• Majorllama@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    I think this has to do more with the popular vote going to Trump than anything Trump did specifically. They all collectively shat on him or didn’t interact with him from 2016 and all through Bidens presidency.

    They saw that public opinions has shifted so badly that Trump swept everything and won the popular vote. Suddenly they are all his best friend.

    They never cared. They just want to be in the “side” more people like. you’re forgetting that money/power is what drives these people. They saw more money in power in bashing Trump or siding with the Democrats until the 2024 election happened. Now they feel they can get more money and power by siding with Trump.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      They never cared

      Well yeah, they’re publicly traded companies. Once the owner gives up their controlling stake and/or steps away from leadership positions, so does any kind of moral basis for the company’s decisions.

      I’ve worked at private and public companies, and the owners of the private companies often made choices based on their personal moral code (i.e. we will/won’t work with org X because of Y), whereas at public companies it’s all about whatever makes sense strategically in the short to medium term, and sometimes long term.

      If a publicly traded company seems to be your friend right now, that’s because it’s currently profitable for them to do so.

    • samus12345@lemm.ee
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      2 hours ago

      “The first term, everybody was fighting me. In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.”