Now that Donald Trump has garnered the Republican candidacy for the Presidential election next November, you can be sure that a number of the corporate elite will be lining up to support him and help fund his campaign. After all, Trump believes that he is one of them. Remember, that both Hitler and Mussolini garnered the support of the corporate elite respectively in Germany and Italy to help overthrow their existing democratic regimes in order to push forward their agenda and solidify their places among the wealthiest in each nation. Both average Germans and Italians, like many Americans today, were upset with the current economic state. Once in charge, those same elites worked with each dictator to build up the military-industrial complexes, much like what Putin has been doing and continues to do in Russia today.
Trump’s efforts to garner corporate support is already underway as witnessed by the recent reported meetings whereby he is urgently seeking a cash infusion to aid his presidential campaign. These took place with the likes of Elon Musk, one of the world’s richest men, and a number of wealthy Republican donors. Furthermore, now that Nikki Haley has withdrawn from the presidential campaign, it will be interesting to see whether the conservative billionaire Koch brothers will back Trump during his campaign. The Koch brothers founded and fund the Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP), a libertarian conservative political policy body. Initially, the AFP, which fuels the most powerful donor network in conservative politics, had declared itself as part of the NeverTrump effort for 2024, aiming to deny former President Donald Trump a third nomination for the White House. Therefore, it will be interesting to see whether the Koch brothers will continue to take this position.
In addition, Nikki Haley was probably not the corporate elites’ most preferable candidate. Instead, like Musk, they would have preferred Florida Governor Ron Desantis as their candidate given his similar extreme right-wing political positions to those of Trump. However, Desantis had a weak campaign and did not live up to the expectations of many of the corporate elite and those in the Republican Party. The tide swung quickly in favour of Nikki Haley as a possible alternative to Trump, although unfortunately somewhat weak at the outset.
The corporate elite know that despite all the current indictments against Trump and his continuing denial of the results of the last presidential election, his hard-core MAGA base will continue to support him regardless. Noteworthy, “The Daily Show” correspondent Jordan Klepper couldn’t recently hide his frustration with Nikki Haley supporters who fiercely condemned Trump but then, in the same interview, admitted they’ll still probably vote for the former president when he takes on President Joe Biden in November.
There appears to be too much at stake for corporate America not to support Trump. After all he supports the fossil fuels sector, denying the impact of climate change; he believes in an “American First” policy at the expense of international trade agreements; he wants to build up America’s nuclear arsenal and speed up the military-based space race; he would never introduce new tax measures aimed at high-income earners or any new capital gains taxation; once again reduce the abilities of federal regulatory agencies such as the EPA and IRA; and he would increase further access to federal lands and waters for mineral exploration.
It was just a matter of time before we witnessed the “kingmakers” coming out of the woods, SuperPacs and all. While a few corporate elites may support Biden, the majority like Elon Musk will most likely support and fund Trump. It’s quite simple, the so-called “haves” want to keep what they have without paying their fair share. After all, they are the kingmakers, and neither you nor anyone else can change that. Just ask the German and Italian descendents of earlier insidious times!
FROLITICKS 