They’re bribing him and his daughter to do so.
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ceenote@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s like he wakes up every morning and asks himself “What can I do to make sure China owns the 21st century?”
Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 1 week ago
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Bribery is how the US political system has operated for the bulk of the country’s history
But, for the most part, the bribery was intended to increase private profits. Rarely have we seen industry bribe the feds in an act of self-sabotage.
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 1 week ago
This is one of those situations where the venn diagram of Trump’s handlers becomes a circle.
You have the billionaire Oil executives that want to continue using all their existing infrastructure and wasy access to continue printing money like they do now. Meanwhile, those companies all see the writing on the wall and know it’s running out so they’re investing in or buying technologies and companies working on alternatives. They’re playing both sides because they’re not idiots.
And then you have the manipulators like Putin (who we know Trump idolizes) with their goals of destroying American power across the board. Having America not only abandon new technologies but even propping up the old ones past when they should be phased out to focus on century-old priorities while the rest of the world continues to move on, helps that overall goal.