Organizations giving into Trump doesn't stop the Trump coercion:

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MUST-READ: My CAP colleague Alice Lillydahl has a terrific new column out today on why appeasement of Trump's illegal demands may be far more dangerous to organizations than compliance is.

— Tom Moore (@thmoore.bsky.social) 2025-07-02T16:02:32.935Z

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1. Long story short, caving means pissing off those opposed to fascism while failing to placate an evil president who

sees compliance as weakness and a capacity and willingness to make further concessions.

Even Elon musk learned the hard way. The largest political donor in history and a key enabler of Donnie's rise to power, yet Donnie's gratitude was limited and now he's talking about deporting musk. Meanwhile, his businesses are suffering because of the damage it all did to his reputation.

Yes, he got the investigations against him killed. But now that he's on the outs, who knows.


It's like paying an extortionist. Well, it pretty much *is* paying an extortionist. If you cave, you should fully expect the to extort you again for more. What's to stop them. Honor? A sense of decency? In this crowd?

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2. Thank you for your summary.