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applegrove

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Fri Aug 15, 2025, 04:35 PM Aug 2025

Trump Has a 'Loyalty Rating' for Companies

Trump Has a ‘Loyalty Rating’ for Companies

August 15, 2025 at 8:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 33 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/08/15/trump-has-a-loyalty-rating-for-companies/


“The West Wing has created a scorecard that rates 553 companies and trade associations on how hard they worked to support and promote President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,'” Axios reports.

“Trump works transactionally, and companies have rushed to pay demonstrative homage. Now, senior aides will have data to consult when considering corporate requests.”

“The unusual spreadsheet fits this administration’s proclivity for micromanaging companies and administering loyalty tests.”
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KPN

(17,512 posts)
1. Tired as fuck of big corporations. When profit is the objective,
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 04:45 PM
Aug 2025

no other principles matter — zero. We need a new paradigm. American capitalism as we know it now no longer works for the good of humankind as a whole - not that it ever really did. The benefits just seemed to outweigh the costs for most people. Not sure that’s still true.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(2,264 posts)
4. Hear ye, hear ye, the King's Royalty/Loyalty Rating is upon you. Please bow to the low-born King...
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 05:04 PM
Aug 2025

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