Technology

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if they're working on it. He's destroying their bottom lines.

That said, if you go after the king, you'd best not miss.

The parasites are still making money. Rocking the boat would temporarily interrupt the party, they'll continue to party until they're forced to change.

The question is incomplete. They will cost trillions, but the presidency, the party fixing elections right now, will cost the country the dollar itself. They will max out borrowing, then print money to pay off the debt and de facto default. They will turn all of those dollars into very much less valuable things.

Presuming no one stops them.

Apparently collapse is profitable

The corporate overlords area fucking idiots. They always have been.

True risk is also anathema to them, probably hedging bets on how the midterms go before they make big moves

Most of those overlords don‘t care about their business anymore. They want to get the bag now. It‘s how Oligarchies operate. They burn billions to make millions. Or in this case delete trillions to make billions. The goal is have proportionally much more money than us pathetic peasants.

The way Trump operates in particular is unsurprisingly dull. He flips the table and ruins the game for everyone. Then he waits and whoever says some flattering words to him and gives him a hefty bribe is excluded from his bullshit. Suddenly they see their competition crippled while they themselves can do business as usual. That‘s all there is to it. Trump was never the brightest bulb and probably thinks his obvious scheme is brilliant.

It's kind of a weird game theory thing, because the industries affected aren't consistently losing. A decision he makes on Wednesday can help the finance industry but hurt the tech industry, and then he can reverse it on Thursday and now the finance industry is tanking but the insurance industry is up. It's tough to know who would work together to pull him out of office, because between any two given days, the people who have the money have different opinions on how he's doing.

24 trillion. the culture war bs with the right is thier best chance of maintain power in the us, so no, they might have accept less to hold on to that power. Or they just stir up the right wing in other countries, alongside with russia.

They'll make sure it hurts us, long before it ever touches them.

American big business? Not a dime. It’ll be a bailout on the American tax dollar I bet. 

I don’t get it, sometimes you wonder if it’s true and he might be acting to help Russia

I wonder how many trillions of dollars the Trump dumpster fire will end up costing American business.

USAian business does great under fascism. Just look at the MIC. Both "parties" just voted on a massive handout for genocide, etc.

Business will be fine! The right/rich people will be bailed out. Etc.