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Apple CEO Tim Cook Will Attend Trump Inauguration
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This thread cracks me up. For 95% of his adult life Trump was a democrat and the democrats LOVED him. (With the exception of maybe Phil Donahue. 😄) He only recently changed his party affiliation to run for president because the Democrats had a long line of succession planned out, and he wasn't in it.
That's it. Nothing else really changed. Sure, a view on this or that may have, but in general he's the same person he was back in the 80's. Don't believe me? Watch the Oprah interviews and such. His values are pretty much the same now as they were then.
That's it. Nothing else really changed. Sure, a view on this or that may have, but in general he's the same person he was back in the 80's. Don't believe me? Watch the Oprah interviews and such. His values are pretty much the same now as they were then.
LOL...a one second web search proved you wrong.
"Trump's political party affiliation has changed numerous times. He registered as a Republican in Manhattan, New York in 1987, switched to the Reform Party in 1999, the Democratic Party in 2001, and back to the Republican Party in 2009."
Political career of Donald Trump - Wikipedia
And just for laughs, the Reform Party claimed that its core value was reestablishing trust in the government by electing ethical officials.
I’m actually VERY surprised that Tim donated. A large swathe of Trumps base appear to openly discriminate against Cooks disposition.
Not really! With all of the government lawfare today, he is simply hedging against the new administration coming after Apple. It is a smart business move and all of the Tech giants are doing it simply because most of them, not saying Apple, have been really bad actors during previous administrations. In some cases breaking really important laws.
That is really only propaganda. Even Rush Limbaugh was a huge Apple fan as are many conservatives.
🤣 Not the own you think it is. Thank you from proving my point. He was a democrat for most of his life before he ran for office.LOL...a one second web search proved you wrong.
"Trump's political party affiliation has changed numerous times. He registered as a Republican in Manhattan, New York in 1987, switched to the Reform Party in 1999, the Democratic Party in 2001, and back to the Republican Party in 2009."
Political career of Donald Trump - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
And just for laughs, the Reform Party claimed that its core value was reestablishing trust in the government by electing ethical officials.
LOL again...he didn't even register to vote prior to 1987. That's why there is no party affiliation record prior to that point. From 1987 to 1998 he was registered as Republican. Then he switched to billionaire Ross Perot's Reform Party for two years. Then he switched to being a registered Democrat during the W. Bush administration. Then switched back to being Republican from 2009 forward.
Basic math tells you that Trump has been a Republican for 29 years and a Democrat for 8 years.
Biden is more or less just another democrat president.
He voiced his concerns about his detractors but won’t hound them for their words or actions.
Trump is anything but that and has proven to be extremely volatile and unpredictable.
I don’t blame Cook or most other American CEOs for “kissing the ring”.
Trump is infamous for his mafioso “with me or against me” mentality. Even to the point of denying disaster relief for those living in areas with low support for him during elections.
If Trump has any suspicion about any prominent figure not liking him he will completely hyper focus on that individual and make a mockery of them or use his powers to force them into submission.
With a few exceptions, I don’t see Cook or other big CEOs gaining much from kissing up to him. It’s more about just not poking the bear in the next four years and doing what you can to avoid losses.
because @throAU doesnt know history, heres the effect of free markets, with a few contrasts included:
what kind of political and economic philosophy do you think occured in ~1960s in this graph:
what kind of political and economic philosophy do you think occured in ~1960s in this graph:
The US, richest country in the world, has a horrible life expectancy compared to other developed countries.
Obamas inauguration was 170 million (I looked it up because I was curious what the average was). Adjusted for our crazy inflation Trumps probably costing less. Biden inauguration was cheap because of CV19. People take a chill pill.
People get so manipulated by media. Get angry at this. Rage at that. What a bunch of nonsense.
Tell us the numbers, the margin of error in measurement, the adjustments necessary for different methods of measurement. Dont just say it's bad....tell us the numbers. And then adjust by racial heterogeneity.
The US is basically running with the pack. But it's complicated and not good for headlines and requires a lot of math and epidemiology to make these comparisons. Just looking at total combined life expectancy one country vs another is only fit for innumerates, politicians, and journalists (but I repeat myself).
Say the same thing when Kamala was giving out millions to podcasters to setup lavish podcast sets to interview her? Where do you think that money came from?
I will bet anyone in America a million dollars that Trump will not serve more than 4 years. I will beg borrow and steal to make this bet because it is the easiest money in the world.
This is mass hysteria nonsense. The elections over...let's stop pretending the crazy stuff is real.
Nobody will take you up in that bet because the presidential term limit is 8 years.
The US has a high level of ethnic diversity.
Each of its ethnic population has similar life expectancy to those of the same ethnicity living in other countries.
That will give you a comparison. Pretty sure all of the prerequisites you listed aren't necessary to make the conclusion
How does U.S. life expectancy compare to other countries? - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
The U.S. has the lowest life expectancy among comparable countries, but spends twice as much as similar countries on healthcare per person, on average.
www.healthsystemtracker.org
Obviously our poorer states bring those numbers down, but even our best states still fall below other countries
Life expectancy - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
International comparisons Country comparison: Trend over time: By sex: By age: Within U.S. By state: By race/ethnicity:
www.healthsystemtracker.org
Running with the pack is certainly not the case here.
Ok so you're getting into eugenics?
Not going to go well with that one chart you previously showed with the differences between South Korea and North Korea. Almost as if resources and environment are a big factor