Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: JAB <here@is.invalid>
Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss
Subject: Re: frictionless oligarchy
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:24:15 -0600
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 16
Message-ID: <vm1mfe$1fjoh$2@dont-email.me>
References: <67833eaf$0$16$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>
Reply-To: JAB <here@is.invalid>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:24:15 +0100 (CET)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="adc25833c03d687c529383e07d7e6c93";
	logging-data="1560337"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18eg+IGjTri7OyBY9H6BjE8"
User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272
Cancel-Lock: sha1:49BzRMvToGMXLEP/Ze4oPcz2R6Q=

On 12 Jan 2025 04:01:51 GMT, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
wrote:

> Trump admitted..."probably" influenced by his threats

He has played this threating game, over and over, and this game below.

Firms that donated to Republican party avoided tariffs in Trump first
term - study

With Donald Trump threatening to impose steep tariffs upon his return
to office this month, US firms are bracing for impact. But an analysis
of Trump's last presidency identified one way to boost their chances
of avoiding the levies: donating to the Republican party.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/06/trump-tariffs-republican-donations