Newsom trolls again:

[applegrove]

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Corporate America’s Newest Activist Investor Is Trump

August 23, 2025 at 6:39 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/08/23/corporate-americas-newest-activist-investor-is-trump/

“Corporate America has built up defenses against the likes of Carl Icahn, Nelson Peltz and other corporate raiders who have rattled the cages of chief executives, pushing for higher stock prices. Now companies have a new investor to worry about: the president of the United States,” the New York Times reports.

“President Trump has inserted the government into U.S. companies in extraordinary ways, including taking a stake in U.S. Steel and pushing for a cut of Nvidia’s and Advanced Micro Devices’ revenue from China. Last month, the Pentagon said it was taking a 15 percent stake in MP Materials, a large American miner of rare earths.”

“And on Friday, Intel agreed to allow the U.S. government to take a 10 percent stake in its business, worth $8.9 billion.”

[Figarosmom]

1. Yep, it sounds Communist to me....nt

[applegrove]

2. Heather Cox Richardson tonight said Trump has plans for a like stake

in other corporations. Don't know if he is in contact with any other CEOs about that.

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-22-2025?utm_source=post-banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true

[Figarosmom]

3. Makes me wonder who " the government"

Is that has a stake. Is it the US treasury or trump? And is this a seal like the plane where trump keeps it after his term?

[applegrove]

4. Here is HCR:

Those who supported Trump from a belief that he would protect American business from state interference received yet another example of Snyder’s point today when Trump boasted that the government has taken a 10% stake in Intel, which builds semiconductors and chips. Trump says he intends to take similar stakes in other companies.

Applegrove:

Maybe Trump is going to build a sovergn wealth fund, that won't be used for anything like social security or Healthcare that have to do with the regular congressional budget, but will grow into the billions and then Trump can to dole it out to his cronies and build up ICE and prisons and and other crony authoritarian things. I wonder too about where the tariff money will go?

[CousinIT]

8. Being that the US doesn't control that money, Trump does personally...

....he will dole it out to his billionaire friends or use it to buy more power, real estate, influence, or people - for himself. Not Americans or for the US. Nobody will get anything out of it but Trump and the billionaires.

[COL Mustard]

9. In contact?

Or in cahoots?

[BidenRocks]

5. Extortion works

When you're president they let you do it!

Without pushback, this will continue.

[IzzaNuDay]

6. after all, SCOTUS gave him immunity

he could do anything at this point, illegal or not…

[CousinIT]

7. The US likely doesn't own or control any stake in any company which OA (Orange Anus) extorts.

But HE does. He's abusing his power as POTUS to extort CEOs of major companies to force them to give him a stake in them.

[PhylliPretzel]

21. This is the way

dictators in third world countries become wealthy while the people remain peons.

[LiberalArkie]

10. Didn't the government own part of GM during the bailouts?

[applegrove]

11. Yes but that was an economic emergency. They got rid

of GM stock when it was viable for GM to be on its own again.

[LiberalArkie]

16. I knew that.. That is probably what our glorious leader will use as precedent. However instead of selling the

Intel stock when Intel is in good shape, I believe he will sell when Intel is in bad shape to put it into bankruptcy. Something he knows like the back of his tiny hand.

[ReRe]

12. I'm not real crazy about this Newsome troll.

It's just a bit dark. Probably truthful, but dark. When I first read it, I thought his ending words should have been
"Business-Run Government." djt thinks America is his business, and he's running it cut-throat just like any other Corporation. He thinks he owns us. When we were kids, we played "House". In his childish mind, he is playing "Business". djt is completely and totally insane, to the detriment of our total population. We are his 7th bankruptcy.

[Walleye]

13. The problem is too many other Americans also think United States government is a business

They think we should be making money I guess. We don’t manufacture anything. We are not a business.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Exactly. The govt provides services, not products.

It makes money by mandating taxes.

Of course Trump is extorting money from everyone for personal gain.
Doubtful the American people will see a penny or any benefit.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Newsom is going for dark dark dark.

Because the Trump/Putin Crime syndicate is a dark evil entity.

[applegrove]

17. We need to hit back with strength. Newsom's trolling does

that. People need to follow someone strong. Newsom is doing a fantastic job of nick-ing Trump and his brand.

[ReRe]

19. Oh, you've got me all wrong applegrove

I'm totally with Newsome. It's just that one particular ad that sent me south. Sorry I went knee-jerk into my 19th nervous breakdown and sound all negative.

[Martin68]

23. It is not "dark" except in view of how dark the Trump intrusion into business actually is.

[ReRe]

25. That's it!

The darkness! I think djt would love this one. He has such a crush on Puti, wants to emulate him and take advice from him on
elections. It's a picture of himself (djt), who he loves more than anyone. This is the reason I have an aversion for this one: djt probably likes it! Gross.

All the others? I love them, especially the Hero ones.

[BoRaGard]

18. GOP so grabby greedy grifty

[ananda]

20. Wow, just.. excellent!

A picture is worth a thousand words.

[Martin68]

22. Undermines the Republican agenda and gives the lie to "free" enterprise. I have a feeling some Heritage capitalists and

wother money-loving conservatives are going to have a few second thoughts. Unless they appreciate the investment...

[Johonny]

24. Trump's centralized economy is the stuff of communism, that thing conservative voters warned us against, right?

Fucking Trump voters are so fucking stupid. Sad really.