Subj : Re: Oracle, TikTok, and T
To   : Mike Powell
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Thu Jan 30 2025 17:31:43

 MP> > Even if Oracle or Meta donated to Trump's campaign, does that mean he ow
 MP> > the
 MP> > something? I don't see it that way.
 MP> 
 MP> It *shouldn't* mean they owe him something, but politicians who take
 MP> money from large donors are often expected to do something in return. 
 MP> Oracle and Meta, at the very least, are not likely to donate to a
 MP> campaign for a candidate they believe won't listen to them and/or might
 MP> pass needed legislation that harms their businesses.

Based on what I've read, Zuck donated to Trump's inaugural fund but not to his campaign. Unless something is missing from this picture, Zuck is only sucking up to Trump because Trump won. A few million dollars for a guy who owns a mansion with an underground bunker in Hawaii, is nothing.

 MP> > Trump was quite repetitive about his goals and about his plans. But I do
 MP> > remember him saying anything about AI, or about TikTok. That crazy stuff
 MP> > along after election day.
 MP> 
 MP> That is when the requests from donors will start coming in.

From a broad view, it looks like Trump is rewarding some elitists who donated some money to him, but his endorsement of a project doesn't seem like a problem to me.

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