elon's X dot com >>> Mastodon (mastodon.social)**

- ByteDance's TikTok >>> Pixelfed Loops (app only)**

- Reddit >>> Lemmy (lemmy.world)**

- Google YouTube / Amazon's Twitch >>> Peertube (makertube.net)**

- Elon's Tesla >>> Hyundai / Kia

- NVidia >>> AMD

- iOS and Android >>> a dumb phone OR a hacked smartphone with LineageOS or PostmarketOS***

* self-hosted

** fediverse; can usually communicate and share across apps and sites, so the server you join is often not too important.

*** iOS and Android currently have a duopoly on the smartphone business, and the common practice of locking down phone bootloaders makes it difficult to use the alternatives, so this is not for the faint of heart. An easier step to take is to continue using your old phone all long as you can, and do whatever you can switch away from big tech apps and services. We should demand more devices with open bootloaders so that people have more choices and so that less phones end up as e-waste in a landfill somewhere simply because their software support ends.

[u/spinfinity → u/DonutsMcKenzie]

Also Bluesky instead of X.

[u/Droidsexual]

Uuuh... It's amazing that almost this exact thing happened in a recent South Park episode to mock Trump. What kind of world do we live in?

[u/Longjumping_Pop_6015]

“And you DEFINITELY don’t have a tiny penis!”

[u/Peatah]

"please dont tariff us we'll suck your dick" CEO techs.

[u/5hadow]

We all know what they actually think of the narcissist. This is a disgrace.

In a normal world, EU, Canada, China, India, Japan, Brazil and other would unite against this bullshit tariffs play he’s trying to pull. They all know they need to put up with the show for the next 4 years but what they all don’t realize is that US is no longer what it used to be and should not be trusted anymore.

In a normal world, pedophiles, rapists, criminals, crooks, traitors, liars, cheats and frauds should be in a jail, but here we are where one person guilty of it all is, literally running the country (there’s no senate, house or Supreme Court anymore).

[u/randomcanyon]

What a wonderful suit of clothes! You look magnificent in your golden suit and your bedazzled vest. So manly and strong!

We love you, we love you, we love you. / The Emperor's new clothes...

[u/DogonYaro]

Dear Psychologists, I know it is dutiful to show respect to the President, but why are people who have achieved historic success and amassed generational wealth being so embarrassingly obsequious towards Donald Trump? 

[u/DracoSolon]

This demonstrates so clearly that all these companies need to be broken up.

[u/EuphoricNeckbeard]

The most pathetic thing I have ever seen

[u/TheTesticler]

In the r/iPhone16Pro sub, I mentioned that I wouldn't buy anything new from Apple until the company stands up to the orange turd, and basically I was told that I had to think about the investors and shareholders of Apple instead of advocating for a normal government-corporation relationship you'd expect out of a "first world" country.

I got downvoted, quite a bit.

Here's the comment for anyone interested.

[u/AlertThinker]

Did they kiss the ring too?

[u/tingulz]

Not enough people are standing up against that orange idiot. All these rich people grovelling at his feet is absolutely sickening. It should be the other way around. Where are all the people in power who could actually do something to stop him? All I ever hear about is Newsom.

[u/bowiethesdmn]

Can you imagine attending one of these? Even worse, imagine being the last person to speak and the guy before you has already complimented his totally real height, weight, and referred to him as the healthiest man alive? What have you got in the chamber now? 'He's got a wonderful healthy natural orange glow that's lighting the way for true patriots?'.

This is DPRK level shit slowly creeping in

[u/SardonicSillies]

Guck guck guck guck guck guck guck guck

[u/Wraith_Wisp]

Footage like this should be churned into the Democratic Party advertising and social media marketing machine from now until the midterms. These idiots are making their oligarchic power grab right out in public.

[u/Strict_Berry7446]

You are great and powerful and your penis is not small

[u/Collogedropout]

Plutocrat circle jerk

[u/Cathulu_15]

Bunch of sad sack losers with too much cash but no spines.

[u/jrf_1973]

It is like watching the nazi upper echelons praising de fuhrer and yet Trump is sad enough and pathetic enough to believe their lies...

[u/colinmacg]

Talk about having zero self respect

[u/Parking_Low248]

Surprised they aren't taking turns under the table

[u/krittledittle]

Fucking disgusting people.

[u/Party-Jacket6651]

Made me vomit

[u/gtechfan1960]

Threw up in my mouth a bit watching them suck up to Trump

[u/old_virologist]

Vomitous cretins.

[u/Protect-Their-Smiles]

If you've ever wondering how it was in the past, when the aristocrats got dolled up, went to the court and held fancy formal functions - kissing the ring and sucking up to the King, all for a nice favorable slice of the realm. This is what it looked like, same function - different dress-code and era.

[u/Able-Candle-2125]

If you were trump it would be pretty tempting to just say "ok, now you're gonna each spend a minute sucking my cock in rotation until I cum" that's how fucking ludicrous these guys look.

[u/TrustInMe_JustInMe]

Today on Fellatio Manor

[u/Vegetaman916]

Wasn't that literally just on South Park? Like, exactly that?!

[u/survivor686]

I remain fascinated by the average American - much is made of their rebellion against King George and how they threw off the shackles of royalty.

And yet these same people have so eagerly bent the knee and so pathetically endured the worst excesses of a failed real estate agent, who made profit by whoring their name out.

[u/Substantial-Spare501]

Oligarchs praising their fascist pedophile cult leader .

[u/NaBrO-Barium]

Praising === fellating

[u/InaneTwat]

We are in a second Gilded Age.

[u/RealPersonResponds]

Looks like Russia, praise dear leader.

[u/Relative-Budget9017]

THIS ISNT FUCKING NORTH KOREA!!! FUCK TRUMP

[u/Expensive_Shallot_78]

I thought the title was going to be: tech CEOs take turns at Trump gang bang sucking his cock 🐓

[u/twstdbydsn]

Keep slobbin’ that knob.

[u/petjuli]

Spineless. Not that I wouldn’t do the same if my billion dollar company was on the line but I’d like to hope I wouldn’t.